INSPIRED BY the poetry of Elytis, but also by the body culture that goes hand-in-hand with the long Greek summer, exhibition organizer Dimitris Lazarou has gathered together an exciting group of artworks by talented artists, in order to create “Body of Summer”. Opens Tuesday, May 26, 5-9pm. Runs till June 6.
THE BREEDER presents Dancing with Serpents, Luke Edward Hall’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. Runs May 23 to June 16.
THE BASIL & ELISE GOULANDRIS FOUNDATION presents at its Museum in Athens a tribute to the distinguished artist Jannis Psychopedis, titled “Jannis Psychopedis: Landscapes of Memory. The Ones I Kept”, from May 20 until October 4, 2026.
THE IYP COLLECTION offers visitors a unique experience via the exhibition “Everything I Know Is a Borrowed Map”, curated by Akis Kokkinos. Official opening: May 20. Runs till April 2, 2027.
TSANTILIS ART presents the exhibition “Painting Tsarouchis and Other Stories”, a significant artistic presentation dedicated to the work of renowned painter Kostas Papatriantafyllopoulos. Opening reception: Friday, May 15, 18.30-21.30. Runs till May 30.
FOKIANOU Art Space presents “Flower Power 5”, the fifth edition of its annual spring group exhibition. Opens Thursday, May 7, 6pm. Runs till May 24.
DIMITRIS NTOKOS’S new solo show “Mythic Syntax”, at Okupa, presents the artist’s hieroglyphic works, plus his new ceramics. Opening on Wednesday, April 29, 6-9pm. Runs till May 30.
TSANTILIS Art Gallery presents the solo exhibition “Aegean Concept of Blue”, by artist Stella Sevastopoulos. Opening reception is on Friday, April 17, 18:00 – 21:00. The exhibition runs till April 29.
The Museum of Cycladic Art’s exhibition at the Stathatos Mansion presents Jeff Koons’ ‘Balloon Venus Lespugue’ alongside a series of replicas of Venus figurines. Runs till August 31.
THE B&M THEOCHARAKIS FOUNDATION is hosting the exhibition ‘Stephen Antonakos: Vectors of Time and Space’, a landmark exhibition celebrating the legacy of the late Greek-American artist Stephen Antonakos (1926–2013). Runs till July 19.
THE EXHIBITION “Fragments” by visual artist Maria Ath. Matala is being presented at the Melina Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, a historic cultural venue in Thissio, until Thursday, March 26, 2026.
PSYCHOLOGIST AND WRITER Vicky Kosmopoulou’s 3rd book ‘Ikebana’, inspires an art exhibition at Match Point Arts N’ More. Opens Friday, March 27. Runs till April 5.
FOKIANOU ART SPACE presents the group exhibition “A Closer Look II” with works by five artists who explore different aspects of the human experience. Opens Thursday, March 19, 6pm. Runs till April 4.
INTERVIEW with the artist Eleni Arvaniti, about her new exhibition ‘Insatiable’ at Okupa, which opens Sunday, March 15. Runs till April 15.
IN THE EXHIBITION Life on Mars, Irini Diadou draws from science fiction literature, music and contemporary scientific thought, to compose a reflection on escape, utopia and the future of human existence. Runs till March 14.
THE RETROSPECTIVE exhibition of Alexis Akrithakis gathers over 250 works, from all his periods, and highlights the unique creativity of this artist. Runs till May 24.
NIKOS KANOGLOU’S first solo exhibition, titled “The Absence of the Present”, takes place at the Hellenic-American Union. Runs till Feb 28.
CAMILLE MARQUAND’S solo exhibition “I Dwell, I Depart, I Adapt”, at The Mets Art Centre, presents a series of new works. Runs Feb 10-20.
MILTOS GOLEMAS’S new exhibition at Zoumboulakis Gallery on Kolonaki Square, entitled “Plateau”, runs till Feb 21.
SIANTI GALLERY inaugurates on Friday, February 6, the solo painting exhibition “DESSERT” by Nikos Siskos. Runs till Feb 28.
Tasos Mantzavinos’s solo exhibition “By the Seashore” at Skoufa Gallery runs till February 7.
FokiaNou Art Space is pleased to host the exhibition “HYDORerotics” by the contemporary art collective elementA. Opens Saturday, Jan 31. Runs till Feb 15.
