Press conference

Dear Member of the Press:

Accreditation for the Press Conference for the new exhibition Matisse to Malevich. Pioneers of the Modern Art from the Hermitage on Thursday 4 March 2010, from 11 a.m. is closed

Outstanding works by Matisse, Picasso, Van Dongen, De Vlaminck, Derain and many other contemporaries of theirs will be seen in a magnificent display from 6 March 2010 to 17 September 2010 at the Hermitage Amsterdam in the exhibition Matisse to Malevich. Pioneers of modern art from the Hermitage. For this exhibition about 75 paintings have been selected from the Hermitage St.-Petersburg, which has one of the world’s finest collections of French painting of the early twentieth century. Apart from the world-famous French masters, such equally celebrated Russian contemporaries as Malevich and Kandinsky will be represented. These artists are seen as the pioneers of Modernism. Almost all the works exhibited are on permanent display in St.-Petersburg. Most come originally from the Moscow collections of Morozov and Shchukin. This is the first time that this extensive collection of avant-garde masterpieces will be on display in the Netherlands.

Accreditation is closed, but if you have any questions, please send an email to pressoffice@hermitage.nl or telephone +31 (0) 20 530 8755.

We hope that you will be able to join us for this important cultural event and look forward to welcoming you.

Sincerely,

Pom Verhoeff & Kim van Niftrik

Hermitage Amsterdam