The Barnes Foundation is a low, limestone-clad building wrapped in a translucent glass canopy that glows from within at night. Albert Barnes, a doctor who made a fortune in pharmaceuticals, spent his life filling his home with Matisse, Renoir, and Cézanne paintings, often hanging them alongside iron hinges or ceramic bowls. He insisted these objects remain exactly as he arranged them on his gallery walls forever, a demand that sparked a fierce legal battle when the city finally moved the collection here.
Barnes Foundation
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