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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. Try our mobile guide!
Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
Experience a fresh perspective on two important modern painters.
Visions
Works created by artists from Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Guild program and SCI Phoenix.
Education & Empowerment: Scholarship Recipients at the Barnes Foundation, 1927–1949
Explore the experiences of four scholars whose research was supported by the Barnes Foundation—from art history to medicine.
Exhibition Tour: Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
Get a fresh perspective on Henri Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the Roberts Gallery.
Private Exhibition Tour: Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
This tour is a private one-hour experience for up to seven guests.
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 Tour
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.
Private Collection Tour: Favorite Artists
Choose your favorite artists in the collection for a private one-hour experience for up to eight guests.
Members-Only Exhibition Tour: Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
Members are invited to exclusive tours of Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes in the Roberts Gallery.
August Spotlight Tour: Portraits in the Barnes
Explore the incredible diversity of portraiture in the collection—from Hals to Van Gogh, Matisse, and Soutine.
July Spotlight Tour: Portraits in the Barnes
Explore the incredible diversity of portraiture in the collection—from Hals to Van Gogh, Matisse, and Soutine.
Members-Only Online Talk: Cross-Collection Curiosities
This exclusive talk for Barnes members and Walters Art Museum members details unique objects in each collection.
First Friday: Wayna & BlackStar Film Festival
Tonight’s performances by R&B and soul singer Wayna are presented in partnership with BlackStar.
Upcoming
PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Beats with Heart
Join us for a celebration of music, with Steve Weiss Mallet Festival and art for the whole family.
Members-Only Online Talk: Matisse and Renoir on the Riviera
Learn more about the fruitful relationship between Matisse and Renoir that began in 1917.
Members-Only Evening Tour: When Paintings Tell Stories
Members are invited to an exclusive evening tour exploring all the techniques artists use to create narratives.
Member Talk: William Perthes on Visions
Get a behind-the-scenes look at our new exhibition of work by artists from Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Guild program and SCI Phoenix.
Toddlerpalooza
Fun activities and musical performances for toddlers, with dance, reading, art, and more.
Members-Only Online Tour: Matisse & Renoir
Members are invited to an exclusive online tour of Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Mickalene Thomas:
All About Love
The first major international tour on Thomas’s pioneering work.
Cecily Brown: Themes and Variations
Surveying three decades of the British painter’s career.
Rousseau’s Secrets
See the inventive works of Henri Rousseau in a new light.