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EXHIBITIONS
ATHENS
Aigokeoros Gallery
45 Xenocratous, Kolonaki
tel 210.722.3897.
“Landscapes of Greece,”
group exhibition. Paintings
by Greek artists inspired by
Greek nature. Participants
include Alekos Fassianos,
Petros Zoumboulakis, Paris
Prekas and Kostas Malamos.
(To October 4.)
a.antonopoulou.art
20 Aristophanous, Psyrri
tel 210.321.4994.
“Spaghetti a la Aaart,” group
exhibition displaying works
by artists including Christos
Athanasiadis, Alexandros
Vasmoulakis, Mark
Hadjipateras and Leda
Papaconstantinou. (To
September 20.)
Artower Agora
10 Armodiou, Varvakeios
Square, tel 210.324.6100.
Video art, paintings and
installations by Nina
Kotamanidou, Constantina
Hasiakou and Eleanna
Martinou. (Opens September
15 and runs to September
27.)
B&M Theocharakis
Foundation
9 Vas. Sofias & Merlin,
Kolonaki, tel 210.361.1206.
“Paris Peinture,” works by
international artists who
spent many years in the
French metropolis. (To
October 12.)
Benaki Museum
of Islamic Art
22 Aghion Asomaton & 12
Dipylou, Kerameikos
tel 210.325.1311.
“The Modern Arab World,”
photography exhibition
portrays aspects of the
contemporary Middle East
featuring the work of
Alexandra Boulat, Gary
Knight, Antonin Kratochvil
and Joachim Ladefoged. (To
September 28.)
Bios
84 Pireos, tel 210.342.5335.
Posters from the “Ten
Images for Ithaca” poster
competition, which saw the
participation of nearly 2,000
artists from 70 countries. The
exhibition includes works by
graphic designers,
illustrators, architects,
photographers and visual
artists. (To September 14.)
Cycladic Art Museum
4 Neofytou Douka, Kolonaki
tel 210.722.8321-3.
Paintings, drawings and
three-dimensional works
representing the entire
spectrum of the Russian
avant-garde movement
(1900s-1930s) from the
Costakis Collection of
Thessaloniki’s State Museum
of Modern Art. (To October
20.)
Herakleidon –
Experience in Visual Arts
16 Irakleidon, Thiseion
tel 210.346.1981.
“Toulouse-Lautrec & the
Belle Epoque in Paris and
Athens,” posters, prints and
sketches by French artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
(Extended to October 5, with
new acquisitions.)
Exhibition on the work of
German photographer
Winfried Bullinger featuring
caves in Ethiopia, Sudan,
Peru, Germany and Greece.
(To September 14.)
Manifactura Gallery
29 Zoodochou Pigis, Exarchia
26
Transforming the ordinary
Spanish photographer
Miguel Angel
Rebollo takes pictures
in which the
ordinary details of
everyday life seem
bizarre, almost surreal.
A selection of
his photographs is
being shown in a
solo exhibition that
is presented under
the title “My Life in
your Lives” and
held at the National
Bank Cultural
Foundation in
Thessaloniki. The
exhibition is organized
in cooperation
with the Federico
Garcia Lorca
Greek-Spanish Cultural Center in Thessaloniki and is part of the
43rd Dimitria Festival. Rebollo studied philosophy and fine arts.
As a photographer, he has received various international
awards. He also works as an artistic director in the fields of film
production and advertising.
The exhibition opens Monday, September 15, at the National
Bank Cultural Foundation in Thessaloniki (108 Vassilissis Olgas,
tel 2310.295.170) and will run to October 16. For more details, log
on to www.miet.gr.
tel 210.381.1470.
Group exhibition with
photography, painting and
jewelry. Organized by the
Manifactura lab workshop.
(To September 30.)
Melina Mercouri
Foundation
9-11 Polygnotou, Plaka
tel 210.331.5601.
“Melina’s Visions,”
photographs, documents and
video clips of the late actress
and culture minister.
(Permanent display.)
MIRfestival
A multiple art event which
brings together the scene
and the image through
video art, music,
performance and sitespecific
projects in various
venues around Athens. For
information, call
210.361.6276 or visit
www.mirfestival.gr. (To
September 20.)
