Founded by Dr. Albert C. Barnes, the Barnes Foundation is an educational and cultural jewel on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Barnes Foundation attracts hundreds of thousands of people each year ...
On Friday, October 17 the Barnes Foundation Ball hosted their annual Barnes Art Ball. Over 600 supporters which included donors, sponsors, board members, family, faithful friends attended and enjoyed ...
The Barnes Revises Attributions of Old Masters A review of the vast collection and archives of the Barnes Foundation is upending attributions of some of its old master paintings and revealing new ...
“This has been a journey, and we’re not completely finished yet,” Philadelphia’s then-Mayor, John Street, said at a press conference in September 2007. He was discussing construction of a new building ...
Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. He founded a school at the Barnes Foundation, and this school has played a greater role in the life of art in ...
Barnes, who died in a 1951 car crash, left behind a trust that stipulated his collection could never be moved. It took a court fight for Barnes officials to embark on a world tour of the collection in ...
A judge allowed the Philadelphia institution to lend paintings from the storied collection of Dr. Albert C. Barnes. It will look and behave a lot more like a global museum. By Ted Loos Isaac Julien’s ...