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Art of the Steal

Absolutely fascinating documentary about the controversial take-over of perhaps the premier mid-century private art collection in the world, the Barnes Collection of suburban Philadelphia by the city’s powerful politicians, philanthropists, and power-brokers.  Karl grew up about 25 minutes from the Barnes Museum and I got to visit it when it was still there.  Every room was CHOCK FULL of art, each more startling and amazing than the next.  The walls were covered.  It was extraordinary.  And now it’s gone, all the art absorbed into the Philadelphia Museum of Art, no doubt each piece hung on it’s own enormous white wall in sterile rooms with guards.  Watch this.

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