Multi-Billion Art To Move

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the last remaining appeal to stop the Barnes Foundation from moving its multi-billion dollar art collection from its suburban home to a new gallery in Philadelphia. The decision paves the way for plans to bring the renowned collection of Renoirs, Matisses and Picassos to Philadelphia's museum district, where tens of thousands more people could see it every year. The late Albert Barnes spent his fortune on the collection and the limestone gallery in suburban Lower Merion Township that has held the works since the 1920s. Barnes left strict instructions in his will that the paintings were never to be moved, but a judge in December ruled that the foundation could break from that directive. For the full story - click the title Irish Art