The New Season in the Hermitage Friends’ Club

On 6 October, 2010 the Hermitage Friends’ Club opened the new season 2010-2011. Evening program included the official opening of the contemporary art festival ‘The Hermitage Week of the Pompidou Centre’ in the Hermitage Theatre.

The Friends’ meeting opened with the word of welcome by Dr. Vladimir Matveyev, Deputy Director of the State Hermitage Museum. Following it, the guests were invited to the Hermitage Theatre where Dimitri Ozerkov, Head of the Contemporary art department of the State Hermitage Museum, introduced ‘The Hermitage Week of the Pompidou Centre’ project aimed at demonstrating diverse forms of work with the modern art.

The project consists of two parts – the exhibition and the festival. During one week of the festival, different kinds of artistic activities are organized in the Museum: experimental performances of French and Russian performers, performances of ballet stars, round table meetings, workshops and discussions. Demonstrations of video-works by French artists from the collection of the Pompidou Center as well as a range of theater performances are held in the Hermitage Theater. French and Russian artists and representatives of modern art are involved in the numerous events of the Festival.

The exhibition opens on 13 October, 2010 in the Anteroom of the Winter Palace. The exhibition will present 12 masterpieces of French art of the 20th century from the collection of the Pompidou Center – famous works by Marcel Duchamp, Yves Klein, Martial Raysse, Jean Dubuffet, Cesar, Roman Opalka, Robert Filiou, Daniel Buren, Gerard Garouste, Georges Mathieu, Bernard Lavier, whose works are exhibited in St Petersburg for the first time.

At the official opening of the festival in the Hermitage Theatre, Hermitage Friends were shown video-works by French artists Pierrick Sorin, Vero Goyo and Jerome Lefdup, followed by a dance performance entitled True Style by ‘Ed physical theatre’.

We encourage everyone who is not yet a member of the Hermitage Friends’ Club to do so by joining before the event, which will provide your participation in all the exclusive events for the members of the Hermitage Friends’ Club only.

Membership information is available here: INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS’ CLUB
or by phone: (812) 710-90-05
fax: (812) 571-95-28
e-mail: friendsclub@hermitage.ru

Dmitry Ozerkov, Head of the Modern Art Section of the State Hermitage

The Dance performance by ‘Ed physical theatre’

Vladimir Matveev, Deputy Director of the State Hermitage

Svetlana Philippova, the Head of the Hermitage Friends’ Club

Hermitage Friends

In the Pavilion Hall