Felix Salazar

Review of Barnes Foundation

The history of this museum is fascinating. How the...

The history of this museum is fascinating. How the whole building is a copy of the original Barnes gallery, which was not open to the general public. And how Barnes started to add items to this private collection, up to a point where it's basically invaluable (I read estimated values for the whole collection priced in tens of billions dollars). And how chaotic is arranged, with the paintings cramped into the walls, because of lack of space of the original gallery