Born in Odessa, the pianist and conductor Boris Bloch has long been regarded as one of the most important interpreters of classical and romantic piano music.
The Museum Night’s theme, The Night is Filled with Dreams, invites visitors to reflect on the issues that communities and people associated with the museum dream about, and what the museum of our dreams would look like.
In the new visible storage space on the ground floor of Kadriorg Palace, visitors can explore the museum’s Western European and Russian sculpture collection, comprised of over 250 artworks dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
This exhibition explores the numerous art purchases of the Baltic German nobleman Wilhelm von Blanckenhagen (1761–1840) and his relations with the international art community of Rome, one of the most important art centres in Europe. Among the artworks he brought to Livonia were those by leading artists of the German Romantic movement.
