Amsterdam's Hermitage breaks with Russia and changes name: becomes H'Art Museum

Change of name and international partners for theHermitage Museum in Amsterdam, the Dutch branch of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg: in fact, the institute has decided to break with Russia for good, after ending its collaboration with the St. Petersburg museum shortly after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and to change its name. The museum will thus become H’ART Museum: the change was announced by director Annabelle Birnie, who also anticipated what the new international partners will be. In particular, the British Museum, the Centre Pompidou, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum will be involved, bringing works from their collections to the Dutch capital. The new course will begin on Friday, September 1: until then, all exhibitions and activities will continue under the name Hermitage Amsterdam.

H’ART Museum will work hand in hand with its international founding partners, drawing on their rich and extensive collections to mount exhibitions in Amsterdam. Indeed, a number of projects in the coming years have been anticipated. H’ART Museum’s first major exhibition will be the Kandinsky exhibition organized in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou in mid-2024. Then, in 2026, H’ART will host the exhibition on women’s art organized together with the British Museum. The full program for the coming years will be announced in late 2023. In addition, a work from the collection of one of the founding members is already on display at the museum as of today: it is Clubbing (2012), a video installation by Martine Gutierrez (b. 1989). The work comes from the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and is presented in the specially redesigned space of the H’ART Museum. Another new piece in the exhibition is a work by Patricia Kaersenhout (b. 1966), from the ABN AMRO collection, shown in the context of the Dutch Slavery Commemorative Year (July 1, 2023-July 1, 2024). Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary will then be celebrated in 2025 with a major exhibition at the H’ART Museum in collaboration with The Leiden Collection: this is one of the world’s most significant private collections of 17th-century Dutch art and includes a large number of Rembrandts. This is the first time ever that all 17 Rembrandts from this collection will be shown to the public in a single exhibition. The museum’s new direction will be supported by economic partners VriendenLoterij, Heineken and ABN AMRO, and there will also be a new collaboration with the ELJA Foundation.

“This is an exciting new step for us, a contemporary and future-proof model,” says Director Birnie. We are building our experience in the international arena and now we are spreading our wings. Our programming will be multifaceted, reflecting the times in which we live. We will show major art exhibitions and intimate presentations."

Amsterdam's Hermitage breaks with Russia and changes name: becomes H'Art Museum

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