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To welcome more visitors during the holiday season, the Barnes Foundation has announced special extended hours of 10 am–8 pm from Tuesday, December 26, through Saturday, December 30. Collection tours will be offered each day at 10 am and 4:30 pm, and tours of the Kiefer Rodin exhibition will be offered at 1 pm.
Major International Exhibition to Explore the Legacy of a Founding Member of Impressionism, Berthe Morisot
Today the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec City, Canada), the Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia, PA), the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX), and the Musée d’Orsay (Paris, France) announced the internationally touring exhibition dedicated to one of the revolutionary artists of the French Impressionist movement, Berthe Morisot (1841–1895).
To welcome more visitors around the Thanksgiving holiday, the Barnes Foundation has announced special extended hours of 10 am–8 pm on Friday, November 24, and Saturday, November 25. Collection tours will be offered each day at 10 am and 6 pm.
Barnes Foundation Announces Launch of New Framework for Searching Collection Online
In celebration of its fifth anniversary in Philadelphia, the Barnes Foundation has launched a new collection website that enables visitors to explore thousands of works in the Barnes’s unparalleled collection based on aesthetics, and download high-resolution images of over 1,400 works in the public domain.
Media Statement: Proposed Affiliation Between the Barnes Foundation and Saint Joseph’s University
The Barnes Foundation has filed a petition in Montgomery County Orphans’ Court requesting the Court’s approval of a long-term educational affiliation agreement with Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) that builds on the Barnes’s commitment to advancing appreciation of horticultural science, ensures the long-term preservation of the Barnes’s campus in Lower Merion Township, including its gallery and arboretum, utilizes SJU’s educational resources, and is consistent with the Barnes’s Indenture of Trust
Featuring the JACK Quartet and String Fellows from Around the World, the Barnes Ensemble to Present Premiere Performance on October 8
The Barnes Foundation has announced its musical programming for fall 2017, bringing into dialogue performers from around the world with the Barnes’s renowned collection. Inspired by Albert Barnes’s unconventional approach to arranging art, the Barnes Ensemble—an innovative contemporary music collective—will make its debut performance on Sunday, October 8, as part of a nine-day festival featuring rehearsals, educational engagements, and collaborations across Philadelphia.
The Barnes Foundation Announces Public Programs and Events Celebrating Five Years on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
The Barnes Foundation kicks off its fifth anniversary in the heart of Philadelphia this October with a constellation of public programs and events that reflect the Barnes’s commitment to community engagement.
The Barnes Foundation Announces Collaboration with Indego Bike Share and Launch of Bikes Featuring Masterworks from the Collection
In the first collaboration of its kind between a city bike-share program and an arts institution, the Barnes Foundation and Indego will launch 20 bikes wrapped in paintings from the Barnes collection. The first ten wrapped bikes will be unveiled during a free launch party at the Barnes, Open House: #BIKETOBARNES, on Thursday, September 14, from 5–8 pm.
Barnes Foundation Is Sole US Venue for Major Exhibition Exploring Works of Anselm Kiefer and Auguste Rodin
To mark the centennial of Auguste Rodin’s death on November 17, the Barnes Foundation will host the only US presentation of Kiefer Rodin, a major exhibition organized with the Musée Rodin in Paris.
The Barnes Foundation today announced that its Chief Curator Sylvie Patry will return to the Musée d’Orsay in Paris to become Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Collections.