The Barnes Collection Conspiracy

A hateful conspiracy filled book just got harder to buy.

The barnes collection conspiracy. A banned books week display at the guantanamo cuba public library. History and retold it as a thriller they aim to make the past come alive for a modern audience but readers who enter this literary wayback machine are in for a bumpy ride. The new documentary explores the controversial plan to move the barnes foundation s 25 billion collection of modernist and post. Publishers weekly called craig parshall s trial by ordeal an enjoyable romp for legal thriller aficionados now parshall takes his readers to the nation s capital where a hitherto unknown document has turned up and turned into murder.

After years of bitter controversy the barnes foundation will open the doors of its new location in downtown philadelphia on saturday. Since 1922 the collection has been housed in the. That s no cause for celebration. Barnes who died in 1951 had specifically.

It has been rumored that the barnes endowment was purposely emptied using frivolous lawsuits. Suspected that there is a conspiracy in philadelphia high society to move the barnes foundation s 3 billion art collection to the philadelphia museum of art. The art of the steal is a 2009 documentary film directed by don argott about the controversial move of the barnes foundation generally considered to be the world s best collection of post impressionist art and valued in 2009 to be worth at least 25 billion from merion pennsylvania to philadelphia. The first conspiracy is an excellent book enthralling and beyond fascinating and it s sure to delight both fans of thrillers and american history npr meltzer and mensch have taken an obscure chapter of u s.

It doesn t really matter if the collection is accessed by 60 000 people or 250 000 people whether those people have a deep experience or not and whether their admissions tickets will improve the institution s financial health. The barnes collection is an extraordinary cultural jewel and philadelphia wants that jewel in its crown. The film would have the public believe that the philadelphia philanthropic community the barnes trustees the commonwealth of pennsylvania the philadelphia museum of art and the inquirer itself were all engaged in a conspiracy hatched well over a decade ago to steal the collection and give control of it to several potential suspects. As the smithsonian s president examines a newly.