Read an excerpt from chapter 6: "Spaces and Surprises: Technologies of Vision for a Long Winter Conclusion: Secreting Memories" of ART OF MEMORIES: CURATING AT THE HERMITAGE, by Vincent Antonin Lépinay. In this work Lépinay documents the Hermitage’s curatorial practices in an innovative consideration of the museum as a cultural laboratory. Lépinay analyzes the tensions between the museum as a space of exploration of the collections and as a culture heavily invested in self-protection from the outside world.
