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Sculptures, paintings, and a touch of jazz

    May 13, 2012

Barnes Foundation Albert C. Barnes’s development of a treatment for gonorrhea made him a very wealthy man in the early years of the last century. He used his wealth to amass an art collection now valued at $25 billion. On May 19, after years of legal wrangling, its new, more-accessible home is scheduled to open in Philadelphia. 2025

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