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.

Ticket Information:

Tickets are $40 for the talk & cocktail reception, $30 for the garden tours, or $65 for both.

Upon registration, you will receive an email confirmation. Tickets/maps for the garden tour may be picked up at the Library on Friday, June 21st between 12pm and 6pm, or on Saturday, June 22nd starting at 10am.   

Robert Becker – Gillian Blake – Jessica Brackman and Charles Melcher – Stephana Bottom and Duncan M. Webb – Sabina and Jeb Breece – Anne and John Coffin – Sally and Robert Cook – Livia Corredor – Ed DeLuca and Ed Gallagher – Karen Doeblin and Robinson Lacy – Ingrid Ellen – Barbara and Joe Ellis – Mary Kay and Ian Elwell – Jane Garmey – Mary Ellen and Andrea Geisser – Dinny and Ed Greene – Marjorie and Simon Hewett – Ania and David Hubbard – Blake and Dan Hubbard – Pamela Hughes – Debby and Bart Jones – Bindy and Stephen Kaye – Anne Kreamer and Kurt Andersen – Roxana Laughlin – Samantha Lendl – Ali and Ben Lesch – Phillis Levin and Jack Shanewise, MD – Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Luckett – Joan and Robert McGuire – Molly and Jeff Morgan – Phyllis Nauts – Cheryl Pauls – Malka Percal – Roxana and Tony Robinson – Mary Louise and John Rubin – George E. Schoellkopf – Alison and William Schweizer – Janine Selendy – Chuck Short and Chet Krayewski – Doc Simont – Hamilton South – Betty Spence – Linda and James Stewart – Marnell and Rick Stover – Frances Taliaferro – Karen Tansey – Ann Temkin and Wayne Hendrickson – Betsey and Gary Unger – Jean Vitalis – Maurice Wilkinson

* as of June 18, 2024