TSANTILIS ART GALLERY welcomes 2026 with a unique exhibition by Giorgio Bounias, entitled ICONIC PRESENCES, to be inaugurated on Friday, January 16. Runs till January 26.
Eozen Agopian’s solo exhibition ‘Sea Through’, at Eleftheria Tseliou gallery runs through January 31, 2026.
THE BASIL & ELISE GOULANDRIS FOUNDATION presents at its Museum in Athens, from December 6, 2025 to April 11, 2026, the temporary exhibition “From Monet to Warhol: Three generations, one collection, a journey through the evolution of Modern Art.” Not to be missed!
‘Word and the Place’, presents 200 works by Dimitris Sevastakis. The exhibition runs till February 28, 2026, at the National Library of Greece, at the SNFCC.
Natasa Biza’s ‘Changing Grounds’ runs till September 30, 2026, at the National Gallery of Greece.
Two new exhibitions at EMΣT: ‘The Greek Month in London 1975, 50 Years On – Art at a Time of Political Change’, plus ‘Sea Garden’. Other shows are still running. ‘Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives, is on view until April 2026.
THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM and NEON Organization present the second part of the ‘Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures trilogy’: Michael Rakowitz’s ‘Lamassu of Nineveh’ (2018). The work is a major sculptural extension of Michael Rakowitz’s ongoing series ‘The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist’. The first part of the exhibition runs till October 31, 2025, while the sculptural installation (the second part of the exhibition) will remain in the outdoor garden till October 31, 2026.
THE RELATIONSHIP between humans and animals is complex and changing, especially today. Why Look at Animals?, the major new exhibition programme at EMΣT Athens, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Greece, has opened to an enthusiastic response. Runs till Jan 7.
A TRILOGY of exhibitions bridging ancient cultures and contemporary art has begun, bringing together the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the Acropolis Museum, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Athens, and NEON. Continue reading
‘Isles of Light and Memory’ by Stella Sevastopoulos, at Tsantilis Gallery. Inspired by Byron, Coleridge, Cavafy. After the exhibition, a selection of works by the artist will be on view at the gallery. Continue reading
THERE have been many counterfeit works of Greek art circulating in recent years. In Thessaloniki, 930 counterfeit works were found in December. Some words of advice from an expert. Continue reading
Johannis Tsoumas: artist and prolific writer and researcher. Here is a presentation of two of his books. Tsoumas is currently participating in cheapart week, which runs till Dec 23. Continue reading
Stella Sevastopoulos talks to the multi-disciplinary artist Mons Jorgensen, whose paintings left a deep impression on visitors of Art Athina this year. Continue reading
Stella Sevastopoulos talks to Achilleas Tsantilis, Director of Tsantilis Art, the oldest and most prestigious gallery in Athens, established in 1925. As Senior Art Expert of the Greek Court of Justice and President of the Hellenic – Cyprus Association of Art Authenticators & Appraisers, Tsantilis warns of the many forged works of Greek art on the market. Continue reading
ESTABLISHED IN 1925, Tsantilis Art Gallery is one of the most historic and longest-standing galleries of Athens. On show at the moment are the works of Vivi Papadakis and Pella Tampakaki, plus the gallery’s permanent collection. Continue reading
AN INTERVIEW with artist Tasos Mylonas about his exhibition ‘Peacetime Proxy’, life as an artist in Chicago, the trials and tribulations at ASFA, and the charismatic teacher George Lappas. Plus, the violence inherent in nature, human nature and art, but also why the artist’s unskilled left hand is more honest. Continue reading
Stella Sevastopoulos catches up with Athens-based artist Petr Shevchenko, who will be hosting an open studio event on February 8 entitled “Going Beyond”, with the support of Domus Art Gallery Continue reading
Stella Sevastopoulos talks to artist Maria Matala, whose literary experience and painterly oeuvre go hand in hand towards pushing the boundaries towards a freer artistic process. Matala is currently participating in the group exhibition organized by Dimitris Lazarou, entitled ‘My hand tells me what I think’, which honours the 50th anniversary since Picasso’s death, and runs till April 9 at the Tsichritzis Foundation for the Visual Arts in Kifissia. Continue reading
Stella Sevastopoulos talks to Kostas Lales, an artist based in New York but also active in Greece. Responsibilities of an artist and the human at the core of art are some of the issues discussed. Continue reading