Municipal Gallery
51 Pireos, tel 210.323.1841.
Mark Hadjipateras
retrospective with paintings,
sculptures, assemblages,
monotypes and more from
1978 to the present. (To
September 21.)
National Gallery
50 Vas. Constantinou
tel 210.723.5937-8.
“Goya: The Sleep of Reason
Brings Forth Monsters,”
more than 200 etchings by
Goya, all from the permanent
collection of the National
Gallery. (To October 20.)
Skoufa Gallery
4 Skoufa, Kolonaki
tel 210.364.3025.
Photographs of New York
City by photographer Amalia
Sotiropoulou. (Opens
September 17 and runs to
September 27.)
Zoumboulakis Gallery
20 Kolonaki Square
tel 210.360.8278.
“Summer 08,” group
exhibition. (To September
13.)
SUBURBS
Art City
37th km of the Athens-Lamia
Highway, Malakasa Junction
tel 22950.98222.
This multifaceted artistic
complex hosts permanent
and temporary exhibitions,
as well as providing space for
buying and selling works of
art, including paintings,
sculptures, antiques and
icons. Also houses art and
houses design workshops,
valuations and cultural
events.
THESSALONIKI
Macedonian Museum
of Contemporary Art
154 Egnatia
tel 2310.281.567/240.002.
An exhibition on the works of
Yiannis Gaitis (1923-1984),
organized by the J.F.
Costopoulos foundation. (To
November 2.)
State Museum
of Contemporary Art
21 Kolokotroni, Lazariston
Monastery, tel 2310.589.140.
“Lost Vanguard Found: A
Synthesis of Architecture and
Art in Russia, 1915-1935.” (To
September 28.)
“No Borders (Just NEWS),” an
exhibition in cooperation
with the International AICA
and the Brussels
Contemporary Art Center, La
Centrale Electrique. (To
September 28.)
Zina Athanasiadou Gallery
5 Palaion Patron Germanou
tel 2310.275.985.
Works by Dimitris Alitheinos,
Yiorgos Gyparakis, Daniil,
Vlassis Kaniaris, Nikos
Kessanlis, Maria
Papadimitriou and
Alexandros Psychoulis. (To
September 30.)
Kodra Former
Military Camp
Kalamaria.
“Kodra,” an annual festival of
contemporary art, featuring
numerous curatorial projects
on the work of Greek and
international contemporary
artists. This year’s theme is
contemporary art from
Cyprus. The festival includes
an artists residency program.
For information, visit
www.artbox.gr. (To
September 15.)
ANDROS
Goulandris Museum
of Contemporary Art
Hora, tel 22820.22490.
Large exhibition on the work
of prominent Greek painter
Yiannis Moralis. (To
September 28.)
CRETE
Minos Palace Hotel
Aghios Nikolaos
tel 28410.23801.
More than 100 old
promotional posters of
Greece from the collection of
the Greek National Tourism
Organization. (To October
15.)
ELEFSINA
Former Oil Refinery
Elefsina Seafront.
An installation by artist
Marios Spiliopoulos.
Presented on the occasion of
the Aescheleia 2008 festival.
(To October 12.)
HYDRA
ATHENSPLUS • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
ARTS
Sachtoureion High School
“Whatever’s Whatever,”
group exhibition on Greek
and international artists,
curated by artist Dimitris
Antonitsis within the context
of the annual Hydra Project.
(To September 30.)
Historical Archives
Museum of Hydra
tel 22980.52355.
Alekos Fassianos engravings
from the S. Zachariadis
collection. (To October 31.)
MYCONOS
Municipal Enterprise
Venue for Cultural Events
Matogiannia, Hora
tel 22890.27791.
“Albert Gabriel: A French
Architect in Delos During the
Period of the 1908-1911
Large Archaeological
Excavation,” watercolors and
photographs of Delos and
Myconos. Organized by the
French School of
Archaeology in Athens. (To
September 24.)
NAFPLION
Alpha Bank Cultural Center
Emmanouil Dalamanga
& Koletti St.
“Mythological Subjects in the
Painting of Gerasimos Steris”
and “The Image of Myth in
Ancient Coins.” (To November
2.)
POROS
Citronne Gallery
Poros Beach
tel 22980.22401.
