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Printed from: http://petersburgcity.com/news/culture/2002/04/27/news2730/ Culture news, 27.04.2002 10:37 Malevich's 'Black Square' Is Moving to Hermitage![]() A while ago the Ministry of Culture had asked Incomebank to withdraw the painting from open auctions insisting on the State's priority right to buy historical and cultural monuments. The money for the painting had been put up by Interros's Director Vladimir Potanin. According to Mikhail Piotrovsky, the paining is in perfect order and is not scheduled for any expositions abroad in the near future. It will be formally inaugurated in the Hermitage in June this year.
News source: Rosbalt
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