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SUMMARY:Connect Athens: Building Bridges for the Mental Health of At-Risk Youth
DESCRIPTION:The This is Athens City Festival joins forces with IASIS (Civil Non-Profit Organisation) and the Connect Athens Youth Centre through the second edition of the Connect Athens Festival\, contributing to raising awareness around the mental health of young people experiencing vulnerability and social exclusion.\n\nThrough the event “Building Bridges for the Mental Health of At-Risk Youth”\, it brings to the forefront contemporary challenges such as loneliness\, uncertainty\, lack of purpose\, and the emergence of delinquent behaviour. In the discussion panels\, young people themselves join their voices with experts and institutional representatives.\n\nThe aim of the event is to transform personal experience into collective action\, linking the needs of young people with concrete policies and practices at both national and European level. At a time when social cohesion is being tested\, the Connect Athens Festival highlights that vulnerability is not an individual issue\, but a shared challenge that calls for connection\, understanding and meaningful support in order to create an inclusive future for every young person in the city.\n\nThis activity is only available in Greek.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/connect-athens-building-bridges-for-the-mental-health-of-at-risk-youth/
LOCATION:City of Athens Cultural Centre\, 50 Akadimias\, Athens\, 106 79\, Greece
CATEGORIES:FREE
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SUMMARY:Guided Tour at The Maria Callas Museum
DESCRIPTION:The Maria Callas Museum invites us on a moving tour into the world of the 20th century’s leading soprano. Through a specially designed guided experience\, visitors have the unique opportunity to discover the most iconic moments of her career\, while exploring the unknown\, personal aspects of the journey that established her as a global opera icon.\n\nThe narrative brings her path to life beyond standard exhibition texts\, illuminating her artistic legacy and complex personality directly and experientially. This is an experience tailored to its audience\, offering a deep look at the woman and the artist who changed lyric theatre forever\, right in the heart of the city she loved so dearly.\n\nThis activity is only available in Greek.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/guided-tour-at-the-maria-callas-museum/
LOCATION:Maria Callas Museum\, Mitropoleos 44\, Athens\, Athens\, 105 63\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE,MUSEUM,TOUR
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SUMMARY:Biscuits at the Museum!
DESCRIPTION:The Hellenic Children’s Museum is opening up its most delicious exhibit for a hands-on kitchen takeover. If you’re looking for a brilliant way to keep the kids entertained (and well-fed) this May\, “Kitchen: Discovering the World of the Biscuit” is exactly where you need to be.\n\nIn this “Biscuits at the Museum!” workshop\, our younger festival-goers get to swap the sketchbook for a rolling pin. It’s not just a baking lesson; it’s a magical journey into the world of pastry through the eyes of a museum.\n\nThis activity is only available in Greek.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/biscuits-at-the-museum-4/
LOCATION:Hellenic Children’s Museum\, Vas. Georgiou Β΄ 19\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 75\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FOR KIDS,FREE,MUSEUM
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SUMMARY:Tilda Swinton: Ongoing
DESCRIPTION:Marking its fifth year with a great collaboration with Onassis Stegi\, we offer an encounter with one of the season’s most keenly discussed artistic propositions. At its centre is Tilda Swinton\, a figure who has long moved with deliberate\, almost defiant ease between cinema\, fashion\, and the visual arts\, each appearance less a performance than a considered cultural gesture.\n\nThe exhibition Ongoing\, presented at the recently inaugurated Onassis Ready\, resists the tidy framing of a retrospective. Instead\, it unfolds as an active\, evolving dialogue between Swinton and a close circle of collaborators. Among them Pedro Almodóvar\, Luca Guadagnino\, Jim Jarmusch\, Joanna Hogg\, Tim Walker\, Apichatpong Weerasethakul\, Olivier Saillard\, and Derek Jarman. Through short films\, installations\, and photographic works\, the exhibition gently dismantles and reassembles the layers of her artistic identity\, moving between the dreamlike and the intimately personal. The result is a multi-stranded exhibition that illuminates her rich creative journey and her profound connection to contemporary art.\n\n20 invitations are available from the Onassis Stegi for 22\, 24\, 29\, and 31 May – 5 invitations per day.\n\nBookings open one week before each event at 12:00 noon and are made via this page.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/tilda-swinton-ongoing-2/
