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Samuel Stretton

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Judge Denies Last-Ditch Effort to Keep Barnes Collection in Merion

Judge Stanley Ott upheld his previous decision—the Barnes Foundation's art collection will move to Philadelphia.

Editor's note: This story has been updated from the original, posted earlier Thursday, to include reactions from the Friends of the Barnes.  In what may be the final blow to petitioners seeking to keep the Barnes Foundation's priceless art collection in Merion, Judge Stanley Ott of Montgomery County Orphans' Court reaffirmed Thursday morning his previous decision that the groups' latest arguments have no merit, and that the Barnes should proceed with its move to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. On Aug. 1, attorney Samuel Stretton, representing the Friends of the Barnes, BarnesWatch, and various individuals, argued before Ott that proceedings should be re-opened regarding the move, based on revelations and comments from the …

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Court was Mis-led by Pa. AG's Office, Barnes Petitioners Will Argue Monday

conilynda

8:30 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2011

Last Will & Testament means nothing anymore. Don't bother with one.   more ›

Monday, August 1, 2011

Court was Mis-led by Pa. AG's Office, Barnes Petitioners Will Argue Monday

Monday afternoon, the Friends of the Barnes will once again face Judge Stanley Ott, urging him to consider re-opening a case most people thought was long shut.

As the Friends of the Barnes goes to court today in what appears to be the bottom of the 9th inning in a very lopsided game, many fans have long since left the stadium. There are a few die-hards left in the bleachers, sure, and a handful still standing behind glass in the air-conditioned luxury boxes, talking business with one eye on the batter and the imposing closer he faces. But most people consider the game long over. After all, wasn’t July 3 the final day to see the world-renowned private Barnes Foundation collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art and African artifacts at its Merion home? Scores of media outlets, including this one (a month before and then again on the day of), did features about the final Sunday, “when …

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In Merion, Saying Goodbye to the Barnes, Spectrum: What's Left Behind at the Barnes, and N.Y. Times Brings Barnes Galleries—in Merion—Virtually Back to Life

Maureen Winterhager

10:18 am on Wednesday, August 3, 2011

NO! Mr Barnes wanted his treasures to remain all together as a holistic unit - that was his last will. The desecration of this will is obscene. As is the greed of these Philadelphian robber barons! The world is watching and condemning America for allowing this to happen.   more ›

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