A masterpiece of Portland Art Museum’s permanent collection, Claude Monet’s “Waterlilies” is the subject of a stunning restoration celebration. From March 1 to August 17, 2025, “Floating Worlds at Giverny: Portland’s Waterlilies Resurfaces,” showcases the renowned Monet canvas, painted in 1914-15, now free of synthetic resin varnish applied in 1959. The varnish dulled the painting’s colors and altered the natural patterns Monet captured in the water’s reflections. Alongside “Waterlilies,” vistors will find Japanese prints that influenced the Impressionist movement and contemporary photographs of Monet’s Giverny gardens in France, and Portland’s Japanese gardens. Visitors will see “Waterlilies” as Monet intended, with the painting’s colorful floating blooms brought back to their original state. See portlandartmuseum.org.