Curator Lisa Small takes Save Venice members on a private after-hours tour of Monet and Venice, 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. 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 Monet’s career—including 19 of his Venetian paintings. 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. Sonic installations by Niles Luther, the Museum’s composer in residence, and other immersive elements further transport exhibition viewers to Venice. Reception to follow.

Led by Dr. Lisa Small, Senior Curator, European Art 

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Image: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). The Palazzo Ducale, 1908. Oil on canvas, 32 × 39 in. (81.3 × 99.1 cm) frame: 41 1/4 × 49 × 3 1/2 in. (104.8 × 124.5 × 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of A. Augustus Healy, 20.634. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)