A guide to the museums with the most art in Athens, but also other cultural institutions and galleries that complete the art scene of Athens! Continue reading
According to Stavros Mihalarias, a prominent restorer and art dealer of Greece, the Greek artists are the bad boys of art, because they don’t play by the rules. To find out more, read my interview with him, where we also discuss his relationship with the recently deceased artist Takis, who’s show is on at … Continue reading
‘Art Scene Athens’ talks to artist Lila Papoula about her exhibition ‘Walls that were hiding our faces’, at the Evripides Gallery, which runs till December 9: IN THE EIGHTIES, artist Lila Papoula searched the streets for derelict walls, which she photographed. She was drawn to these remaining fragments of people’s lives, not only because of … Continue reading
‘Art Scene Athens’ talks to artist Maria Hadjiandreou about her new exhibition entitled ‘The Gaze’, at Gallery 7, in which the artist not only captures the character of her sitters but also searches deep into their psyche: MARIA Hadjiandreou’s work of the last two years are portraits inspired by the artist’s heightened sensibility. Whilst perusing … Continue reading
‘Art Scene Athens’ speaks with artist Kostis Velonis at his exhibition opening, to get some feedback on his new installation project, commissioned by NEON Organisation, that explores the intriguing sociopolitical and personal history of a beautiful neoclassical home in the heart of Athens: EACH HOUSE has its story – a narrative about its many occupants … Continue reading
LIKE HIS beloved material of glass, which he has tirelessly transformed into monumental sculptural forms, Costas Varotsos is sharp, cool and transparent – in the sense that he is unafraid to speak his mind. There are not many contemporary Greek sculptors who are also international names, however Varotsos is one of them. With his public … Continue reading
I RECENTLY interviewed one of Greece’s most well-known and definitely most contemporary of artists – Eleni Mylonas – for the Athens Insider Magazine . As is the case with interviews, a lot of material remains unpublished. I felt it was a shame to let this material get lost in time, and to never be shared, because … Continue reading
THERE are so many elements that converge in Chryssa Verghi’s art. Among her painted odes to nature, you will spot references to certain crucial crossroads in the history of art and landscape painting, such as her painted encomium to Monet ‘s ‘ Water Lillies’, a touch of Romanticism’s passion for the sublime and mystical in … Continue reading
TSANTILIS ART GALLERY & Art Historian Annita Patsouraki present “WINTER LIGHTS: A SEASON OF ART”, a festive group art exhibition, which will have an opening reception on Friday, December 19, 6-9pm. Continue reading
Antonia Iroidou’s solo exhibition at Tsantilis Art Gallery, with the title ‘Once Upon a Time’, opens on Friday, December 5, 7-10pm. Continue reading
A renewed FokiaNou opens its doors on Wednesday, 6pm, December 3, with its annual Athens-themed exhibition. This year, the title is ‘Athens under Pressure’. Runs till December 20. Continue reading
An exhibition at AndieArt Studio Gallery, inspired by Gogo Atzoletaki’s book ‘The Third Spring’, explores the pros and cons of The Third Age. Opens Wed, Nov 12, 7pm. Runs till Nov 30. Continue reading
The preview of the Bonhams Greek Sale set for November 19 in Paris, is taking place at Amalias 36 in Athens, November 3-5. 11am-8pm. Continue reading
NIKOS PODIAS, an artistic alchemist of sorts, transforms material elements of the everyday into mesmerizing visual creations. His exhibition-installation at Citronne Gallery, entitled ‘Safe Area’, runs till January 3. Continue reading
Zoomorphic art and ceramics come together in an intriguing exhibition at TAF (The Art Foundation) in Monastiraki. Opens Thurs, Oct 23. Runs till Nov 2. Continue reading
A SPECIAL GROUP ART EXHIBITION with the title ‘Athenian Cats’ is running at Andie Art Gallery, aiming to support and strengthen the work of Dorotea’s Cats Rescue, created by actress/model Dorotea Mercuri. The exhibition runs till October 31. Continue reading
THE BENAKI MUSEUM’s Pireos Annexe has organised an exhibition entitled ‘Juvenilia’, which traces the artistic character of 11 of Greece’s renowned artists, from early works to mature ones. The exhibition runs till January 11, 2026. Continue reading
ΕKFRASI-YIANNA GRAMMATOPOULOU is presenting the solo exhibition of Antonios entitled ‘ESPACE DE MÉMOIRE 1985 – 2025’. The exhibition runs till October 25. Continue reading
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