Titian at the High Museum

This weekend I had the immense pleasure of viewing the current exhibit, Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting at the High Museum. Comprised of 12 paintings and 13 drawings on loan from Scotland, including works by Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto and Bassano, the exhibition is a gem. Sixteenth-century Venetian painting is hard to beat. Using oil for the first time in Italy, these artists achieved a painterliness with lively brushwork unmatched in Renaissance art.

The upsetting part of this show? No one was there! I practically had the galleries to myself. The museum itself was busy, but why aren't people going to see this show? The Monet exhibition and automobile design (!) exhibition had huge crowds. This art may be more difficult to appreciate than water lillies that we've all seen on postcards 10,000 times, but it's well worth it. Viewers have to look at it carefully and have some concept of history, but it pays off. Atlantans, this show only runs through January 2. If you miss it, you are really missing out on something special.