Unlike in the crowded Hermitage, you can enjoy the amazing works of art at peace and spend as much time in front of a painting as your heart / eyes desire. I love the building, it is full of light!
Extensive collection of Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and their contemporaries - not to mention some very unique Matisse works. Building is a bit of a maze but offers wonderful views of the Winter Palace
Curators of the contemporary art department collect and present art works of such artists as Annie Leibovitz, Chuck Close, Anish Kapoor, the Chapman brothers and many others.
Exquisite impressionist art collection. Degas, Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, Matisse, Monet Gauguin!! Amazing building! Much more relaxed than the winter palace section!