Piotrovsky

Not long ago Piotrovsky struck a deal with London's Somerset House to bring regular exhibits of the Hermitage's collection of more than 3 million works of art to the British museum's Thames-side location.

London Calling 2007

The Hermitage director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, has now said that he will not lend any Hermitage objects for exhibition in any European countries without a government indemnity to protect them from seizure.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

The Hermitage director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, has now said that he will not lend any Hermitage objects for exhibition in any European countries without a government indemnity to protect them from seizure.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

Piotrovsky was still angry and humiliated over an event that took place fifteen years before he was born.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

When I visited the Hermitage Museum in 2004, I found Mikhail Piotrovsky, the fifty-nine-year-old director, still vividly emotional about the whole affair.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

When I visited the Hermitage Museum in 2004, I found Mikhail Piotrovsky, the fifty-nine-year-old director, still vividly emotional about the whole affair.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

Piotrovsky sat in his office beneath a portrait of Catherine the Great.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

Piotrovsky sat in his office beneath a portrait of Catherine the Great.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

Piotrovsky was still angry and humiliated over an event that took place fifteen years before he was born.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

Piotrovsky was still angry and humiliated over an event that took place fifteen years before he was born.

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006