Alexander the Great: The Hermitage collection in Australia

Perhaps there is no better way to eventually visit a city than to start learning about upcoming events. So, if you plan to go to St. Petersburg in 2013 here is a selection of exhibitions that have been provisionally listed on the State Hermitage Museum's website. As the museum authorities note, the titles and dates of the exhibitions may change, but we shall hope the selection below will remain more or less the same.

Paul Cezanne, Card Players. From the Courtauld Institute collection, as part of the series "Masterpieces of world museums at the Hermitage 
When: Feb 27 - May 26, 2013.

The Legacy of German Expressionism. From the George Economou collection
When: May 13, 2013 - Jan 20, 2014.

The Corporate Unity. The Dutch group portrait of the Golden Age from the collection of the Museum of History of Amsterdam 
When: June 8 - Sept 1, 2013.

The White City. The Bauhaus architecture in Tel-Aviv 
When: June 12 - Sept 15, 2013.

El Lisitsky and Ilya Kabakov
When: July 17 - Sept 15, 2013.

Wilhelm II and Anna Pavlovna. The royal luxury of the Dutch court
When: Sept 25, 2013 - Jan 12, 2014.

Fluxus. Jurgis Maciunas. Russia Atlases
When: Oct 5 - Nov 3, 2013.

Britannia silver from Queen Victoria's time
Oct 23, 2013 - Jan 19, 2014.

Contemporary Japanese Art
Nov 9, 2013 - Feb 9, 2014

Salvador Dali and his Spanish contemporaries
Nov 23, 2013 - Feb 16, 2014

More events.

And if you are based in Australia or plan to travel there before May 2013, bear in mind that you can visit a unique exhibition of ancient artifacts from the Hermitage collection that date back to the time of Alexander the Great. "Alexander the Great: 2000 Years of Treasures" is exhibited at the Museum of Australia in Sydney until May 10, 2013. The exhibition is sponsored by The Daily Telegraph, JCDecaux, Etihad Airways, and National Geographic Channel among others.