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THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION HAD 25,300 VISITORS.MOHAMED BOUROUISSA: URBAN RIDERS WAS CURATED BY SYLVIE PATRY, CONSULTING CURATOR AT THE BARNES FOUNDATION AND CHIEF CURATOR/ DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR CURATORIAL AFFAIRS AND COLLECTIONS AT THE MUSEE DORSAY. THE THIRD EXHIBITION, WHICH WAS ON VIEW FROM NOVEMBER 17, 2017 THROUGH MARCH 12, 2018 WAS ENTITLED KIEFER RODIN. TO MARK THE CENTENNIAL OF AUGUSTE RODIN'S DEATH ON NOVEMBER 17, THE BARNES FOUNDATION UNVEILED THE ONLY US PRESENTATION OF KIEFER RODIN, A MAJOR EXHIBITION ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSEE RODIN IN PARIS. THE EXHIBITION FEATURED RECENT WORKS BY RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ANSELM KIEFER THAT OFFER A NEW WAY OF OBSERVING AND UNDERSTANDING RODIN-ALONGSIDE WORKS BY RODIN, SOME ON VIEW IN THE US FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 100 WORKS, INCLUDING SEVERAL LARGE-SCALE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS BY KIEFER (B. 1945) MADE IN HOMAGE TO RODIN (1840-1917); A SERIES OF LARGE PAINTINGS TITLED LES CATHEDRALES DE FRANCE; AND VITRINES FILLED WITH ASSORTED OBJECTS INCLUDING PLASTER CASTS, DRIED PLANTS, STONES, AND PIECES OF FABRIC. ALSO INCLUDED WERE SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS BY RODIN, INCLUDING RARELY DISPLAYED PLASTER MOLDS. ROOTED IN EXPERIMENTATION, BOTH KIEFER AND RODIN'S ARTISTIC PROCESSES CONVEY A POIGNANT VISION OF HUMANITY'S SPIRITUAL DILEMMA AND OUR RELATIONSHIP TO HISTORY. IN THIS EXHIBITION, THE CONTRAST OF RODIN'S WORK WITH KIEFER'S EMPHASIZED RODIN'S MODERNITY AND HIS PROXIMITY TO CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE. THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION HAD 39,200 VISITORS.ORGANIZED BY THE BARNES FOUNDATION AND THE MUSEE RODIN, PARIS, KIEFER RODIN WAS A CURATORIAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN SYLVIE PATRY, CONSULTING CURATOR AT THE BARNES FOUNDATION AND CHIEF CURATOR/DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR CURATORIAL AFFAIRS AND COLLECTIONS AT THE MUSEE DORSAY, AND A TEAM OF CURATORS AT THE MUSEE RODIN: CATHERINE CHEVILLOT, DIRECTOR, AND VERONIQUE MATTIUSSI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH, DOCUMENTATION, LIBRARY, AND ARCHIVES, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF SOPHIE BIASS-FABIANI, CURATOR IN CHARGE OF DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND HELENE MARRAUD, ASSISTANT CURATOR IN CHARGE OF SCULPTURE.THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTS ONGOING SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH ON OBJECTS AND WORKS OF ART IN ITS COLLECTION, AND ON THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS FOUNDERS. IN 2016, THE BARNES BEGAN RESEARCH FOR CEZANNE IN THE BARNES FOUNDATION, THE FORTHCOMING CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE FOUNDATION'S CEZANNE COLLECTION, WHICH-WITH 61 OIL PAINTINGS, 6 WATERCOLORS, AND 2 LITHOGRAPHS-IS AMONG THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IN THE WORLD. RESEARCH FOR THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF SCHOLARS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SYLVIE PATRY, FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COLLECTIONS &amp; EXHIBITIONS AND GUND FAMILY CHIEF CURATOR. AMONG THE WORK COMPLETED IN 2017 BY THE BARNES CONSERVATION AND CURATORIAL TEAMS WAS AN EXAMINATION OF RELATED MATERIALS IN THE FOUNDATION'S ARCHIVES AND AN INITIAL TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE 61 OIL PAINTINGS. THE FOUNDATION MAINTAINS AN ARCHIVE CONTAINING THE PERSONAL PAPERS OF DR. BARNES AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE ARCHIVE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE FOUNDATION'S STUDENTS AND DOCENTS AS WELL AS TO SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS BY APPOINTMENT. CHANGING DISPLAYS OF MATERIALS FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION ARCHIVES ARE EXHIBITED IN THE FOUNDATION'S FACILITY.THROUGH THE SPRING OF 2017, THE FOUNDATION PRESENTED AN ARCHIVAL EXHIBITION CALLED CHER MATISSE WHICH INCLUDED SELECTED LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS EXCHANGED BETWEEN ALBERT C. BARNES AND HENRI MATISSE FROM 1930 - 1933. MATERIALS ON VIEW FOR THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT MATISSE SENT FROM HIS STUDIO IN NICE, FRANCE, DEPICTING THE DANCE MURAL IN PROCESS, AND A HEARTFELT CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM MATISSE SENT TO LAURA BARNES IN 1952.DURING THE SUMMER OF 2017 THE ARCHIVAL EXHIBITION FLOSSIE LEE AND MUSTARD PLASTER: DR. BARNES AND HIS HUNTERS WAS PRESENTED. WITH THE FINANCIAL SUCCESS OF ARGYROL, DR. AND MRS. BARNES ENJOYED THEIR NEWFOUND PROSPERITY BY BUILDING AN ESTATE HOME THAT THEY DECORATED WITH FINE FURNISHINGS AND ART. ALONG WITH EXPENSIVE AUTOMOBILES, THEY ALSO PURCHASED THOROUGHBRED HORSES AND JOINED THREE HUNT CLUBS IN THE NEARBY COUNTIES. 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