LOCATION:Onassis Ready\, 2 Strati Tsirka\, Ag. Ioannis Rentis\, 182 33\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE
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SUMMARY:ONX.Showcase.Athens.2026: Human in the Loop
DESCRIPTION:Onassis Foundation presents for the first time in Athens the immersive art exhibition ONX Showcase\, a celebration of creativity\, technological innovation\, and new forms of artistic expression. Since its founding in 2020\, ONX\, the global digital cultures platform of the Onassis Foundation\, has supported artists experimenting at the boundaries of art\, science\, and emerging technologies. Centred around the thematic axis “Human in the Loop”\, the exhibition reflects on what it means to remain human in an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence\, seeking out the handmade and the analogue within a deeply technological environment.\n\nThe programme features ten works from the Onassis ONX and AiR ecosystem\, six new commissions from the ONX Seeds programme\, and works from the Onassis Collection by Andreas Angelidakis\, Noemi Iglesias Barrios\, Spyros Poros\, and Theo Triantafyllidis. Alongside the exhibition\, a series of talks and professional gatherings bring together artists\, technologists\, curators\, producers\, and cultural practitioners\, foregrounding the emerging artistic languages shaping the future of digital culture.\n\nWith the participation of internationally acclaimed artists whose work has been presented at festivals including Sundance Film Festival\, Ars Electronica\, SXSW\, and Venice International Film Festival\, ONX.Showcase.Athens. 2026 offers a rare opportunity to experience immersive art in its most advanced and transformative form.\n\nParticipating artists include Gabriel Barcia-Colombo\, Adam Cole\, Marc Da Costa\, Dionysios\, Andrew Thomas Huang\, Gregor Kuschmirz\, Giannis Kranidiotis\, Marion Lasserre\, Zisis Bliatkas\, Matthew Niederhauser\, Giorgos Papafigos\, Sarah Rothberg\, Ali Santana\, sister sylvester\, Ivona Tau\, Ontroerend Goed\, and Playfool.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/onx-showcase-athens-2026-human-in-the-loop/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:Onassis Ready\, 2 Strati Tsirka\, Ag. Ioannis Rentis\, 182 33\, Greece
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SUMMARY:Maria Kritikou: New Realms
DESCRIPTION:Art Zone 42 presents the new solo exhibition by Maria Kritikou New Realms\, offering Athens’ art-loving public a distinctive and dynamic visual experience that redefines our relationship with both the natural and the imagined landscape.\n\nThe art historian Evangelia Kairaki notes\, Maria Kritikou’s painting is driven by an intensely interactive and energetic relationship with the canvas\, recalling the philosophy of Action Painting. The artist moves freely within an undefined and expansive space\, where organic forms\, aquatic worlds and dreamlike environments undergo radical transformation. Rather than pursuing a faithful representation of nature\, Kritikou embraces a Taoist\, almost mystical interpretation of the visible world\, bringing the environment into dialogue with the inner\, spiritual dimensions of human experience.\n\nA compelling visual journey that invites visitors to discover evocative new horizons in the heart of Athens.\n\nOpening: Friday 22 May\, 20:00–22:30\n\nExhibition Duration: 22–30 May\n\nOpening Hours: Tuesday\, Thursday & Friday: 15:00–21:00\, Wednesday & Saturday: 12:00–16:00\, Monday & Sunday: Closed
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/maria-kritikou-new-realms/
LOCATION:Art Zone 42\, Vasileos Konstantinou 42\, Athens\, 116 35\, Greece
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SUMMARY:Athens’ Hispanic Film Festival (FeCHA) at Ellinis Europa Cinemas
