Come to the Brooklyn Museum—and be transported to Venice!
When you think of this iconic city, what springs to mind? The waterways and gondoliers? St. Mark’s Basilica?
Monet and Venice, New York’s largest exhibition dedicated to Claude Monet in over a decade, features more than 100 artworks, books, and ephemera. Two masterpieces—the Brooklyn Museum’s own Palazzo Ducale and The Grand Canal, Venice from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco—are presented alongside selections from throughout the artist’s career, including 19 of his Venetian paintings.
While other artists focused on Venice’s busy streets and canals, Monet’s interpretation is hauntingly devoid of human presence. Instead, he captures the interplay of architecture with color and light, enveloping viewers in the city’s distinctive atmosphere.
It’s Venice like you’ve never seen it before.
From the top: Claude Monet. The Palazzo Contarini, 1908. Oil on canvas. Hasso Plattner Collection, Inv. MB-Mon-31
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 at the Brooklyn Museum, and Melissa Buron, Director of Collections and Chief Curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Original symphonic installation by Niles Luther, Composer in Residence at the Brooklyn Museum.
Lead Sponsor
Additional support is provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
