Monet’s Floating Worlds at Giverny

Downtown

When

May 30–Aug. 17, 2025

Days vary, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Where

Artful Venues at the Portland Art Museum

1219 SW Park Ave
Portland, OR 97205

The following description was submitted by the event organizer.

The monumental canvas Waterlilies by Claude Monet is perhaps the most treasured painting in the Portland Art Museum’s collection. Now, after over 65 years, it will finally look much as the artist intended — without varnish. The detailed process of conservation resulted in new color harmonies and brightness. To celebrate the restoration of the painting and the campus transformation project, this beloved icon will be presented in its historical context. Monet and his fellow Impressionists were obsessed with Japanese “floating world” prints that had only been available in Europe and the United States for a few decades, yet transformed how artists looked at the world. They introduced new concepts of beauty and ways of seeing the world that decentered the European tradition. 

Cost: $0 – $25