Billionaire art lover Albert Barnes was brilliant in business. He was also ‘emotionally, socially incredibly stupid.’
Art critic Blake Gopnik spent hundreds of hours immersed in Barnes’s archives. The result is 'The Maverick’s Museum: Albert ...
The hot-tempered chemist behind a world-class art collection
Blake Gopnik’s “The Maverick’s Museum” is a biography of Albert Barnes, founder of the Barnes Foundation ...
A Vivid, Engrossing Biography of an Art-World Contrarian
In “The Maverick’s Museum,” Blake Gopnik presents the contradictory, intriguing, infuriating man behind the Barnes Collection ...
Q&A: Albert Barnes' Biographer, Blake Gopnik, on the Importance of Museums
Art critic and biographer Blake Gopnik explores the intriguing history of the Barnes Foundation in an interview with Newsweek ...
How the First Vincent van Gogh Piece Was Acquired in the US: Book Excerpt
Blake Gopnik recounts how the Albert Barnes Foundation started its collection of modern art via an excerpt from his book, ...
Three NY locations named among world's greatest places of 2025 by TIME magazine
The list, which is comprised of places to visit and places to stay, features locations from the U.S. to Australia.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In a New Exhibition at the Barnes Foundation, Cecily Brown Takes the Long View
While hanging Cecily Brown’s new exhibition, the curators at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia noticed that Brown, the ...
Color & Light Festival in Asbury Park, and more things to do at the Shore this weekend
Teams from around the world will debut works of animated storytelling, creating the illusion that the Paramount architecture ...
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Chalmette crawfish fest, income tax help, a kids' book sale and more community events
CRESCENT CITY COIN CLUB SHOW: The Crescent City Coin Club will host a show March 29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at The Landing Ballroom, ...