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Can you stare at this Monet painting for 10 minutes?
Sep 26, 2025
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“Monet and Venice’’ opens on October 11. 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? Take on the 10-Minute Challenge 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! Get tickets to Monet and Venice More art to stare at See the paintings in person Monet and Venice is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and the Fine Arts Museum​s​ 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) 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238 Unsubscribe View in browser