Monet and Venice
Opens October 11
The New York Times recently featured Claude Monet’s Palazzo Ducale (above) in its 10-Minute Challenge, an exercise in patience and close looking. Are you up to it?
Advanced level: Visit the Brooklyn Museum to see how long you can stare at the real-life painting. Monet and Venice opens in just over two weeks—reserve your spot now!
Monet and Venice is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The exhibition is curated by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Melissa Buron, Director of Collections and Chief Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum. Original symphonic installation by Niles Luther, Composer in Residence, Brooklyn Museum.
Lead Sponsor
Significant support is provided by the Ford Foundation, Constance Christensen, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Howard, the Arnold Lehman Exhibition Fund, and Jessie and Charles Price.
From the top: Claude Monet. Palazzo Ducale, 1908. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of A. Augustus Healy, 20.634. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Claude Monet. Water Lilies, ca. 1914–17. Oil on canvas. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, 1973.3. (Photo: Randy Dodson, courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco); Claude Monet. The Grand Canal, Venice, 1908. Oil on canvas. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Osgood Hooker, 1960.29. (Photo: Randy Dodson, courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
