The Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation
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Mission
The mission of the Barnes is to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture. Founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, believed that art had the power to improve minds and transform lives. Our diverse educational programs are based on his teachings and one-of-a-kind collections.
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THE FOUNDATION ENGAGES IN AN ACTIVE PROGRAM OF COLLECTION CARE AND CONSERVATION. THE BARNES ART COLLECTION COMPRISES OVER 8,000 WORKS OF FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, INCLUDING PAINTINGS, FRAMES, WORKS ON PAPER, FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE METALWORK. THE FOUNDATION'S PHILADELPHIA FACILITY INCLUDES A STATE-OF-THE-ART PAINTING CONSERVATION LAB. IN 2018, THE BARNES CONTINUED ITS WORK ON PRESERVATION OF ITS 365 WORKS OF ART ON PAPER, 280 OF WHICH ARE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN THE COLLECTION GALLERY. A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF CEZANNE'S THE LARGE BATHERS COMMENCED, ENHANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTIST'S MATERIALS AND WORKING METHODS THROUGH SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS AND TECHNICAL IMAGING. IN A GROUNDBREAKING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT, THE BARNES PAINTING WILL BE STUDIED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE ARTIST'S TWO OTHER PAINTINGS OF THE SAME SUBJECT IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY IN LONDON AND THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART. THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECT, BEGUN IN 2015, OF RECOATING THE NEARLY 900 METAL OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON THE WALLS OF THE COLLECTION GALLERY. THE TREATMENT CONSISTS OF REMOVING OLD COATINGS, CLEANING THE SURFACE OF THE METAL, AND APPLYING A PROTECTIVE WAX COATING TO THE OBJECT. 378 OBJECTS HAVE BEEN TREATED TO DATE. THE FOUNDATION PRESENTED THREE SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS IN 2018. RUNNING NOVEMBER 17, 2017, THROUGH MARCH 12, 2018, THE BARNES PRESENTED THE ONLY US SHOWING OF KIEFER RODIN, A MAJOR EXHIBITION ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSEE RODIN, PARIS TO MARK THE CENTENNIAL OF AUGUSTE RODIN'S DEATH. THE EXHIBITION FEATURED RECENT WORKS BY RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ANSELM KIEFER THAT OFFER A NEW WAY OF OBSERVING AND UNDERSTANDING RODIN-ALONGSIDE WORKS BY RODIN, SOME ON VIEW IN THE US FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 100 ITEMS, INCLUDING SEVERAL LARGE-SCALE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS MADE BY KIEFER (B. 1945) IN HOMAGE TO RODIN (1840-1917); A SERIES OF LARGE PAINTINGS TITLED LES CATHEDRALES DE FRANCE; AND VITRINES FILLED WITH ASSORTED OBJECTS INCLUDING PLASTER CASTS, DRIED PLANTS, STONES, AND PIECES OF FABRIC. ALSO ON VIEW WERE SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS BY RODIN, INCLUDING RARELY DISPLAYED PLASTER MOLDS.FROM MAY 6 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 3, 2018, THE BARNES PRESENTED RENOIR: FATHER AND SON/PAINTING AND CINEMA, A MAJOR EXHIBITION EXAMINING THE ARTISTIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN RENOWNED IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR AND HIS SON, CELEBRATED FILMMAKER JEAN RENOIR. THE EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 120 WORKS, INCLUDING PAINTINGS, FILMS, DRAWINGS, CERAMICS, COSTUMES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND POSTERS, FOR AN ILLUMINATING EXPLORATION OF PIERRE-AUGUSTE'S ROLE IN HIS SON'S WORK AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAINTING AND CINEMA. THE EXHIBITION WAS ORGANIZED BY THE BARNES AND THE MUSEES DORSAY ET DE LORANGERIE, PARIS, IN COLLABORATION WITH LA CINEMATHEQUE FRANCAISE, PARIS.THE THIRD EXHIBITION, ON VIEW FROM OCTOBER 21, 2018, THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2019, WAS TITLED BERTHE MORISOT: WOMAN IMPRESSIONIST. THIS LANDMARK EXHIBITION WAS THE US DEBUT OF THE SHOW, EXPLORING THE SIGNIFICANT YET UNDER-RECOGNIZED CONTRIBUTIONS OF BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895), ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF IMPRESSIONISM. BERTHE MORISOT: WOMAN IMPRESSIONIST WAS THE FIRST MONOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OF THE ARTIST TO BE HELD IN THE US SINCE 1987. THE INTERNATIONALLY TOURING EXHIBITION WAS CO-ORGANIZED BY THE BARNES, THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, THE MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC, AND THE MUSEES DORSAY ET DE LORANGERIE, PARIS. THE PRESENTATION AT THE BARNES