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 ...

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 ...

"If you're going to leave your paintings somewhere," warns an art expert in "The Art of the Steal," Don Argott's passionate documentary, "don't let there be a politician within 500 yards." Argott's ...

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 ...

Because there was a heavier than usual influx last week of art stories that needed fast attention I postponed comment on the design for the new home of the much-fought-over Barnes Foundation in ...

“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 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Cultural power brokers here have rallied behind a bold plan to move the world-famous Barnes collection of art from its suburban galleries to new space downtown. Rich with works by ...

Ezra Pound described the scientist turned art collector Albert Barnes (1872-1951) as “at war with mankind.” After making a ...

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 ...