Effort to stop Barnes move quashed by court

"A last-minute legal effort to prevent the Barnes Foundation in Merion from moving its spectacular art collection to Philadelphia was rejected by court order Thursday morning.

Judge Stanley Ott of Montgomery County Orphans' Court ruled that the Friends of the Barnes, an organization opposed to moving the renowned collection of Impressionist and early Modernist work from its original home to a new museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, had no legal standing to challenge the move."  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  Philly.com
On:  10/06/11
Website:  http://www.philly.com

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