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The Barnes Collection
See art differently. Explore paintings by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani, Van Gogh, and other artists beside African sculpture, metalwork, and decorative arts. Try our mobile guide!
The Battle of the Bathers
Learn about the controversy between Dr. Barnes and the Philadelphia Museum of Art around works by Paul Cézanne.
Mickalene Thomas:
All About Love
The first major international tour on Thomas’s pioneering work.
Highlights Tour
This one-hour tour is perfect for first-time visitors. Explore highlights of the collection and learn the history of the Barnes.
Private Collection Tour
Explore highlights of the collection and learn the history of the Barnes. This tour is a private one-hour experience for you and up to seven guests.
Private Collection Tour: Favorite Artists
Choose your favorite artists in the collection for a private one-hour experience for up to eight guests.
Exhibition Tour: Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
Take an in-depth exhibition tour to learn more about Mickalene Thomas’s work and practice.
Private Tour: Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
This one-hour private tour provides an up-close look at All About Love and a selection of Thomas’s key works from the past two decades.
Members-Only Tour: Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
This exclusive exhibition tour provides a closer look at Thomas’s vivid and multifaceted artworks
November Spotlight Tour: Dreams of Arcadia: Cézanne, Gauguin, Matisse
Explore the works of 19th- and early 20th-century artists who lived in a time of rapid industrialization and yearned for a return to nature.
All About Love Film Series: Shorts
Short films about kinship, curated by BlackStar Film Festival founder Maori Karmael Holmes for Mickalene Thomas: All About Love.
ARTZ @ The Museum
This program provides free access to the Barnes for people living with dementia and their care partners.
Members-Only Online Tour: Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
This exclusive online tour offers members up-close views of the exhibition.
Lecture: Michelle Foa on Seurat at the Barnes
This talk, part of our Impressionism at the Barnes lecture series, sheds new light on Seurat’s techniques and his place within the impressionist group.
Young Professionals Night: All About Love
After-hours art, style, and music await Philadelphia’s young leaders and Barnes Contemporaries members.
Upcoming
In Focus Gallery Talk: Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
An in-depth discussion about Me as Muse with Emma Nell Jacobs. Free with admission; Roberts Gallery
Members-Only Online Tour: Dreams of Arcadia: Cézanne, Gauguin, Matisse
Members are invited to an exclusive online collection tour focused on works by modern painters inspired by Arcadian ideals.
Member Orientation
New members are invited to learn more about the perks of membership at the Barnes.
Member Appreciation Days
This December, members get even more—join us for exclusive talks and extra discounts.
PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Reflections
Reflect on 2024 with us and enjoy family-friendly art activities and performances, plus free access to the collection and Mickalene Thomas: All About Love.
December Spotlight Tour: Dreams of Arcadia: Cézanne, Gauguin, Matisse
Explore the works of 19th- and early 20th-century artists who lived in a time of rapid industrialization and yearned for a return to nature.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Cecily Brown: Themes and Variations
Surveying three decades of the British painter’s career.
Rousseau’s Secrets
See the inventive works of Henri Rousseau in a new light.