A DOULBE TRIBUTE has gone on display at the B&E Goulandris Foundation’s Museums in Athens and Andros. This summer, the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation has joined forces with the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation to honour the extraordinary artist couple Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) and Martine Franck (1938-2012), with an extensive tribute that is on display in both of its museums, in Athens and in Andros, until October 27, 2024. The exhibitions are under the auspices of the French Ministry of Culture.

Henri Cartier-Bresson and his wife Martine Franck were dear friends of Basil and Elise Goulandris. Cartier-Bresson inaugurated the new wing of the Goulandris Foundation’s Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros in 1987, exhibiting 150 photographs that he had selected. Franck is credited with one of the most striking portraits of Elise Goulandris, taken in Gstaad in 1999, one year before Elise’s passing. With their photographic lens and their special technique, both Cartier-Bresson and Franck have each left their own indelible mark on art.

Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition in Athens

The detailed tribute to Cartier-Bresson that is showcased at the Foundation’s Athens museum consists of two sections. The first section features the 74 photographs that make up the unique book Images à la sauvette (The Decisive Moment), that was published in 1952 and its photographs travel audiences to different parts of the world. It has been described by Robert Capa as “A Bible for photographers”, a quote that remains to this day the most famous reference to Cartier-Bresson’s work.

The second section presents, for the first time, all the photographs taken by Cartier-Bresson during his travels around Greece in 1937, 1953 and 1961 in Athens, the Cycladic islands, the most important Greek archaeological sites as well as the most remote parts of the Peloponnese, Thessaly and Epirus. Approximately 80% of the exhibition features works that go on display for the first time, accompanied by rich and previously unpublished archive material.

Guided tours of the exhibition (in Greek) take place every Saturday and Sunday 12.00-12.45 while a specially designed, interactive guided tour, also in Greek, has been scheduled for Friday July 12 as well as every Friday starting August 30, 17.00-20.00. Group and private guided tours can also be arranged by appointment.

* The Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition runs 03.07 – 27.10.2024 at the  Museum of the B&E Goulandris Foundation, Athens, 13 Eratosthenous str., Pangrati. Opening Times: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00, Friday: 10.00 – 20.00. Closed on Tuesday. Tickets can be bought on the door or online through the museum’s site . Information: T. +30 210 72 52 895 E. visit@goulandris.gr

Martine Franck, ‘Looking at Others’

A retrospective exhibition of works by Martine Franck, with the title ‘Looking at Others’, and featuring about 150 of her photographs, is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros. The tribute presents in detail all the subjects that Franck focused on in the course of her career, such as the different stages of life (childhood, initiation, maturity), the workplace, political and social issues (protests, portraits, criticism of overconsumption) as well as feminist struggles.

From August 1 and until August 31, guided tours of the exhibition in Greek will be taking place every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 12.00-12.45 as well as Thursday and Sunday 12.30-13.15, while guided tours in English have been scheduled to take place every Thursday 18.30-19.15. Visitors can also arrange group or private guided tours by appointment.

* The Martine Franck exhibition runs 03.07 – 27.10.2024 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros, Basil and Elise Goulandris str., Chora Andros. Opening Times: Wednesday – Sunday: 11.00 – 15.00 & 18.00 – 21.00; Monday: 11.00 – 15.00; Closed on Tuesday. Tickets available at the door or may be bought online through the museum’s site . Information: T. +30 22820 22444, E. andros@goulandris.gr