Art Museum With Ties to Kremlin Rebrands With Loans From Western Partners
- Hermitage Amsterdam museum has changed its name to H'Art Museum and will present works from the Smithsonian, the Centre Pompidou, and the British Museum.
- The museum severed ties with the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in March 2020 due to the invasion of Ukraine.
- H'Art Museum will have separate contracts with each partner institution to receive art loans and share resources.
- The Pompidou has agreed to work with H'Art on five exhibitions over five years, starting in 2024 with a show of Wassily Kandinsky works.
- American billionaire Thomas Kaplan will provide a major loan of Dutch masters paintings to the H'Art Museum for an exhibition in 2025.