The collection of the State Hermitage includes more than three million works of art and artefacts of the world culture. Among them are paintings, graphic works, sculptures and works of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material.

May – June

Degas. Place de la Concorde. From the series entitled Renewed Masterpieces
19 May 2012 – date of closing to be announced
The Unknown Masterpieces Exhibition Hall

Santiago Calatrava. The Quest for Movement
27 June 2012 – 30 September 2012
The Nicholas Hall (191), The Winter Palace

Tilos. Journeying to the next world
27 June 2012 – 30 September 2012

848. The Collection of George Machere and Nadia Volkonskaya
30 June 2012 – 22 July 2012
The Foyer of the Hermitage Theatre

July – August

September – October

The book as art. 20 years of the publishing house Rare Books in Saint Petersburg
8 September 2012 – 4 November 2012
The Twelve-Column Hal (244), The New Hermitage

Russian lithographic portrait of the 19th century from the Hermitage collections
22 September 2012 – 13 January 2013
Halls No. 169-173, the Winter Palace

Paula Modersohn-Becker and Worpswede. Drawings and engravings 1895 – 1906
22 September 2012 – 11 November 2012
Halls on the 3rd floor of the Winter Palace

Medals of dishonour
September 2012 – November 2012
The Menshikov Palace

An exhibit of the decoupage of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
17 October 2012 – 18 November 2012
The General Staff Building. The contemporary art halls

November – December

An artist of all manners. Christian Wilhelm Dietrich (1712-1774)
28 November 2012 – 24 February 2013
Halls on the 3rd floor of the Winter Palace

The Hermitage in publications – 2012
8-16 December 2012
Foyer of the Hermitage Theatre (225)

The Hermitage in photographs – 2012
8-16 December 2012
Foyer of the Hermitage Theatre (225)

Sentimental journey. Wedgwood in Russia
8 December 2012 – 31 March 2012
Hall 307, The Winter Palace

A Wonderful Collection of Precious Books. 250 years of the Hermitage Library
8 December 2012 – 10 March 2013
The Twelve-Column Hall (244), The New Hermitage

Hugo van der Goes Triptych Adoration of the Magi. For completion of the restoration
8 December 2012 – 27 January 2013
Apollo Hall (260), The Winter Palace

Antique style Russian imperial porcelain of the second half of the 18th century. From the series Christmas gift
22 December 2012 – 31 March 2013
Hall 152, the Winter Palace

The storm of the twelfth year, the Patriotic War of 1812 in materials of the State Hermitage
26 December 2012 – 7 April 2013
The Armorial (195) and Picket (196) halls, the Winter Palace

"We all merge into a single soul…" Patriotic war of 1812 in the medals A.N. Olenin and his contemporaries
26 December 2012 – 7 April 2013
Rotunda (156), the Winter Palace

An exhibit of toy soldiers
26 December 2012
The Arab Hall

We are drawing in the Hermitage
30 December 2012 – 3 February 2013
Foyer of the Hermitage Theatre (225)

Stas Lopatkin runway on fashion week "Defile na Neve"  2012

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Runway "BonBon Lingerie" on fashion week "Defile na Neve"

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Katya Anderzhanova runway on "Defile na Neve" 2012

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Irina Tanzurina runway on fashion week "Defile na Neve"

President of fashion week «DEFILE NA NEVE ST.PETERSBURG» Irina Ashkinadze introduced a new colouring book «Magic Fashion» for children in the Central House of Books. Many fashion designers from Saint-Petersburg created 20 sketches for the topic "Dress for Princess». The «Magic Fashion» is an unusual concept and a grate gift for anyone, who interested in fashion and stylish trend from childhood.

Defile na Neve presents collections of fashion designers from Russia and other regions traditionally from 2000. 

New exposition of Armenian painter Ashot Khachatran «Poetry of color and light» was opened in the exhibition hall Manege on the Saint Isaac’s Square. This contemporary painting shows crative reaches of artist for 30 years.Many painters from Ukraine, Bashkiria, Netherlands,Holland and Lithuania arrived on the opening of  this exhibition and the Art Forum «Winter unsleepiness». All of them are Ashot’s friends, with whom he acquainted last summer in the open air in Lithuania. They paid attention, that these paintings are solar and full of good energy.

An international Art Forum “Winter unsleepiness”   opened an exhibition of famous artist George (Gaga) Kovenchuk. He is a classic of Russian avant-garde and a talented book designer.
Many artists from Ukraine, Bashkiria, Netherlands,Holland and Lithuania arrived on the opening of the Art Forum in Antique-hotel “Rachmaninov”. They lived a whole week in the center of Saint-Petersburg, went for a walk, visited a museums, galleries , exhibition halls and  art studios and after that they expressed their  emotions on the canvases.

The main event on the exhibition was the presentation of Gaga’s  first book  ”FLAT N5», in which he wrote the his soul.

Russian painter Enver was a curator of exhibition project at the Museum of urban Sculpture. But he fainted on the opening of exhibition and soon Enver died. Long before he had painted a pictures «funeral of myself». What is it? Presentiment? Punishment or anything else?Another mysterious story happened on the opening day of his first exhibition. An artist’s wife noticed a  signature «E» in the sky. Friends and colleagues paid attention that his works express his controversial, a little extravagant, good and remarkable personality.

In the exhibition hall of the Artists Union a new exhibition «Youth of Petersburg.The Beginning»was opened. This contemporary exhibition shows paintings of young artists from Saint-Petersburg. Scenery takes a special place in this exposition and demonstrates a new vision on the cultural capital of Russia.

Administration of art exhibition paid attention, that these paintings are positive, while contemporary art is usually depressing and pessimistic.

The artist Anatoly Belkin is well-known painter who likes shocking behavior. Every year he surprises public by growing cockroach or researching fauna and then representing this on his paintings. But this time there is nothing shoking. The artist becomes a photographer!