A solo exhibition featuring
the works of Greek-American
painter Cris Gianakos,
combining figuration and
abstraction. (To September
14.)
RHODES
Municipal Gallery
2 Symi Square
tel 22410.23766.
“A Tribute to Greek
Engraving,” a journey
through 20th-century Greek
engraving. The exhibition is
held in the context of the 1st
Mediterranean Triennale of
Engraving. (To November 2.)
Nestorideion Melathron
G. Haritos Square
tel 22410.43780.
The 1st Mediterranean
Triennale of Engraving.
Works by 20 international
artists specialized in
engraving. (To November 2.)
SIFNOS
Giomisti Kefali Art Gallery
Apollonia, tel 22840.32226.
Photographs by Tonis Veziris
featuring the human body.
(To September 14.)
SYROS
Cylades Art Gallery
Ermoupoli, tel 22810.82118.
Solo exhibition on the work
of painter Agis Kelpekis. (To
September 18.)
Ermoupoli Art Gallery
Municipal Cultural Center
tel 22810.82118.
Paintings by Maria Xagorari.
Organized in the context of
the Ermoupoleia festival. (To
September 21.)
TINOS
Cultural Foundation
of Tinos
Tel. 22830.24742.
“Lazaros Lameras: Advent of
Modernism in Greece,” a
large exhibition on the work
of sculptor Lazaros Lameras
(1911-1998). (To October 13.)
Marble Crafts Museum
Panormos, tel 22830.31290.
“Aegean,” sculptures by Alex
Milona. (To September 30.)
PRESENTATION
BY ALEXANDRA KOROXENIDIS
Annual Kythera event
zooms in on photography
The Kythera Photographic Encounters,
an annual photography event
that was established seven years ago
and which begins September 24 on
the island of Kythera, is a small but
well-respected occasion that helps
advance Greek photography. Brainchild
of photographer, curator and
writer on photography John
Stathatos, the event is organized by
the Kythera Cultural Association.
The Kythera Photographic Encounters
is the first institution to
hold a conference on the history of
Greek photography on a regular basis.
Specialists in the field that will
participate in this year’s two-day
conference include: Costis Antoniadis,
who will lecture on photography
and the invisible; Katia Arfara,
whose lecture is about the urban
landscape in the photography of Jeff
Wall and Panos Kokkinias; and
Eleni Papargyriou, who will speak
about the photographs that Giorgos
Seferis took on Cyprus. A discussion
on Costas Ioannidis’s study titled
“Contemporary Greek Photography”
has also been programmed as
part of the conference.
Maria Schina will present the
work of Panayiotis Fatseas, an early
20th-century photographer from
Kythera. His work has repeatedly
been analyzed in the Kythera Photographic
Encounters events.
The event also includes a series of
exhibitions: One of them focuses on
more historical themes. Planned
for this year is an exhibition on the
industrial growth of the island of
Thasos during the 19th century.
Other exhibitions present the
work of Greek photographers. Aris
Georgiou will exhibit his most recent
work, “The Blue Telephone Book.”
A group exhibition on young Greek
photographers is another recurring
aspect of the event. One of the
participating photographers is singled
out and given an award by an
appointed committee. A solo exhibition
on the work of Elena Panouli,
Photography by
Anna Maragoudaki.
An image by Aris Georgiou.
the young photographer who received
the 2007 award, is also programmed.
Young photographers are also
given the opportunity to participate
in a seminar which this year is held
by Yiorgos Depollas.
One of the distinctive aspects of
the Kythera Photographic Encounters
is its double focus on the work
of young, contemporary photographers
and more historical or established
aspects of Greek photography.
The annual event also helps draw
attention to Greek books on photography
with its special award. A
number of books published in the
past year have been short-listed for
a 2,000-euro award accorded by the
Municipality of Kythera. The books
include photography albums, monographs,
anthologies, books on theory
and critical essays or catalogs of
photography exhibitions. This year’s
committee includes Aliki Tsirgialou,
director of the Benaki Museum
Photographic Archives, photographer
and teacher Eleni Maligoura
and Yiannis Stathatos.
The Kythera Photographic
Encounters will be held
September 24-28 on the island of
Kythera. For more information,
call 27360.31718 or visit
www.photokythera.com.