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take a 360˚ look around at the new Barnes on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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The Collector
Many of his contemporaries called his paintings the art of "crazy people." Ultimately he amassed one of the world's great private collections.
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Albert C. Barnes
Even as he made millions with the drug Argyrol, he launched a program to bring art to working people. Who was Albert Barnes?
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The Collection
There are more Renoirs in the Barnes galleries than anywhere else in the world. What else did he collect? Far more than just paintings.
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Inquirer art critic Edward Sozanski has written about the Barnes Foundation for three decades. In These videos he explores the life of Dr. Albert C. Barnes and the extraordinary collection he assembled.
Conspiracy
The 2009 movie "The Art of the Steal" paints the plan to move the Barnes as a conspiracy of the rich and powerful. What's true?
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Controversy
After Dr. Barnes′ death in 1951 the foundation repeatedly was embroiled in controversy, threatening its existence.
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Voices
Some of the people involved with the Barnes Foundation talk about how they feel about the move from Merion.
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Inquirer culture writer Stephan Salisbury has written about the Barnes' court battles and controversies since the late 1980s.
Evelyn Yaari
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Nicholas Tinari Jr.
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Nancy Herman
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Kimberly Camp
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Edward Rendell
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Edward J. Sozanski: Transformation of the Barnes Foundation from a school with an art collection to a museum with art classes is finally complete.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 art collection assembled by Albert C. Barnes is a many-splendored thing, but also one shaped by paradox.
Barnes Galleries
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Opening Weekend Kick-off Event
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Art collection's move a study in secrecy
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The Barnes collection's move is being undertaken on a need-to-know basis. Those in the know aren't talking.
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Eighty-nine years ago this month, Albert Coombs Barnes and his ideas about art were rejected by the city of Philadelphia more rudely and forcefully than he deserved, or could have reasonably expected.
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Timeline: The Barnes Controversy
Barnes Foundation Museum Events
Opening Weekend Kick-off Event
Saturday, May 26
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Tindley Temple Choir
Saturday, May 26
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Mold Making: Philadelphia Sculpture Gym
Saturday, May 26
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Create a Masterpiece: Fresh Artists
Saturday, May 26
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The Collector
Saturday, May 26
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Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, May 26
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ArtSee Activities
Saturday, May 26
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ARTime Storytime
Saturday, May 26
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Botanical Illustration
Saturday, May 26
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Gardening on Concrete
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Denise Valentine: Who Me, A Hero? Learning to See the Hero In Me
Saturday, May 26
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Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale
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The Barnes Foundations' Horticultural Programs
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