Getting Down To Details At The Barnes

“If the Barnes is going to move, come hell or high water or last-gasp legal challenges, it would be nice to understand what the trade-offs will be. Is it possible, for example, to create an equally intimate experience in a bustling urban setting? Will the fabled art collection of Cézannes, Renoirs and Picassos be eclipsed by the bookstores, cafes and auditoriums that are de rigueur at museums these days? And how do you preserve the unique charms of the Barnes experience while moving the art from its idiosyncratic neo-Classical setting?”