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Temporary exhiBiTionS
In 2010, the Hermitage held 30 temporary exhibitions
(objects from the Hermitage and other museums).
In museums around Russia the Hermitage held eight exhibitions
and took part in twelve exhibitions (a total of 1,656 exhibits).
Outside Russia the Hermitage held five exhibitions and took part
in 32 exhibitions (a total of 2,063 exhibits).
J Temporary exhiBiTionS in The hermiTage
SpaZialiSmo. riccardo licata
and venetian painting at the end
of the 20th century
05.02.10 – 18.04.10
Spazialismo – from the Italian “spazio”
meaning space or distance – is an Italian art
movement of the second half of the 20th
century. The majority of works in the exhibition
were by Riccardo Licata, who employed
the traditional bright colour and linear
expressiveness of Mediterranean cultures,
combined with symbolic abstract forms.
nostalgia for the roots. dashi
namdakov’s universe of the nomads
26.02.10 – 04.04.10
This exhibition of works by the celebrated
Buryat artist and sculptor was organized
jointly with the Dashi Namdakov Creative
Workshop. It continued the Hermitage
tradition of showing modern art within
the context of the museum’s own collections.
The exhibition presented more than
100 works by Namdakov, including bronze
sculptures, drawings and jewellery.
watercolour portraits and decorative
porcelain. new acquisitions
21.04.10 – 23.05.10
In late 2009 the Hermitage acquired 92 watercolours
and more than 140 pieces of
porcelain from the owner of the celebrated
Popov (Popoff) & Co. Gallery, Maurice
Baruch. The gallery’s collection was established
by Alexander Alexandrovich Popov,
a regular officer in the Russian army who
fought in the First World War and settled in
France in 1919. He set up an antique shop
in Paris which dealt in works of art of superb
quality. At the heart of his collection
Opening of Nostalgia for the Roots.
Dashi Namdakov’s Universe of the Nomads
exhibition
were watercolour portraits of the first half of
the 19th century, the time when this genre
flourished in Europe and Russia. The Hermitage
acquired works by more than 30 artists
of this period, both famous and longforgotten.
Back to russia. photographs
by roger fenton
14.05.10 – 07.06.10
One of the most remarkable acquisitions
made by the Hermitage in recent years is
a collection of 22 photographs by Roger
Fenton, from 1852 and 1855. Fenton, one
of the pioneers of photography, started his
career in Paris where he learnt the waxed
paper process invented by Gustave Le Gray.
He was to use this technique during his first
long trip through Russia in the summer and
autumn of 1852. The exhibition included
six prints from 1852, demonstrating Fenton’s
mastery of the technique and his skill
in creating artistic effects from the most
modest landscape motifs. Fenton’s most famous
works, however, are the photographs
he took in 1855 during the Crimean War.
Opening of SPAZIALISMO.
Riccardo Licata and Venetian Painting at the End
of the 20th Century exhibition
Opening of Watercolour Portraits and Decorative Porcelain. New Acquisitions exhibition
Opening of Back to Russia. Photographs by Roger Fenton exhibition
temporary exhIbItIons
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