ITALIAN ARTIST Lorenzo Conforti’s fist solo exhibition in Greece will be inaugurated on Thursday 22 October, 19:00–22:00, Entitled Tempo Rubato, the exhibition will run from 22 October to 4 December.
FOKIANOU ART SPACE is hosting ‘Fault Lines’ at the moment, a group exhibition that runs till October 31. The works of 28 artists have been selected, after an open call was issued by Panagiotis Voulgaris and Mary Cox.
INTERVIEW with Chicago-based artist Kyriakos Paraskevopoulos, who is currently exhibiting his work ‘Pendulum’, at the National Hellenic Museum of Chicago.
SCULPTOR George Petrides, The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) are pleased to partner to offer a three-month residency for a Greek visual artist.
EMΣT | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ATHENS has won the European Museum Academy Art Museum Award 2026, a major European distinction recognising museums that place art in innovative and pioneering contexts to address contemporary societal issues.
THE HELLENIC CENTRE in London is planning 2 exciting exhibitions: A solo exhibition with Giorgos Ioannou’s work, plus a group exhibition with works from the IYP Collection. Both open on October 8.
THE D. DASKALOPOULOS COLLECTION continues its commitment to making contemporary art accessible to wider audiences through a series of new donations to four museums in Greece and Scotland.
THE DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present ‘Gen X: Tales from the Forgotten Generation’, a group exhibition with selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection. Runs till Nov 26.
EMΣT ATHENS presented three major new exhibitions which opened on June 11, 2026: South by Southeast: Re-Orienting the Collection; SPOTLIGHT: George Lappas; and VOICES, a solo presentation by Margarita Athanasiou.
Stella Sevastopoulos catches up with artist/ceramist Roxanne Brennen to talk about the art of ceramics, plus her new project at Pelagos Restaurant at Four Seasons, and her upcoming solo exhibition at Okupa. ‘The Crying Plates’ exhibition opens at Okupa on Thursday, June 18, 7pm.
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 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 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 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.
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.
‘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.
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.
Stella Sevastopoulos talks to the multi-disciplinary artist Mons Jorgensen, whose paintings left a deep impression on visitors of Art Athina this year.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
Maria Coletsis is an artist who has explored painting, digital media and computer installations in her oeuvre, and has travelled the world for her art.
DUTCH artist Sef Berkers escaped the Covid pandemic and the lockdown in New York just in time after his art exhibition took place in the Big Apple. His works however haven’t made it back yet. The experience of this city changed his life and his art in unexpected ways. Back in his studio in Venlo, …
ARTIST, writer, and artist’s model Sue Tilley has had a colourful life to say the least: from dividing her time between her day job as benefits supervisor and her night job at Leigh Bowery’s ‘Taboo’ night club, Tilley has also performed in music videos, modelled for artist Lucian Freud, taught art, and has had her …
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 …
STELLA SEVASTOPOULOS interviews Rosalind Forster, an artist who has divided her time between England’s Derbyshire and Greece’s Spetses, creating unique watercolours and linocut prints in the process: EVERY now and then, you discover a new artist, and a whole new way of seeing the world through their work. I had such an experience recently, …
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 …
THE BENAKI MUSEUM is currently presenting an exhibition dedicated to the most immaculate gold creations of ancient jewellery-makers, but also combining these antiquities with some contemporary jewellery that has been inspired by them. The exhibition ‘Art in Gold: Jewellery in Hellenistic Times’ runs till April 27. Continue reading
GAGOSIAN is pleased to announce “Night for Day”, an exhibition of new works by Sarah Crowner. Opening on Thursday, November 14 (5-8pm), at the Athens gallery, the exhibition features new paintings and an immersive, site-specific tile installation. Continue reading
THIRTY years after the death of the great Greek artist, Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Ghika, the Benaki Museum has organized an exhibition dedicated to his journey, from the West to the East, in 1958. “Ghika: A Journey from West to East” runs till February 16 at the Benaki Pireos. Continue reading
FOKIANOU ART SPACE is celebrating ten years of operation with a group exhibition entitled “Happy Anniversary”. A large group of Greek and foreign artists are taking part. Opening on Thursday, November 14, 6pm. Runs till Saturday, December 7. Continue reading
The George & Aristea Mamidakis Foundation invites applications from Greek and interenational artists for the 2025 Art Prize. Continue reading
THE SOTIRIS FELIOS Collection and The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, present the exhibition ‘Until you come back: Geographies and Temporalities of Waiting from the Sotiris Felios Collection’ curated by fellow Elisa Ferroni. Runs till Oct 26. Continue reading
Aliki Palaska’s latest solo exhibition at Zoumboulakis Gallery is entitled ‘Waltzing Matilda’, and has been curated by Apostolis Artinos. Runs till Nov. 2. Continue reading
NON-PROFIT cultural organisation artefact athens presents wanderlust / all passports, a contemporary art exhibition
curated by Kostas Prapoglou, which will take place at the impressive Schliemann – Melas mansion in central Athens. Opening Oct 17, 7-11pm. Runs till Nov 17. Continue reading
IN HER SOLO exhibition at FokiaNou Art Space, entitled ‘Time-Lapse’, Dimitra Maltabe explores the palimpsest of personal experiences of place and time over generations. Runs through Nov 2. Continue reading
Sianti Gallery is presenting the exhibition ‘Black Humour – The Revolution of the Spirit’, till November 2. Continue reading
