The National Galleries of Scotland and The High

The High Museum in Atlanta has garnered a sizable amount of press in the past couple of years, mostly due to its collaboration with the Louvre, an enterprise meant to generate income for the Louvre and bring attention to the High with the Louvre’s powerful name. The High is engaging in a similar 4-year project with the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS). The exhibition opens October 16 and will include Titian’s two Dianas.

According to theartnewspaper.com, “the two Titians have never left the UK since their arrival in 1798. They will form the centrepiece of an exhibition on ‘Venetian Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland’. After its presentation in Atlanta, the show will go to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (opening 5 February 2011) and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (21 May 2011).”

Although the NGS director-general, John Leighton, admitted that this campaign was mostly about raising money for the galleries’ pricey renovation, the High and Atlanta dwellers will definitely benefit from this rare tour.