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Now museum, now you don't: the quirky and fascinating Barnes collection is moving to central Philadelphia so that more people will be able to see it. But see what?(ART)

American Prospect, The,  July, 2005  by D; '; Arcy, David

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A MAY FUND-RAISER AT THE BARNES Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania, on Philadelphia's Main Line, drew some 300 people for cocktails and an auction for trips to Europe and dinner for 20 at the foundation in the main gallery, ringed by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Paul Cezanne masterpieces.

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Drinks and donor perks feed the museum trade-off culture (although responsible curators won't let red wine near Cezanne's Card Players). Yet for the Barnes, the scene was odd: Donor-stroking was never the culture of the Foundation, which has always favored art-appreciation classes over ...

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