What’s On
The Week Ahead
The Barnes Collection
Masterworks by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani, Van Gogh, and other renowned artists, plus African sculpture, Native American ceramics, metalwork, and decorative arts.
Pat Steir
Silent Secret Waterfalls:
The Barnes Series
An installation of 11 new paintings by the American artist.
From Today, Painting Is Dead: Early Photography in Britain and France
Featuring nearly 250 iconic pictures created between the 1840s and 1880s.
Mural Arts Studio at the Barnes: Jonathan D. Pinkett
Painter Jonathan D. Pinkett is our current artist-in-residence.
Highlights Tour
This one-hour tour is perfect for first-time visitors. Explore highlights of the collection and learn the history of the Barnes.
Premier Tour
This 90-minute docent-led tour takes place while the Barnes is closed to the public.
Personalized Docent Tour
A private one-hour tour for you and up to five guests during regular hours.
Special Exhibition Tour: From Today, Painting Is Dead
Learn about the innovative photographic processes being developed in the mid-19th century and the creative artists making their mark with the new medium.
Afternoons with
the Art Team
Join us for casual pop-up talks in the galleries led by our Art Team. Each talk focuses on a specific work of art—it’s a great way to explore the collection and learn something new!
April Spotlight Tour: The Americans
This April, find out more about the artists who brought modernism to America and Dr. Barnes’s relationship with them.
Upcoming
Lecture: Makeda Best on the Origins of Social Reform Photography in America
Explore the early days of photography in the US with Makeda Best, a curator at Harvard Art Museums.
Gogh, Mom!
Happy Mother’s Day! Take your mom on a tour this May and we’ll treat her with a special gift.
May Spotlight Tour: Renoir and His Women
This May, discover the influence the women in Renoir’s life had on his career.
Member Appreciation Days
On Fridays in May, members get even more! Free talks and tours, plus extra discounts!
Member Appreciation Days: Conservation Talk with Barbara Buckley
Exciting updates on conservation projects, including an in-depth look at the ongoing study and treatment of Paul Cézanne’s The Large Bathers.
First Friday!
Dan Blacksberg’s Freilachs Music
Trombonist Dan Blacksberg's band plays old-world klezmer with a contemporary sound. Featuring trumpeter Susan Watts.
Upcoming Exhibitions
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like: The Art of Bill Viola
A selection of genre-defying works by the renowned video artist.