PROVIDED NEW INSIGHT INTO A DEFINING CHAPTER IN ART HISTORY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE MORISOT'S WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BARNES'S COLLECTION OF IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS. THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTS ONGOING SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH ON OBJECTS AND WORKS OF ART IN ITS COLLECTION, AND ON THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS FOUNDERS. IN 2018, THE ARCHIVES, LIBRARY, AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON PROCESSING THE VIOLETTE DE MAZIA ARCHIVAL COLLECTION. A SURVEY OF THESE MATERIALS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE MATERIALS HAS BEGUN, WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING A FINDING AID (INVENTORY) TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE IN 2019. THE FOUNDATION ALSO HAS AN ART LIBRARY IN ITS PHILADELPHIA FACILITY WHICH IS OPEN TO STUDENTS, FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS, GENERALLY BY APPOINTMENT.CHANGING DISPLAYS OF MATERIALS FROM THE BARNES ARCHIVES ARE REGULARLY SHOWN ON THE FOUNDATION'S LOWER LEVEL. THE FIRST EXHIBIT: PAUL PHILIPPE CRET AND THE BARNES FOUNDATION (SPRING 2018) REVIEWED HOW IN 1922, ALBERT BARNES CONTRACTED FRENCH ARCHITECT PAUL PHILIPPE CRET TO DESIGN A GALLERY AND RESIDENCE IN MERION, PENNSYLVANIA. FEATURED IN THIS EXHIBITION WERE LETTERS BETWEEN THE TWO MEN, PLUS CRET'S PLANS AND SKETCHES FOR THE BUILDINGS THAT OFFICIALLY HOUSED THE BARNES FOUNDATION IN 1925. SINCE CRET HELPED DESIGN THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY, THE SITE OF THE NEW BARNES BUILDING, THE EXHIBIT CELEBRATED THE PARKWAY'S CENTENNIAL YEAR AS WELL; THE SECOND EXHIBIT: A SHADOW ON HER SUNSHINE: ALBERT BARNES AND GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (FALL 2018) WAS ALIGNED WITH THE BERTHE MORISOT EXHIBITION. TO CELEBRATE WOMEN ARTISTS, THIS EXHIBIT FEATURED LETTERS BETWEEN ALBERT BARNES AND GEORGIA O'KEEFFE. A NEW RESEARCH INITIATIVE, OBJECT WHITE PAPERS, WAS LAUNCHED IN 2018 TO PRODUCE NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT UNDER-RESEARCHED OBJECTS IN THE COLLECTION. WRITTEN PRIMARILY BY GRADUATE STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION'S ART TEAM, THESE SCHOLARLY PAPERS PLACE WORKS OF ART IN THEIR CULTURAL AND SOCIAL-HISTORICAL CONTEXTS. THOUGH THESE PAPERS ARE INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE, THEY FORM THE BASIS FOR CONTENT THAT IS SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC.ART-HISTORICAL CONTENT FOR 250 COLLECTION OBJECTS WAS ADDED TO THE BARNES WEBSITE IN 2018. THESE NEWLY WRITTEN TEXTS BASED ON RECENT RESEARCH ON THE COLLECTION PROVIDE READERS WITH BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE OBJECTS AND THE ARTISTS OR CULTURES WHO MADE THEM. THIS CONTENT WILL ALSO BE VIEWABLE ON AN IN-GALLERY DIGITAL GUIDE, SET TO LAUNCH IN 2019. THE FOUNDATION HAS A LARGE LIVING COLLECTION, WHICH IS MAINTAINED IN ITS 12 ACRE ARBORETUM. THE LIVING COLLECTION CONTAINS OVER 2,500 TAXA OF WOODY PLANTS AND PERENNIALS. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS AN HERBARIUM WHICH INCLUDES OVER 10,000 PRESERVED PLANT SPECIMENS. THE FOUNDATION'S LIVING COLLECTION INCLUDES OVER 38 "STATE CHAMPION" TREES. THE BARNES ARBORETUM IS HOME FOR A NATIONAL DISPLAY GARDEN OF HOSTA, THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF HARDY ORNAMENTAL FERNS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES, AND A DISPLAY GARDEN OF MEDICINAL PLANTS UNIQUE IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY REGION. EXPENSES FOR COLLECTIONS CARE INCLUDE A PRO-RATA SHARE OF DEPRECIATION AND OTHER FACILITY COSTS ALL LOCATIONS.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as documented in the filing, is “To promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture. to maintain an art gallery containing works of ancient and modern art.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were described as: “To promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture. to maintain an art gallery containing works of ancient and modern art.”.
- The non-profit is legally allowed to operate in the state of PA, as reported.
- The filing provides the non-profit's address in 2020 as 2025 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19130.
- The non-profit has a total of 188 employees, as reported on their form for 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $11,359,531.
- The organization has 13 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1922.
- The organization pays $10,001,172 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $3,218,631 in fundraising expenses.
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