Be transported to the city that was, to quote Claude Monet, “too beautiful to be painted.”
Monet and Venice is the first exhibition to focus on Monet’s luminous Venetian paintings—a radiant yet underexplored chapter in the artist’s late career—since their debut in 1912.
New York’s largest museum show dedicated to Monet in over 25 years, the exhibition features more than 100 artworks, books, and ephemera.
The artist’s singular vision of Venice is also set in dialogue with portrayals of the city by renowned artists such as Canaletto, Paul Signac, John Singer Sargent, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
See these gorgeous paintings together. Journey to this fabled place with us. Monet and Venice opens today at the Brooklyn Museum.
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.
Generous support is provided by The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, Catherine Hannah Behrend, the Norman and Arline Feinberg Exhibition Fund, Leslie and David Puth, Kerry and Jeffrey Strong, and David E. Weisman and Jacqueline E. Michel.
Additional support is provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and Joan Krotenberg.
From the top: Claude Monet. Palazzo Ducale, 1908. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of A. Augustus Healy, 20.634. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
