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Fine Arts Exhibition

December Spotlight Tour: Decoding the Barnes Ensembles

At Barnes Foundation

Center City, Philadelphia

🤯"This place really blew my mind"
🖼️"a billion dollars worth of art" in small, intimate rooms
🎒Large bags go in a free locker

Seven Van Goghs, a sea of Renoirs, and not a single boring wall. This guided tour decodes Dr. Barnes's famously eccentric hang, where masterpieces mingle with metalwork in intimate rooms.

Guided art tour
Impressionist masterpieces
Intimate gallery rooms
Collector's vision

Thursday, December 3, 1:00 PM

What are you into?

  • Guided art tour
  • Impressionist masterpieces
  • Intimate gallery rooms
  • Collector's vision
  • Barnes Foundation
  • Center City
  • Philadelphia

Coming up at Barnes Foundation

  • Education & Empowerment: Scholarship Recipients at the Barnes Foundation, Vol. Two: 1927 1952

    Education & Empowerment: Scholarship Recipients at the Barnes Foundation, Vol. Two: 1927 1952

    Mon Nov 2

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  • Private Tour: Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America

    Private Tour: Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America

    Mon Nov 2

    Postwar design, up close

  • Education & Empowerment: Scholarship Recipients at the Barnes Foundation, Vol. Two: 1927–1952

    Education & Empowerment: Scholarship Recipients at the Barnes Foundation, Vol. Two: 1927–1952

    Mon Nov 2

    Salon-style masterpieces

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