This exhibition includes such art historical turning points as Matisse's 1905-06 painting, Le Bonheur de vivre [The Joy of Life], which literally altered the...
1 month ago

Next month's Barnes on the Block festival will highlight the works of a pair of 19th-century French artists at a new exhibition on...
3 months ago

Long blessed with magnificent institutions, Philadelphia is now attracting artists with its low rents and proximity to New York City — and by encouraging them...
10 months ago

Henri Matisse was among a handful of artists who challenged and successfully altered the course of 20th-century art history.
105 months ago

It's easy to fall in love with a painting by Henri Matisse. It's more difficult to explain what makes a Matisse great.
104 months ago

In 1930, Albert Barnes, the art collector and founder of the Barnes Foundation, did something a bit audacious: He asked Henri Matisse,...
30 months ago

A behind-the-scenes look at the Barnes Foundation's current Matisse research and conservation projects; she suspects the finished result will offer...
122 months ago

Albert Barnes amassed an unrivalled trove of works that 'triumphantly combines erudition with pleasure'
105 months ago

Intimately familiar with the Barnes Museum of old, a former reporter walks away with an appreciation for the new.
118 months ago

A gorgeous, provocative exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows how Matisse broke free of his painting stagnation in the late 1920s.
20 months ago