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May 16, 2008
Judge Rejects Suit to Stop Art Collection's Relocation
A lawsuit to prohibit the relocation of the Barnes Foundation’s $5-billion art collection to a Philadelphia exhibition space was thrown out by a Montgomery County judge, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.
A citizens’ group, Friends of the Barnes Foundation, and the Montgomery County government were both ruled to have insufficient standing in the case, which sought to keep the art collection in its current location, Pennsylvania’s Lower Merion Township. The collection’s founder, Albert C. Barnes, had stipulated that the dozens of Renoirs, Cézannes, and other masterpieces he donated remain there.
The lawsuit hinged on a December 2004 court ruling that allowed the art foundation to overturn the will of Mr. Barnes.
The two plaintiffs in the lawsuit have not decided if they will appeal the ruling.
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