Kramer: Lamenting The Barnes Deal

While some are celebrating the imminent move of the famed Barnes Collection to Philadelphia, Hilton Kramer writes that the deal is a dark one with big implications. “The enemies of the late Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951) are about to achieve their fondest desire: the ‘legal theft,’ as it has been dubbed, of Dr. Barnes’ great collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.”