12:50 French Engravings from the Age of Gallantry in the Collection of the State Hermitage
The exhibition which has opened in the New Hermitage's Hall of Twelve Columns (room N 244)presents 18th century French engravings with amorous and erotic content from the collection of the State Hermitage.

12:41 Global view
An outdoor exhibition, “Geography,” running through May 3, on the wall of the Twelve Collegia Building and at the winter garden gallery of the St. Petersburg State University chemistry faculty presents paintings by Leonid Yatsenko.

12:35 Electric pioneer
Yury Mukhin, the first electric guitar player in the Soviet Union, once rubbed shoulders with the nation’s elite. Then he fell into obscurity — until a sudden change of fortune last year.