Two New York Magazine writers go head to head on the Barnes Museum's controversial move from suburban Lower Merion to the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.
Soon the dust will settle, the feuds will fade, and art will do what it does. Till then, remember this: Owners of art are temporary caretakers. Their wishes are not to be sacrosanct in perpetuity. The move of this singular jewel in the crown to a more accessible location, into a far better-equipped, much more flexible building, allows this monumental testament to art’s possibilities to shine forth more magnanimously and generously than ever before. When art wins, everyone wins. Even Albert Barnes.
Original source: New York Magazine
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