Agenda

In fairy tales, the mirror often symbolizes a door to another world. Dutch artist Viviane Sassen (1972) sees her photographic work as a mirror, a means of evoking the world of dreams and exploring the subconscious in everyday moments. The exhibition Hot Mirror, which includes pieces from the past ten years, weaves an astonishing narrative from the work of this internationally acclaimed artist: a sort of self-portrait. The works act as mirrors, reflecting viewers’ questions back at them rather than providing answers.

The exhibition Tosa Shoji focuses on the engraving of Alois Lichtsteiner (1950) and presents the result of a decade of his work. The artist constantly explores new paths and uses contemporary materials and technologies by combining them with old methods.

The Hermitage Foundation devotes a major exhibition to English painting from the Victorian period (1837-1901). Through a selection of nearly 60 works, the project illustrates the richness and fascinating originality of 19th century English art. The exhibition highlights three generations of painters who were active during the Victorian era, J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), John Everett Millais (1829-1896) and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).