The National Museum of Contemporary Art hosts the exhibition ‘Modern Love (or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies) from December 15 to May 28. Continue reading
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The 10 (+2) best art museums in Athens
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
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Figurative to abstract: Tracing the entirety of Moralis’s oeuvre
THE YANNIS MORALIS retrospective exhibition at the Benaki Pireos, pays hommage to this great Greek artist’s oeuvre by presenting the many sides of his creative magnificence. It traces Moralis’ mastery of many mediums, styles and forms of art: his early realistic works, his sombre portraits, still-lifes that hark back to De Chirico, works inspired by … Continue reading
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A March full of Art
ATHENS continues to beguile art lovers with a wide gamut of artistic events and shows on offer. What’s more, spring is in the air, so it is a perfect time to take to the streets, enjoy the sun, and some art. Here’s a potpourri of what’s on offer (see also ‘February’s fab 5 (+1)’ for … Continue reading
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Festive Season’s Athenian Art Trek
THERE ARE so many interesting art shows on in Athens at the moment that you can enjoy during the Xmas break. Here is a selection of just some of them (you will find more in ‘November’s Art Trek‘ which are also still running): ‘Themselves and Others’ The National Bank of Greece’s Cultural Foundation (MIET), will … Continue reading
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Mike Kelley: The Dark Side of the Toy
AN ABANDONED, muddied ragdoll lying outside the school my daughter goes to, was an ironic reminder that I would be seeing some more stuffed toys in the evening, at the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art. And no, not in the shape of Cycladic figurines, but those that artist Mike Kelley had gathered from thrift shops … Continue reading
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1917’s ‘never seen before’ Athens
A HUNDRED years ago, French photographers and filmmakers of the Army of the Orient made various films and took some unique photos here in Athens. It is an Athens that has never been seen before in Greece, seeing as this material has been stored in Paris, up till now. This rare archive will now see … Continue reading
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Ex-pats: A life between cultures at the Alex Mylona Museum
IN THE HEART OF ATHENS, that is becoming all the more multicultural with the progress of time, the exhibition ‘ex-pats’ at the Alex Mylona Museum, curated by Apostolis Artinos, and featuring works by Eleni Mylonas and Despina Meimaroglou, explores the whole notion of what it means to leave your homeland, to travel, to return, and … Continue reading
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Can you survive April 8’s ultimate Athens art challenge?
FORGET ‘SURVIVOR’… How about surviving through April 8 in Athens, in an urban art jungle? Because here’s the ultimate challenge: to see all of the documenta 14 art events taking place that day (on its inauguration), plus the other ‘special’ events that have been planned independently in order to celebrate or even comment on documenta … Continue reading
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Art Olympics (part 1): Athens revs up for documenta 14
AS THE GREEK and international art world revs up for documenta 14 (April 8-July 16 in Athens, June 10-September 17 in Kassel), Athens puts on its best: So much will be happening around town that it’s a bit like the Olympics again, only this time for art – the ‘Art Olympics’. Cultural institutions and galleries … Continue reading
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