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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.
Members-Only Online Tour: Matisse & Renoir
Members are invited to an exclusive online tour of Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes.
Member Orientation
New members are invited to learn more about the perks of membership at the Barnes.
Upcoming
Members-Only Online Tour: Portraits in the Barnes
This exclusive online tour focuses on iconic and expressive portraits by Van Gogh, Matisse, Soutine, and more.
PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Happy Birthday, Sonia Sanchez!
We’re celebrating the 90th birthday of Philadelphia’s first poet laureate with special readings, art activities, and free gallery admission.
September Spotlight Tour: The Impressionists: Rebels of the Art World
A closer look at Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, and other artists who led this modern art movement.
Online Member Orientation
New members are invited to join us online to learn more about the perks of membership at the Barnes.
First Friday: April Varner
The New York–based jazz singer performs music from her new record.
Members-Only Online Tour: The Barnes Collection
This exclusive online tour offers members up-close views of favorite artworks.
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.