The Museum of Art’s (UMMA) annual gala offered a preview of the new Romanovs exhibit on Sept. 20. The exhibition is part of the festival “Celebrating St. Petersburg: 300 Years of Cultural Brilliance,” and it opened to the public the following day. Above, President Mary Sue Coleman with UMMA Friends board member Jennifer Poteat take in some of the artwork. Below, Coleman talks with John Rintamaki, retired chief of staff of Ford Motor Co. and a current UMMA National Advisory Board member (left) and James Steward, director of UMMA and organizer of “The Romanovs Collect: European Art from the Hermitage.” (Photos by Cibele Viera)
