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Spring Arts- Art: A Barnes first, Philadelphia artists and 'outsiders'

Last May the Barnes Foundation captured art-world headlines by opening its relocated museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. This May, the foundation will make headlines again when it presents the first special exhibition in its history. Under its ancien régime, the foundation didn't offer special shows. It didn't have room at its Merion gallery, but more to the point, such activities were anathema to founder Albert Barnes and his acolytes.

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