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Art is a powerful agent for learning, personal growth, and social progress. We’ve been teaching people from all walks of life to think critically and see the world differently through art inside our galleries for 100 years. Now, with our innovative, user-friendly technology, we’re able to bring our unique teaching method to all corners of the world in a singularly immersive experience. When you take an online class with one of our expert instructors, you’ll not only increase your understanding of art, you’ll also build a sense of community with fellow art lovers and deepen your appreciation for cultures and histories you may not know.
Scholarships available. Check out our FAQs for more information on online classes. Barnes classes also make great gifts.
For a limited time, get 10% off your first class. Simply enter code NEWSTUDENT at checkout.
Upcoming Online Classes
September
Visions from the Nile: Art and Life in Ancient Egypt
Wednesdays, September 9 – 30, 2 – 4pm
Explore life along the Nile and how art shaped daily life, ritual, and belief in ancient Egypt.
September
Exhibiting Modernism: From the Salon to the Avant-Garde
Wednesdays, September 9 – 30, 6 – 8pm
Learn how exhibition culture shaped artists, audiences, and modern art.
September – December
The Elements of Art
Thursdays, September 10 – December 17, 1 – 4pm
Discover the visual language of art through close looking and discussion centered on works from the Barnes collection.
September – December
The Traditions of Art
Thursdays, September 10 – December 17, 6 – 9pm
Learn how modern artists adapted earlier traditions and developed new visual languages.
September – October
Post-Impressionism and the Making of Modern Art
Fridays, September 11 – October 2, 1 – 3pm
Explore how Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Seurat transformed modern painting through radical new approaches to color and form.
October
James McNeill Whistler: An American Painter Abroad
Mondays, October 5 – 26, 2 – 4pm
Explore Whistler’s international artistic networks and his role in shaping modern art across France, England, and America.
October
Mary Cassatt: Art, Identity, and Independence
Mondays, October 5 – 26, 6 – 8pm
Discover how Cassatt reshaped modern art through intimate scenes, innovative printmaking, and radical depictions of women.
October
Thomas Eakins: American Realist
Wednesdays, October 7 – 28, 6 – 8pm
Examine Eakins’s powerful realism through portraits, photography, and scenes of modern American life.
October
Aaron Douglas from Harlem to Philly
Fridays, October 9 – 30, 1 – 3pm
Explore Douglas’s connection to the Barnes Foundation and his role in shaping the visual language of the Harlem Renaissance.
November
What Is Art? Marcel Duchamp
Mondays, November 2 – 23, 1 – 3pm
Learn how Duchamp challenged conventional ideas of art and transformed modern artistic practice.
November
The Ballets Russes: Art, Music, and Modern Performance
Mondays, November 2 – 23, 6 – 8pm
Explore the revolutionary collaborations of the Ballets Russes through music, dance, painting, and design.
November – December
Baroque Masters of Southern Europe: Caravaggio to Velázquez
Wednesdays, November 4 – December 2, 2 – 4pm
Explore Baroque painting through the work of Caravaggio, Gentileschi, Poussin, and Velázquez
November – December
The Femme Fatale in Art, Film, and Pop Culture, 1890 to Now
Tuesdays, November 10 – December 8, 4 – 6pm
Study the mysterious femme fatale, an archetype for exploring themes of gender, power, sexuality, and morality across art forms.
Go Further
The Barnes–de Mazia Certificate Program
This special track offers an immersion in the Barnes Method and an introduction to other interpretive approaches.
The Barnes Collection
See art differently. Explore paintings by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani, Van Gogh, and other artists beside African sculpture, metalwork, and decorative arts.
From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes
Travel through France with Monet, Van Gogh, Cézanne, and other trailblazing painters.