The tradition of treating Henri Rousseau as someone who's lucky just to be here lives on—but the work speaks for itself.
Following the Barnes Foundation’s work using technology to help Philadelphians connect to art in new ways, visitors who bring along their smart phone to the museum can now access extra information or ...
After the Barnes Foundation completed its controversial move to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, the art institution looked for new leadership to guide its evolution.That quest led the ...
In his May 31, 2010, cover article titled “No Museum Left Behind,” Lance Esplund paints a detailed and idealized picture of the Barnes Foundation and adopts wholesale some of the common misconceptions ...
The Violette de Mazia Foundation is merging with the Barnes Foundation to create the Barnes-de Mazia Education Program at the Barnes Foundation, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. Chemist and ...
Visitors to the galleries of the Barnes Foundation are often so engrossed in the complicated arrangement of the masterpieces on the walls, they fail to look at the floor. The parquet flooring is ...
Art aficionados who gravitate toward French impressionist, post-impressionist and early modernist works should visit the Barnes Foundation. The museum's permanent collection features paintings by ...
A gallery at the Barnes Foundation at its orginial location in Merion, Pennsylvania (photo by Tim Shaffer via latimes.com) Barnes ordered in his will that his collection, which includes works by ...
The Barnes Foundation is throwing another evening block party with food trucks, dancing and a beer garden this weekend. The event will take place Sunday, Oct. 7, from 4 to 8 p.m. The date is also PECO ...
Residents in Merion, Pa., went to court on Monday to try to halt the move of the Barnes Foundation’s billion-dollar art collection to Philadelphia from its current home in Merion, almost three years ...
The art collection at Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation just got a little easier to see. The museum has announced a new Open Access program that will provide unprecedented access to its holdings by ...
Even boycotters of the Barnes Foundation can now look through the art gallery’s expansive collection without stepping foot in the building. Last week the gallery announced more than 2,000 of its works ...