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Skip the crowds at the Barnes and get weird, Philly-style
EVERY ART LOVER and his mother-in-law’s brother’s third cousin will be at the Barnes Foundation this weekend looking to get in on its first free fete. But, um, you guys know the art isn’t going to disappear in an Impressionist-style puff of smoke, right?
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Galleries shine at Barnes
By Edward J. Sozanski, CONTRIBUTING ART CRITIC
Edward J. Sozanski: Transformation of the Barnes Foundation from a school with an art collection to a museum with art classes is finally complete.
Ravishing building cut off from city
Inga Saffron, INQUIRER ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
Inga Saffron: While there are many moments of breathtaking refinement, the result is sadly a long way from being a successful addition to the city.
The Parkway as Phila.’s ‘Museum Mile’
By Carrie Rickey, FOR THE INQUIRER
When moving the Barnes Foundation to the Parkway was still an idea, some wondered what it would mean to have the Art Museum, Rodin Museum and the Barnes together. Now we know.
Salvation or desecration?
By Stephan Salisbury, INQUIRER CULTURE WRITER
On May 19, a stone's throw from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Barnes Foundation gallery will open officially for the first time outside the leafy confines of Latchs Lane in Merion.
Architects' zeal for detail
By Inga Saffron, INQUIRER ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
When the letter arrived in 2007 inviting Tod Williams and Billie Tsien to enter a select competition to design a new Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, the husband-and-wife architectural team were momentarily stumped.
An eccentric collector
By Edward J. Sozanski, CONTRIBUTING ART CRITIC
Albert C. Barnes was trained as a scientist, so it's not surprising that he would apply rigorous empirical discipline to the less categorical activity of collecting art.
The Barnes collection mirrors the collector
By Edward J. Sozanski, CONTRIBUTING ART CRITIC
The art collection assembled by Albert C. Barnes is a many-splendored thing, but also one shaped by paradox.
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Jazz On My Mind
Monday, June 4 • 8:00 PM • World Cafe Live at the Queen • 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, DE
Materials Transformed: The Art of African Sculpture
Monday, May 28 • 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM • Free Library of Philadelphia • 1901 Vine St., Philadelphia, PA
Yiddish Music is Grand
Sunday, June 3 • 2:00 PM • Free Library of Philadelphia • 1901 Vine St., Philadelphia, PA
Ellen Harvey: Arcade/Arcadia
Friday, June 1 • 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM • Locks Gallery • 600 S. Washington Sq., Philadelphia, PA
From our partners
Special exhibitions at the Barnes – art for art education
artblog goes to the new Barnes and loves it – an image slide show
Picture post – Picks from some student shows coming soon!
News post – Philagrafika begins anew, Flying Kite art project,1616 Walnut sold, opportunities and more!
Margery Amdur’s Walking on Sunshine and a rider’s guide to Septa’s Art in Transit
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