Register for Spring Classes—Now Open!

Sign Up Now for Spring Classes!

Study art history and art appreciation at the Barnes. For more than 100 years, we’ve been teaching people from all walks of life to think critically and see the world differently through art. Our spring classes are now open for enrollment.

Choose from a variety of fascinating topics:

January

• Bosch and Bruegel
• Paul Gauguin: His Art and Legacy
• The Traditions of Art
• The Elements of Art
• Picasso in Focus: New Discoveries at the Barnes
• Collection Concentration: Medieval Modern
• Matisse in the Studio

February

• Art Crime and the FBI: How Masterpieces Are Stolen and Recovered
• Horace Pippin’s Modernism
• The Modernists of Montparnasse: The Barnes and Beyond
• Errand into the Maze: The Masterpiece and the Ensemble
• Looking and Listening: The Art of Atmospheric Sound
• The Art and Life of Toulouse-Lautrec

March

• At Bloom in the Barnes: The Painted Garden
• Andrew Wyeth in Context: Art, Place, and Practice
• African Art in the Barnes: Context and Meanings
• Close-Looking Immersion: Picasso’s Violin, Sheet Music, and Bottle

April

• About Faces: A History of the Art of Portraiture
• Close-Looking Immersion: Memling’s Portrait of a Man
• Preparing for From Paris to Provence
• The Garden in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
• Rendez-vous au Café: Café Culture in 19th-Century Art

May

• The Art of Color: Exploring Palettes from the Renaissance to the Fauves
• Bars, Brawls, and Backstreets: Art of the Ashcan School
• Workshop: Art, Well-Being, and Medicine
• Close-Looking Immersion: Matisse’s Blue Still Life

June

• Hidden in Plain Sight: The Aesthetics of Everyday Life
• Heaven on Earth: The Art of the Byzantine Empire
• Art and the First “Homosexuals”
• Close-Looking Immersion: Van Goyen’s The Square Watch-Tower

Please note: Classes held on-site in the Barnes galleries have limited capacity and sell out quickly.