Masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance Coming to Minneapolis Institute of Arts

MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), in conjunction with the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS), the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will present an exhibition of 25 Venetian masterpieces—12 paintings and 13 drawings—including two of the greatest paintings of the Italian Renaissance, Titian’s Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto (1556–59). The exhibition will also include paintings by Tintoretto, Veronese, and Lotto from the NGS collection. The MIA’s presentation of “Titian [...]

Exhibition of Titian Masterpieces Opening at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA (AP).- An exhibition of works by the Italian master Titian and others is opening in Atlanta and puts two of the Renaissance artist’s finer masterpieces on U.S. display for the first time. “Diana and Actaeon” and “Diana and Callisto” were painted between 1556 and 1559 for King Philip II of Spain. Designed as a pair, with a stream flowing from one to the other, the pieces were part of a six-painting series exploring mythological themes. The two works [...]

“Hidden” Tintoretto Goes on Public Display for the First Time

DORSET.- A hidden painting by Jacopo Tintoretto, the last of the three great Venetian Renaissance painters, has gone on public display for the first time and can be seen at Kingston Lacy in Dorset. The painting has spent most of the last 30 years in storage but, following a major programme of cleaning and restoration, “Apollo (or Hymen) Crowning a Poet and Giving Him a Spouse” can be seen at last. The National Trust Needs Your Help However, as well [...]

Titian’s Monumental “Diana” Paintings to Travel to U.S. for First Time

ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art, in collaboration with the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS), will present an exhibition of 25 masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance—12 paintings and 13 drawings—that will include two of the greatest paintings of the Italian Renaissance, Titian’s “Diana and Actaeon” and “Diana and Callisto” (1556–1559). The two monumental paintings have never before traveled to the United States . The exhibition will also include paintings by Tintoretto, Veronese and Lotto from the collection of the [...]