Foundation officials testified numerous times that the Barnes was going broke in Merion, and needed to move to a bigger gallery in order to survive. The machinations behind the move — which ...

Barnes established the foundation in Merion. He understood, however, that the situation could change and there might be a need to move if the collection no longer could be maintained in Merion.

The decision comes just when the drama around the Barnes Foundation’s 2012 move from its original suburban home in Merion, Pa., to a sleek new facility in Philadelphia, sparking years of ...

Those who love the Barnes Foundation say that even though it includes ... leads a tour of the gallery at its leafy campus in Lower Merion, just outside Philadelphia. In front of the building ...

and remains for a core group of supporters who wanted the collection to remain in Merion a subject of bitter lamentation. The short version is a sad tale: Over the years, the Barnes Foundation ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITORTo the Editor: The March 31 issue included two substantial opinion articles discussing the recent decision by a Pennsylvania court to permit the Barnes Foundation to move from ...

Matisse and Picasso and initially housed in Merion, Pennsylvania, Albert C. Barnes' art collection is unique. Following Barnes' death in an automobile accident in 1951, its governing foundation ...

The lighting in the galleries of the new building (shown above) is a dramatic improvement over the lighting in the Merion building. But that's the biggest change; Barnes Foundation officials ...