The Brooklyn Museum, “Monet and Venice”

Open to both men and women

Claude Monet once claimed that Venice was “too beautiful to be painted,” a challenge he embraced by creating an extraordinary sequence of works depicting the Italian city. Monet and Venice reunites many of these paintings—a radiant yet underexplored chapter in the artist’s late career—for the first time since their debut in 1912.  The exhibition, New York’s largest show dedicated to Monet in over a decade, features more than 100 artworks, books, and ephemera.  Two masterpieces: Palazzo Ducale and The Grand Canal, Venice 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.