Blake Gopnik, author of 'The Maverick's Museum,' on the contradictory life and legacy of the man behind the world-famous ...

The Barnes Foundation has announced a new exhibit ... Paris, of course, as the center of the art world during this time, was important to quite a few of the artists in this exhibit.

Ezra Pound described the scientist turned art collector Albert Barnes (1872-1951) as “at war with mankind.” After making a fortune in pharmaceuticals, Barnes developed eccentric ideas about ...

collecting modern art was outrageous. Within 10 years, Barnes had acquired some 700 paintings. But art to him was more than a proxy for cultural sophistication and a fat bank account. It made him ...