Whither the Barnes?

Author

Higonnet, Anne

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art in America. 1994, Num. 3, Vol. 82, 62-69, 8 ill. (3 col.)

ISSN

0004-3214

Abstract (en)

Relates the circumstances surrounding the decision by the Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA, to permit a number of the French paintings in its collection to circulate in a traveling exhibition (opened Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1993), despite the stipulation against this in the foundation's indenture, established by Barnes himself. Points out that for financial reasons the foundation's president, Richard Glanton, sought to sell part of the collection as well as to agree to the exhibition of works, and the publication of reproductions in color of Barnes's paintings. Views the Barnes case in the context of a wide range of private museums in the United States in similarly stressed financial situations, and deplores the politics involved in deciding the collection's future.

Subject (en)

• General works -- Museums and museology
• Merion (PA, USA)//Barnes Foundation Collection
• Collections
• Exhibitions
• National Gallery of Art||Washington, DC (USA)
• Museums
• United States
• Painting
• France
• Policies
• Collectors
• Barnes, Albert C., 1872-1951

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Musées et muséologie
• Collections
• Exposition
• National Gallery of Art||Washington, DC (USA)
• Musée
• Etats-Unis
• Peinture
• France
• Politique [Policies]
• Collectionneurs
• Barnes, Albert C., 1872-1951

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347912

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