Irina Antonova

Irina Antonova
Born(1922-03-20)20 March 1922
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Died30 November 2020(2020-11-30) (aged 98)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
OccupationArt historian

Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova (Russian: Ирина Александровна Антонова; 20 March 1922 – 30 November 2020) was a Soviet and Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013, making her the oldest and the longest serving director of a major art museum in the world.[1] Among her many awards and decorations are the State Prize of the Russian Federation and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She was the President of the Pushkin Museum, a ceremonial post.[2]

  1. ^ "On This Day in 1922 Irina Antonova Was Born". The Moscow Times. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ Miriam Elder (2 July 2013). "Doyenne of Russia's art world ousted from Pushkin Museum at 91". The Guardian. London.