Monet’s Water Lilies paintings are among the most beloved artworks of the early 20th century and Ann Temkin, the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, will discuss the design and cultivation of his garden at Giverny as integral to his work as a painter. Ms. Temkin, who was born in Torrington and weekends in Cornwall, is the first woman to hold the premier curatorial position at MoMA.  Before coming to MoMA, she was the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum.

This talk will be held at the United Church of Christ, 8 Bolton Hill Road in Cornwall Village and will be followed by a cocktail reception in a nearby private garden.

Gillian Blake – Stephana Bottom and Duncan M. Webb – Anne and John Coffin – Sally and Robert Cook – Livia Corredor – Ed DeLuca and Ed Gallagher – Ingrid Ellen – Barbara and Joe Ellis – Jane Garmey – Mary Ellen and Andrea Geisser – Dinny and Ed Greene – Marjorie and Simon Hewett – Ania and David Hubbard – Pamela Hughes – Debby and Bart Jones – Anne Kreamer and Kurt Andersen – Roxana Laughlin – Samantha Lendl – Phillis Levin and Jack Shanewise, MD – Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Luckett – Phyllis Nauts – Cheryl Pauls – Malka Percal – Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Robinson, Jr. – Mary Louise and John Rubin – Alison and William Schweizer – Janine Selendy – Chuck Short and Chet Krayewski – Linda and James Stewart – Marnell and Rick Stover –Frances Taliaferro – Karen Tansey – Betsey and Gary Unger – Jean Vitalis

* as of May 8, 2024