Kyong Kim Spatial, Material, Durational

Monet & Venice
Exhibition Design

Venice as atmosphere — presenting paintings that shimmer across time.






Brooklyn Museum, New York
Year 2025-2026 
Typology Exhibition Design
Size 14,000 ft²

Monet & Venice centers on Monet's Venetian series, framed through his trip to Venice with his wife Alice. The exhibition traces his deepening studies of water, reflection, and enveloppe — his pursuit of the atmospheric veil between painter and motif — while placing his work in dialogue with contemporaries who saw Venice as a defining artistic destination.

The exhibition opens in a domed rotunda — projections and field-recorded soundscapes setting a contemplative threshold. Galleries unfold through porous walls and framed openings, creating a permeable sequence that encourages quiet dialogue between Monet's work and that of his peers. The final gallery arranges the Venetian series along a circular upholstered wall, paintings organized by motif and individually lit. Accompanied by music, each canvas becomes a window into the atmospheric Venice Monet pursued. 




The exhibition is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.


Collaborators
Curator: Lisa Small, Melissa Buron
Music: Niles Luther

Press
New York Times
Hyperallergic
Artnet

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