The Maverick's MuseumA fascinating biography of the philanthropist Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform Americas soul From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling new art collector biography of Americas first great collector of modern art, Albert Coombs Barnes. Raised in a Philadelphia slum shortly after the Civil War, Barnes rose to earn a medical degree and then made a fortune from a pioneering

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given Edwin’s past as a dissolute risk-taker and art forger

the garden full of giant statues that sometimes seem alive is far from welcoming

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