DESCRIPTION:The finest moments of Spanish-language cinema return to the city for their 10th edition\, filling an entire week in May with images\, passion and emotion. Innovative directors\, internationally acclaimed actors and inventive screenwriters come together with an enthusiastic audience\, bringing to Athens an authentic atmosphere from Spain\, Chile\, Argentina\, Cuba and other beloved countries of Latin America.\n\nThrough screenings that highlight both contemporary filmmaking and the rich cinematic traditions of these countries\, Athens is transformed into a vast “cinema” celebrating the diversity and expressive power of Spanish-speaking culture.\n\nScreenings will take place at the open-air cinemas Ellinis Cinemax and Aello Cinemax\, as well as at the Instituto Cervantes and the Hellenic American Union.\n\nThe anniversary programme includes 23 feature films and 13 short films\, offering a comprehensive look at contemporary cinema from Spain and Latin America.\n\nProgramme Highlights\n\nOpening Film: The festival officially opens with the highly anticipated satirical comedy Homo Sapiens? (Homo Argentum)\, Argentina’s biggest commercial success of 2025.\n\nSpecial Tributes: A tribute to the late director Fabián Bielinsky\, alongside the Diversidad section featuring queer short films in collaboration with Athens Pride.\n\nClosing Film: The festival concludes with A Poet (Un Poeta) from Colombia\, presented in the presence of lead actor Ubeimar Rios.\n\nInternational Guests: Distinguished filmmakers including Helena Taberna\, Asier Urbieta and Albert Pintó will attend the festival\, participating in masterclasses and audience discussions.\n\nInformation & Free Events\n\nMasterclass: Saturday 23 May at the Hellenic Open University.\n\nFree Events: 28 May at the Hellenic American Union (docuFeCHA & cortoFeCHA) and 29 May on the rooftop of the Instituto Cervantes.\n\nOnline Screenings: Available from 29 to 31 May via www.fecha.gr\n\nTickets: Advance sales begin on 8 May via more.com and from 14 May at the cinema box offices.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/athens-hispanic-film-festival-fecha-at-ellinis-europa-cinemas-2/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:Open Air Cinema “Ellinis”\, Leof. Kifissias 29\, Athens\, Athens\, 115 23\, Greece
CATEGORIES:CINEMA
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SUMMARY:Athens’ Hispanic Film Festival (FeCHA) at Aello
DESCRIPTION:The finest moments of Spanish-language cinema return to the city for their 10th edition\, filling an entire week in May with images\, passion and emotion. Innovative directors\, internationally acclaimed actors and inventive screenwriters come together with an enthusiastic audience\, bringing to Athens an authentic atmosphere from Spain\, Chile\, Argentina\, Cuba and other beloved countries of Latin America.\n\nThrough screenings that highlight both contemporary filmmaking and the rich cinematic traditions of these countries\, Athens is transformed into a vast “cinema” celebrating the diversity and expressive power of Spanish-speaking culture.\n\nScreenings will take place at the open-air cinemas Ellinis Cinemax and Aello Cinemax\, as well as at the Instituto Cervantes and the Hellenic American Union.\n\nThe anniversary programme includes 23 feature films and 13 short films\, offering a comprehensive look at contemporary cinema from Spain and Latin America.\n\nProgramme Highlights\n\nOpening Film: The festival officially opens with the highly anticipated satirical comedy Homo Sapiens? (Homo Argentum)\, Argentina’s biggest commercial success of 2025.\n\nSpecial Tributes: A tribute to the late director Fabián Bielinsky\, alongside the Diversidad section featuring queer short films in collaboration with Athens Pride.\n\nClosing Film: The festival concludes with A Poet (Un Poeta) from Colombia\, presented in the presence of lead actor Ubeimar Rios.\n\nInternational Guests: Distinguished filmmakers including Helena Taberna\, Asier Urbieta and Albert Pintó will attend the festival\, participating in masterclasses and audience discussions.\n\nInformation & Free Events\n\nMasterclass: Saturday 23 May at the Hellenic Open University.\n\nFree Events: 28 May at the Hellenic American Union (docuFeCHA & cortoFeCHA) and 29 May on the rooftop of the Instituto Cervantes.\n\nOnline Screenings: Available from 29 to 31 May via www.fecha.gr\n\nTickets: Advance sales begin on 8 May via more.com and from 14 May at the cinema box offices.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/athens-hispanic-film-festival-fecha-at-aello/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:Open Air Cinema “Aello”\, Patission 140\, Athens\, Athens\, 112 57\, Greece
CATEGORIES:CINEMA
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