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The Barnes Foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. Originally in Merion , the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
The Art of the Steal is a 2009 documentary film directed by Don Argott, about the controversial move of the Barnes Foundation, generally considered to be the world's best collection of post-Impressionist art and valued in 2009 to be worth at least $25 billion, from Merion, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia.
Albert Coombs Barnes (January 2, 1872 – July 24, 1951) was an American chemist, businessman, art collector, writer, and educator, and the founder of the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Barnes collection has been moved to a newly designed museum building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City Philadelphia that includes a replication of Barnes's original gallery in Merion. [10] The Barnes Foundation Merion grounds remain open to the public as the Arboretum at the Barnes Foundation.
Collection of the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Pages in category "Collection of the Barnes Foundation" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Art of the Steal, a documentary film about the relocation of the Barnes collection; The Art of the Steal (In Plain Sight episode), a 2011 episode of the USA Network original series In Plain Sight; The Art of the Steal, a comedy film
Models, also known as The Three Models and Les Poseuses, is a work by Georges Seurat, painted between 1886 and 1888 and held by the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Models was exhibited at the fourth Salon des Indépendants in spring of 1888.
The site was purchased by the Barnes Foundation in 1922, whereupon Wilson became the arboretum's director and a foundation trustee until his death in 1928. Over time, the arboretum has expanded its collection to over 3,000 species/varieties of woody plants, a herbarium housing 10,000 specimens, and a library of some 2,500 volumes. The arboretum ...