About the FundStructure of the FundDonationsNews and EventsOur ProjectsHow to Contact Us  Ðóññêèé



Traditional Charity Gala Reception in the Winter Palace

On 30 June 2017, the State Hermitage was the venue for the twelfth annual Charity Gala Reception. This year’s theme was inspired by two unique exhibitions: Nefertari and the Valley of the Queens from the Museo Egizio in Turin, one of the most important collections of Egyptian antiquities outside Egypt, and Anselm Kiefer: For Velimir Khlebnikov, an exhibition created especially for the Hermitage by one of Europe’s foremost contemporary artists.

Guests of the evening included Dorrit Romanov; members of the State Hermitage’s Board of Trustees and the State Hermitage Development Fund – Dean Gilfallan, Pierre de Labouchere, Yury Liubimov, Alexander Sokurov, David Yakobashvili, Larisa Zelkova; directors of major Russian museums – Marina Loshak, Zelfira Tregulova, Olga Taratynova, Olga Sviblova, Yekaterina Mtsituridze; the world-famous actor Ralph Fiennes and other members of the international elite.

The theatricalized musical programme prepared for the evening featured ballet dancers and the operatic soloist Irina Matayeva from the Mariinsky Theatre and the Taurida International Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Golikov.

Guests became the first viewers of the documentary-fiction film Hermitage VR. Immersion in History created in a virtual reality format with the participation of the distinguished actor Konstantin Khabensky and Mikhail Piotrovsky.

A banquet supper was served in the Jordan Gallery of the Winter Palace.

The ball in the Field Marshals’ Hall featured Natalia and Alexander Berezhny, champions of Russia in the Argentinian Tango. As is traditional, a diamond prize was awarded to the most graceful lady at the ball.

The event ended with a cocktail offered as a “stirrup cup”.

The donations collected will go to the Special Endowment Fund Management for the Development of the State Hermitage Museum, which is the country’s largest museum endowment.




Donate on-line

   
XVIII Hermitage Gala Banquet on 29 June, 2024

This year it will take place on 29 June, 2024 at the General Staff Building, home to one of the most celebrated and visited Hermitage collections: collection of Impressionists and Post-impressionists.

The Gala Banquet 2023 in the Winter Palace

The Gala Banquet in the Winter Palace in support of the Hermitage Special Endowment Fund will take place in the State Hermitage Museum on June 30, 2023

The Traditional Charity Reception in the Winter Palace

On 26 June 2021, the traditional charity reception took place in the Winter Palace.

GALA BANQUET IN THE WINTER PALACE

On 29 June 2019, the 14th traditional charity reception took place in the Winter Palace. Its main theme was Russia’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, where the State Hermitage is acting as curator this year.

The acquisition of Anselm Kiefer’s “Aurora”

The acquisition of Anselm Kiefer’s “Aurora”

The Capital No. 2

The Capital No. 2

TKB Investment Partners is Appointed Management Company for the Newly Formed Endowment Capital

TKB Investment Partners is Appointed Management Company for the Newly Formed Endowment Capital

Establishing an Additional Endowment Capital

Establishing an Additional Endowment Capital

Card tables come home

A pair of superb card tables, masterpieces of their kind dating from the 1760-1770s, have been acquired and restored by the Hermitage..
© Hermitage Development Foundation, 2012 - 2024. All rights reserved. Last Modified: