Martha Lucy, Deputy Director for Research, Interpretation, and Education, discussed the Barnes, its founder and history and its unique relationship with the artist Chaim Soutine, now featured in the current exhibit Soutine / de Kooning: Conversations in Paint.  The exhibition, produced in association with the Musee D’Orsay, makes its only US appearance at the Barnes through August 8.  She discussed founder Dr Barnes’s early support for Soutine and how the museum allowed de Kooning the opportunity to see the vast collection.  She spoke on the challenges of putting the exhib together during a pandemic when travel was forbidden and the great honor and world recognition the foundation has recieved through it.