As the National Gallery opens its show dedicated to Titian's great mythological paintings made for Philip II of Spain, we talk to the gallery's director, Gabriele Finaldi, about making a once impossible curatorial dream a reality, and we take an in-depth tour of the seven paintings in the exhibition with its curator, Matthias Wivel. As museums around the world close, Finaldi also discusses the latest advice from the UK government on COVID-19: business as usual. Plus, the latest art-world news.
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Titian, Danaë (around 1551–53) © Stratfield Saye Preservation Trust
Titian, Venus and Adonis (1553-54) © Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Titian, Perseus and Andromeda (around 1554-56) © The Wallace Collection, London / Photo: The National Gallery, London
Titian, Diana and Actaeon (1556-59) © The National Gallery London / The National Galleries of Scotland
Titian, Diana and Callisto (1556-59) © The National Gallery London / The National Galleries of Scotland
Titian, The Rape of Europa (1559–62) © Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Titian, The Death of Actaeon (around 1559-75) © The National Gallery, London