Hermitage Museum
Culture
Admiration for the Archaic Kore in Russia
The Archaic Kore 670 from the Acropolis Museum was treated as a unique and emblematic work of art by the Russian audience, which is being presented in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
The exceptionally preserved Kore, which dates...
Archaeology
Greece, Russia Launch Cultural Cooperation with Exhibition at Acropolis Museum
Greece and Russia launched their one-year cultural cooperation with the opening on Friday of a small exhibition of three selected golden objects from the Scythian collection of St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum.
The presentation of these objects is a precursor to...
Ancient Greece
British Museum Requests Art Loan from Greece But Still Awaits Response
The British Museum's decision in December to loan a piece of the infamous Parthenon Marbles to Russia's major museum, Hermitage, in St. Petersburg, has fueled Greece's anger regarding the British stance on the issue of their return, with Greek...