Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova (Russian: Ирина Александровна Антонова) (20 March 1922 – 01 December 2020) was a Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts 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. 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.
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20 March 1922 Moscow
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1 December 2020 (aged 98)
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