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When you take a class with one of our expert instructors, you’ll not only increase your understanding of art-related concepts, you’ll also sharpen your critical-thinking skills and grow a deeper appreciation for cultures and histories outside of your own. Classes take place on-site and online and utilize innovative technology that allows you to get up close to art in ways you haven’t before.
Research Notes:
May 2022
New theories and recent discoveries from the Barnes Foundation's curators, scholars, conservators, and archivists.
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March 2022
New theories and recent discoveries from the Barnes Foundation's curators, scholars, conservators, and archivists.
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December 2022
New theories and recent discoveries from the Barnes’s curators, scholars, conservators, and archivists.
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July 2022
New theories and recent discoveries from the Barnes Foundation's curators, scholars, conservators, and archivists.
Art Education Classes
Study art history and art appreciation at the Barnes with a full array of online and on-site classes.
The Barnes–de Mazia Certificate Program
This special track offers an immersion in the Barnes Method and an introduction to other interpretive approaches.
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Give the gift of lifelong learning with art history classes taught by Barnes experts.
Give the Gift of the Barnes: Tickets, Classes, and More
Give the gift of the Barnes to family, friends, and colleagues.
Highlights Tour
This one-hour tour is perfect for first-time visitors. Explore highlights of the collection and learn the history of the Barnes.
Private Collection Tours
Explore highlights of the collection and learn the history of the Barnes. This tour is a private one-hour experience for you and up to seven guests.
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February Spotlight Tour: The Impressionists: Rebels of the Art World
A closer look at Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, and other artists who led this modern art movement.
Art and Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
Instructor: Michael Williamson
Michelangelo’s Frescoes: Before, During, and After the Sistine Ceiling
Instructor: Julia L. Valiela
Members-Only Evening Tour: The Impressionists
Learn all about the artists behind impressionist movement in this exclusive after-hours tour.
Members-Only Online Tour: The Impressionists
This exclusive virtual tour focuses on the impressionists represented in the collection.
Members-Only Talk: Corrinne Chong on Delacroix and Music
Barnes curator Corrinne Chong discusses musicality in the work of painter Eugène Delacroix.
Love, the Barnes
Bring your valentine for a self-guided collection tour and a five-course meal at the Garden Restaurant.
Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art—Keynote Lecture
This keynote lecture kicks off the Barnes's 27th Graduate Student Symposium.
Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art
Discover current research in art history through presentations and moderated discussions.
Online Member Orientation
Join Barnes staff online for a chat about membership at the Foundation and program benefits.
Members-Only Gallery Talk
Each month, members of our Adult Education team present their ongoing research on the collection to members.
March Spotlight Tour: The Impressionists: Rebels of the Art World
A closer look at Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, and other artists who led this modern art movement.
First Friday! Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra
Black Pearl celebrates Women’s History Month with a performance featuring cellist Inbal Segev.
Curators in Conversation:
Tell Me What You Remember
This engaging conversation features artists Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye in dialogue with exhibition curator Emma Lewis.
PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Art of Math
Through fun games and art activities, learn how artists use math in their work.
Barnes in Bloom Luncheon
Take a self-guided collection tour and enjoy a seasonal lunch in Annenberg Court.
Impasto: Gesture and Texture in Modern Art
Instructor: Paul Galvez
Art and Apartheid
Instructor: Sue Williamson and guest speakers
Exhibition Tour: Tell Me What You Remember
Go deeper into the works of Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye with a docent-led tour.
Private Exhibition Tour: Tell Me What You Remember
Go deeper into the works of Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye with a private docent-led tour.
Members-Only Tour: Tell Me What You Remember
Members are invited to exclusive docent-led tours of the Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye exhibition.
The Art of Philly’s Public Space
Instructor: Conrad Benner
Member Orientation
New members are invited to learn more about the perks of membership at the Barnes.
Members-Only Online Tour: Tell Me What You Remember
Members are invited to exclusive virtual tours of the Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye exhibition.
Members-Only Online Tour: The Impressionists
This exclusive virtual tour focuses on the impressionists represented in the collection.
Members-Only Evening Tour: The Impressionists
Learn all about the artists behind impressionist movement in this exclusive after-hours tour.
Members-Only Online Tour: Tell Me What You Remember
Members are invited to exclusive virtual tours of the Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye exhibition.
Painting before the Renaissance
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Soutine’s Technique: A Close Look
Instructor: Miriam Gillman
The Art of Mesopotamia: A Crossroads of Cultures and Myth
Instructor: Carl Walsh
Pennsylvania Impressionism: Exploring the New Hope Colony
Instructor: Laura Igoe
African Photography: The Art of Writing with Light
Instructor: Giulia Paoletti
Gustav Klimt: Modernism in the Making
Instructor: Leslie Bowen
Horticulture Certificate Program
Our three-year certificate program covers horticultural science, methods, and design.