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Launch of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s book Director’s Choice. The Hermitage
On 14 February 2020, the Hermitage Theatre was the venue for the launch of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s book Director’s Choice. The Hermitage produced by the Arca publishing house.
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Opening of the exhibition “Antiquities of the Tapan Museum in the Hermitage”
On 14 February 2020, the day of remembrance for Boris Borisovich Piotrovsky, the Hall of the Culture and Art of Urartu on the ground floor of the Winter Palace was the setting for the formal opening of an exhibition of antiquities from the Tapan Museum organized by the State Hermitage, the Armenian
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Meeting of the working group preparing proposals for amendments to the Constitution
On 13 February 2020, Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the working group preparing proposals for amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
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The Formal Presentation To The Hermitage Of Adrian Ghenie’s Painting “The Hunter”
On 7 February 2020, as part of the exhibition “I have turned my only face...” Paintings by Adrian Ghenie, the General Staff building became the setting for the formal presentation of Adrian Ghenie’s painting “The Hunter” as a gift to the State Hermitage and the launch of the exhibition catalogue.
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Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and Collaboration between the State Hermitage and the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum
On 7 February 2020, the Council Hall of the State Hermitage was the venue for the formal conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding and Collaboration between the State Hermitage and the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum.
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Press Conference of the Worldwide Club of Petersburgers
On 5 February 2020, TASS was the venue for a press conference devoted to the plans of the Worldwide Club of Petersburgers for the current year and a project to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Admiral Krusenstern.
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Presentation of the project “The Hermitage at Metropolis. Entertaining Tales of Prince Potemkin”
On 1 February 2020, the installation “Entertaining Tales of Prince Potemkin” was opened at the Metropolis shopping centre in Moscow.
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Art is the Gift of Angels: A new instalment of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s Hermitage TV series
The cultural TV channel Russia-K has broadcast the latest programme in the authorial series by Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky – “Art is the Gift of Angels”.
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The State Hermitage informs
On 21 January 2020, the Hermitage’s Museum Security Service received information from law-enforcement bodies about a bomb threat.
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The State Hermitage informs
Following publications in the press about Poland laying claim to certain works of art that are currently being kept in museum collections in Russia with an indication the Brueghel’s Forest Landscape is in the Hermitage, we point out that Jan Brueghel the Elder’s painting Forest Landscape now in the
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Mikhail Piotrovsky’s Working Visit to Amsterdam
On 16 and 17 January 2020, Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, was in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on a working visit to Amsterdam.
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Mikhail Piotrovsky’s book Director’s Choice
In 2019, the Arca publishing house brought out the book Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky. Director’s Choice. The Hermitage.
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The State Hermitage informs
The Hermitage informs its visitors of the museum’s working hours over the New Year holidays.
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The Last Exhibition of the Year
On 31 December, New Year’s Eve, the 18th year in succession the Hermitage is opening the final exhibition devoted to the most notable gifts received in the past twelve months.
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Opening of the exhibition “Henri Matisse: Jazz”
On 30 December 2019, the exhibition “Jazz”, marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henri Matisse, began running in the General Staff building.
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Ceremony marking the anniversary of the “the expulsion of the enemy from the borders of Russia”
On 25 December 2018, the anniversary of the publication of the Manifesto on “the expulsion of the enemy from the borders of Russia”, the traditional thanksgiving service was held in the Church of the Vernicle – the Great Church of the Winter Palace. Archpriest Vladimir Sorokin, Dean of the Prince Vl
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Working Meeting at UNESCO on the Regeneration of Palmyra
A working meeting on the regeneration of Palmyra took place on 18 December 2019 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The aim of the meeting was to determine optimal approaches to the problem of reviving the World Heritage site.
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New Year Fancy Dress Party “Total Sur!” at the Hermitage Youth Centre
On 21 December 2019, the General Staff building was the venue for the traditional New Year’s student fancy dress party organized by the Youth Centre of the State Hermitage.
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New Year Party for Special-Needs Children in the Hermitage
On 20 December 2019, the Hermitage Theatre was the setting for a New Year party for children with health-related disabilities who participate in the special programme “My Hermitage”.
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Research and Application Seminar “The Museum and Young People. In Search of a Common Language”
On 18 December 2019, as part of a visit to the State Hermitage by a delegation of representatives of Dutch museums, the Youth Centre hosted a research and application seminar “The Museum and Young People. In Search of a Common Language” in which the guests from the Netherlands participated together
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