Conversation | The Barnes Then and Now—Reflections on the Installation
Channel: Barnes Foundation
Date: 2022-09-13

The Barnes Then and Now conversation series brings together scholars and cultural leaders to reflect on the state of the Barnes 100 years after our founding. 

In this talk, art historian Dario Gamboni joins Martha Lucy, Barnes deputy director for research, interpretation and education, for a candid discussion exploring the collection’s famously quirky ensembles. What was Dr. Barnes’s intention when he designed his unconventional groupings in the 1920s and ’30s? What stories do they tell, and how do we experience them now, 100 years later? Moderated by museums scholar Monique Scott. 

Speakers
Dario Gamboni is professor emeritus of the history of art at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He has published extensively about iconoclasm, symbolist art and literature, visual ambiguity, and the history of display. His current research deals with aniconism, modernism, and religion. 

Martha Lucy is deputy director for research, interpretation and education at the Barnes. A specialist in modern European art and visual culture, she is the coauthor of Renoir in the Barnes Foundation and has published many essays on topics ranging from the early charcoals of Odilon Redon to the motif of the mirror in impressionist painting.

Monique Scott is an anthropologist, museums scholar, and former museum professional. She worked for more than ten years as head of cultural education at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, and her recent scholarship focuses on the representation of Africa in Philadelphia museums. Her 2007 book, Rethinking Evolution in the Museum: Envisioning African Origins, explores how visitors experience race and culture in museums. 

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About The Barnes Foundation:
The mission of the Barnes is to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture.

Our 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. 

Philadelphia art collector, Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951), chartered the Barnes Foundation in 1922 to teach people from all walks of life how to look at art. Over three decades, he collected some of the world’s most important impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern paintings, including works by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso. He displayed them alongside African masks, native American jewelry, Greek antiquities, and decorative metalwork.

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