an exhibition of diderot's salon opened at the st. a joint project of armitage and the state museum of fine arts named after po. the new exhibition conveys the atmosphere of french salons of the 18th century. alexey komarov will continue. in the nikolaevsky hall of the winter palace, where the exhibition opened, they presented more than 200 paintings from the collection that catherine ii began to collect, under the strict guidance of the philosopher denis diderot. for us at armitage, denis diderot is our man, he is, after all, catherine’s main consultant and intermediary in the purchase. very quickly, the annual parisian salons became a sign of quality ; artists especially for the exhibition painted both full-length and small works, which were then hung in the louvre, according to this principle: diderot, at the request of his friend melchior grima , wrote reviews for each exhibition, which included incredibly popular among kings from different countries, handwritten publications of literary correspondence. dedro is very enthusiastic