点评:Never heard of the Barnes Collection until I stumbled across the Barnes Daily Serving of Art live zoom presentations while looking for something to do during the pandemic!Every day for 15 minutes, a curator would talk about one piece of art! I looked forward to those videos everyday while they aired. Since then, I've read books and watched videos about Dr Barnes and the Barnes Collection. So we decided to stop there on a roadtrip out East. And we were impressed. The museum building is beautiful inside and out. And the Collection is terrific. We started in Gallery 1, enjoying the Matisse Dance murals high above us. We spent a couple hours going through the galleries on both sides of this initial large gallery. Truly the Barnes is overwhelming with the number of paintings and other works of art, including the metalwork. The works by Renoir, Matisse, and Cezanne are the most impressive! Also loved seeing works by William Glackens, a classmate and close friend of Dr Barnes; a painter in his own right, Glackens made purchases for Barnes, especially in the early days before Barnes became knowledgeable about contemporary European and American art. None of the pieces have labels, so I took advantage of the museum app to get more information on specific paintings on my phone; afterwards, I received an email showing each work, with full info, that I had selected using the app during our visit. The museum was more crowded than I anticipated, given the time tickets. We ate at the cafe halfway through our visit; there is also a restaurant in the museum. There are also a couple of large lobby areas to sit and relax. We spent over 5 hours in the museum. We lucked out getting a metered 12-hour parking spot on the street, which we used for a good portion of the day as we visited other sites within walking distance.
翻译:在疫情期间寻找消遣方式之前,我从未听说过巴恩斯收藏馆。偶然间,我发现了巴恩斯每日艺术直播讲座,每天15分钟,一位策展人会讲解一件艺术品!讲座播出时,我每天都翘首以盼。从那以后,我开始阅读关于巴恩斯博士和巴恩斯收藏馆的书籍,也观看相关的视频。于是,我们决定在一次东部自驾游中顺道参观巴恩斯收藏馆。果然,我们被深深震撼了。博物馆建筑内外都非常漂亮,馆藏更是令人叹为观止。我们从1号展厅开始参观,欣赏着高悬于头顶的马蒂斯《舞蹈》壁画。我们在这个大型展厅两侧的展厅里逛了几个小时。巴恩斯收藏馆的藏品数量之多,令人叹为观止,绘画和其他艺术品,包括金属制品,都让人目不暇接。雷诺阿、马蒂斯和塞尚的作品尤其令人印象深刻!我还很喜欢欣赏威廉·格拉肯斯的作品,他是巴恩斯博士的同学和挚友。格拉肯斯本身就是一位画家,他为巴恩斯购置艺术品,尤其是在巴恩斯对欧美当代艺术了解尚浅的早期阶段。所有作品都没有标签,所以我利用博物馆的应用程序在手机上查找特定画作的更多信息;之后,我收到了一封电子邮件,其中列出了我在参观期间使用应用程序选择的每一件作品及其完整信息。考虑到门票的开放时间,博物馆比我预想的要拥挤得多。我们在参观过程中途在咖啡馆用餐;博物馆内也有一家餐厅。此外,还有几个宽敞的大厅区域可供休息放松。我们在博物馆待了五个多小时。幸运的是,我们在街边找到了一个限时12小时的停车位,我们当天大部分时间都停在那里,以便步行前往附近的其他景点。