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A Night at the Hermitage: Art Across Boundaries

Omsk, Hermitage‑Siberia Center
Full Story: 54 photosQuick Impression: 18 photos
Many will start their visit with the exhibition “Gold of the Ancient Steppes”
The highlight of this display is the treasures from Peter the Great’s Siberian Collection
Display cases sit alongside sculptural reconstructions of our ancestors’ appearance
The speaker is Marina Timofeeva, Professor at the Costume Design Department of the local university
The Omsk Art Residence program drew the attention of dozens of spectators
Listening to a speaker with an academic background is interesting for the models…
Its title is “The Egg‑Headed People: Fact and Fiction”
The archaeologist personally discovered these unusual burials in northern Omsk Region in the 1990s
He proposed a hypothesis: the tradition of skull deformation was brought to Siberia by the Huns
It celebrates the beauty of the human figure and reflects the achievements of the era
In separate halls, the exhibition “I Know No Other Country Like This” is on display
This somewhat forgotten style stands in stark contrast to the abstraction of contemporary art
The project’s ideologist and artistic director is Evgenia Amartseva
Interaction with the audience is going smoothly
The artists impress with the sound of unusual instruments…
Exactly at midnight, the final part of the program begins
Only live sound can have a truly meditative effect on a person
The six‑hour marathon took place in the year marking the centenary of the Mikhail Vrubel Museum

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