Tate Modern to stage its first Monet show with 20 water lilies

Tate Modern in London will stage its first exhibition focused on Claude Monet next spring.

The show, titled Monet: Painting Time, will run from 25 February to 27 June 2027, The Art Newspaper reported.

It will bring together more than 60 paintings, according to Tate. Monet lived from 1840 to 1926. The theme is time and how it passes.

That means light, weather and season. The exhibition looks at how Monet returned to the same subjects to catch change across hours, days and months. Expect a lot of looking closely.

Water lilies are at the centre. The show will include 20 of Monet's water lily paintings.

Several are travelling a long way. Lenders include the Artizon Museum in Tokyo and the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. The National Gallery in London has agreed to lend its 1899 painting The Water Lily Pond.

One picture is getting special attention before it goes on view. Tate conservators are working on The Seine at Port-Villez (1894). They are removing non-original layers of yellowed varnish, the clear coating that can dull colour as it ages.

What makes this stand out is the chance to compare. Twenty pond scenes in one building lets visitors track small shifts in brushwork and light. It is a big group for a single venue.

The exhibition has two corporate backers. Morgan Stanley is a sponsor. Anthropic is a sponsor and supporter.

Anthropic has form with Monet. It sponsored Monet and Venice at the de Young Museum in San Francisco earlier in 2026.

For visitors, this means planning ahead. Tickets are priced at £26, with free entry for Tate Members, according to Tate. The dates cover spring into early summer.

Tate Modern has never staged a Monet-focused show before. That changes in February.