Celebrating St. Petersburg - Visual Arts - Hermitage Art Exhibition

Celebrating St. Petersburg: 300 Years of Cultural Brilliance

Image: Concert in a Park by Nicolas Lancret, 1730s

Image: St. Ambrose by Gian Lorenzo Bernini,1663

Image: Ball at the New Palace in 1829 by Adolf Menzel, 1854

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WEDNESDAY, September 10 12:00 p.m. French Textiles in Russia: Western Influences on the Russian Taste in Interior Decoration, 1750-1800 A lecture by Tatiana Lekhovich, Curator of Textiles, West European Art Department, The State Hermitage Museum LOCATION: 1636 School of Social Work Building, International Institute, 1080 S. University Ave. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and The State Hermitage Museum



TUESDAY, September 16 4:00 p.m. Porcelain and the Culture and Politics of Imperial Russia A lecture by Lidia Liackhova, Curator of Porcelain, West European Art Department, The State Hermitage Museum LOCATION: 1636 School of Social Work Building, International Institute, 1080 S. University Ave. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and The State Hermitage Museum



WEDNESDAY, September 17 4:00 p.m. Russian Royalty and German Romantic Art A lecture by Mikhail Dedinkin, Curator of 19th- and 20th-Century German Drawings, The State Hermitage Museum LOCATION: 1636 School of Social Work Building, International Institute, 1080 S. University Ave. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and The State Hermitage Museum



SUNDAY, September 21–SUNDAY, November 23 Tuesday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; Sunday, 12:00 noon–5:00 p.m. The Romanovs Collect: European Art from the Hermitage Presenting 140 exceptional works of fine and decorative arts from the unrivalled collections of the world-famous State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, this exhibition provides an unprecedented window into the world of the Romanov tsars and their passion for collecting all things European. Ann Arbor will be the exclusive venue for this extraordinary exhibition. This exhibition is made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund. Additional support has been provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, the University of Michigan's Office of the Provost, Office of the Vice President for Communications, Office of the Vice President for Research, and other generous donors. LOCATION: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State St. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art



SUNDAY, September 28 3:00 p.m. The Private Tastes of the Romanovs in 18th Century Russia A lecture by James Steward, UMMA director, professor of the history of art, University of Michigan, and curator of the exhibition, The Romanovs Collect: European Art from the Hermitage (September 21-November 23) LOCATION: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State St. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and The State Hermitage Museum




TUESDAY, October 7 4:00 p.m. The Anglomania of the Russian Tsars A lecture by Elizaveta Renne, senior researcher and Keeper of British and Scandinavian Painting, West European Art Department, The State Hermitage Museum LOCATION: 1636 School of Social Work Building, International Institute, 1080 S. University Ave. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and The State Hermitage Museum



MONDAY, October 20 4:00 p.m. The Collection of Peter the Great A lecture by Sergey Androsov, Head of 19th- and 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture, Western European Art Department, The State Hermitage Museum LOCATION: 1636 School of Social Work Building, International Institute, 1080 S. University Ave. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and The State Hermitage Museum



SUNDAY, October 26 4:00 p.m. Nicholas I and The Hermitage: Builder, Patron, Tastemaker A lecture by Anne Odom, curator emeritus, Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington, DC LOCATION: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State St. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and The State Hermitage Museum



TUESDAY, October 28 NB: THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELED. Military Collections of the Russian Emperors A lecture by Georgy Vilinbakhov, First Deputy Director of The State Hermitage Museum; State Herald, Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Heraldry LOCATION: 1636 School of Social Work Building, International Institute, 1080 S. University Ave. PRESENTER: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and State Hermitage Museum



Image credits in order of appearance on sidebar: Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1734 Concert in a Park, 1730s Oil on canvas The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2003 Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian, 1598-1680 St. Ambrose, 1663 Terracotta The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2003 Adolf Menzel, German, 1815-1905 Ball at the New Palace in 1829, 1854 Paper, pencil, watercolor, gouache The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2003






Exhibition images: The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2003. St. Petersburg images: Jack Kollmann © 2003. Performing artists images: Courtesy of the University Musical Society. Copyright © 2003 Regents of the University of Michigan. Site design by U-M Marketing Communications.