Monet centenary in Giverny
A special Monet exhibition is staged right inside Monet’s waterlily gardens in Giverny as part of the 2026 centenary programming — a rare chance to see his late masterpieces in the landscape that inspired them. The Musée des Impressionnismes has opened “Avant les nymphéas. Monet découvre Giverny,” spotlighting early, rarely seen works that trace Monet’s shift toward the waterlily series. (thelocal.fr) (connaissancedesarts.com)
The Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny is showing roughly thirty works from Monet’s Giverny years in an exhibition running from March 27 to July 5, 2026, arranged in five thematic sections that range from the Epte riverbanks to Monet’s first garden arrangements. (mdig.fr) The show was curated by Cyrille Sciama, General Director of the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny, and Marie Delbarre, research assistant at the museum, and it carries formal support from the Musée Marmottan Monet and the Académie des Beaux-Arts. (mdig.fr) Loans on display include Champ de coquelicots, Environs de Giverny (c.1885) from the Musée d’Orsay, Bras de Seine à Giverny (1885) from the Musée Marmottan Monet, and Prairie à Giverny (1890) on loan from the Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art. (mdig.fr) The programme highlights rarely seen pieces such as Monet’s Autoportrait au béret (1886), a 56 × 46 cm oil that remained in the family, and it features works with complex provenances — Champ de coquelicots was rediscovered in Germany after WWII and entrusted to France’s national museums in 1951. (expo.paris) Practical visitor details: the museum is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00 with last admission at 17:30, adult tickets are €12, concessions €9, audioguides €4, and entry is free for under-18s and on specified first-Sunday dates in April–June (Eure residents free on the first Sunday of July). (mdig.fr) The Giverny presentation is part of a broader 2026 centenary programme across Normandy and the Paris region that includes major exhibitions at institutions such as the Musée de l’Orangerie as museums mark 100 years since Monet’s death on December 5, 1926. (en.normandie-tourisme.fr)
