What’s On
Daily Gallery Talks
Every day, our gallery specialists offer talks about the Barnes collection. Learn more about our history, founder, and collection.
Barnes Cinema: Sitting Still
Our film series continues with Gina Angelone’s 2024 documentary about landscape architect Laurie Olin.
Curators in Conversation: Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America
Join us for an engaging conversation about our newest exhibition on its opening day.
On Practice: Pew Fellows in Conversation
This new speaker series features 2025 Pew Fellows in the Arts in candid conversations about what it takes to be an artist.
Deep Dive: Radio Nurse by Isamu Noguchi
An in-depth discussion about the designer’s 1937 baby monitor. Free with admission; Roberts Gallery
Lecture: Eiffel Tower Confidential
Learn the Eiffel Tower’s hidden history, including its connections to the French Empire and surveillance, with art historian Hollis Clayson.
Lecture: Duchamp’s Fountain: A Second Opinion
Explore the controversial work and its impact on American modernism in 1920 letters between William Carlos Williams and Albert Barnes.
On Practice: Pew Fellows in Conversation
Join us for an intimate look at how the artists shaping Philadelphia’s cultural scene experiment, discover, and create.
Deep Dive: “Thomas Paine on the value of freedom” Ad by S. Neil Fujita
An in-depth discussion about Fujita’s design for the “Great Ideas of Western Man” advertising campaign. Free with admission; Roberts Gallery
Deep Dive: Ogawa II by Kay Sekimachi
An in-depth discussion about Sekimachi’s intricate monofilament hanging. Free with admission; Roberts Gallery