As part of the This is Athens City Festival 2026, Eikastikos Kyklos DL presents "Cities Made of Paper", a solo photography exhibition by Kostas Ordolis. Through a series of deeply atmospheric works, the artist composes a personal map of cities that ignores conventional geography, following the lines of internal experience, memory, and fleeting impressions. His
Τhe House of General Napoleon Zervas opens its doors for a series of special presentations. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the spaces where the General lived and discover historical material that highlights the united national resistance against the occupying forces during the years 1941–1944. Through personal belongings and historical narratives, the life and
Crux Galerie presents the solo exhibition of Dimitris Rentoumis. Through his new series of works, the artist "dialogues" with the transient and fragile nature of paper, experimenting with the transition from a two-dimensional image to a three-dimensional variable materiality. He transforms paper surfaces into sculptural forms that occupy the space. With a rich journey that
In his new solo exhibition at Gallery Genesis, Giorgos Louloudis places light centre stage, moving beyond its role as a mere physical phenomenon.The artist turns his focus toward the small Greek chapels and their unique relationship with the landscape, transforming them into potent symbols of hope, silence, and internal quest. These works function as quiet
NEZER Collective Gallery presents Always the Blue, a solo exhibition by visual artist Anna Dimitriou. Through the curatorial approach of the architectural team SOL by Elephant Design, the exhibition space is conceived as a site of living narrative and spatial experience, where the placement, scale and interplay of the works come together to form a
The Museum of Cycladic Art invites you to a unique guided tour bridging 40,000 years of human creativity. The tour explores a fascinating encounter between Paleolithic art and the contemporary vision of world-renowned artist Jeff Koons, featuring his striking sculpture, Balloon Venus Lespugue (Orange). You’ll discover how this mirrored steel masterpiece enters into "dialogue" with
What happens when mathematical perfection meets inner revelation? In "Phi of Light", an exhibition by Gerasimos Galiatsatos curated by mosaico, art transcends simple representation. It becomes, as the psychologist and author Rollo May might suggest, a "revelation of new forms of being. The artist brings viewers face-to-face with two fundamental forces: The Golden Ratio: Named
As the This is Athens City Festival kicks off an exciting new partnership with Onassis Stegi, we offer a look through the lens of a true visionary. In his first-ever solo photography exhibition in Greece, the internationally acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos presents 182 works that map out his unique visual language through a different medium.
This solo exhibition by Dimitra Siaterli, curated by art historian and museologist Vasia Magoula, is presented as a fascinating journey connecting the artist's past and present. Spanning from the 1980s and 90s right through to her brand-new productions, the exhibition unfolds in three sections that feel like acts in a play. Visitors will wander through
The This is Athens City Festival 2026 welcomes the 7th Agatha Crime Fiction Festival, the annual literary rendezvous that transforms Athens into a gripping mystery set. The intrigue kicks off on 5 May with a series of pre-festival pop-ups, culminating in a high-stakes three-day takeover of the War Museum on 15, 16, and 17 May.
As the This is Athens City Festival kicks off an exciting new partnership with Onassis Stegi, we offer a look through the lens of a true visionary. In his first-ever solo photography exhibition in Greece, the internationally acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos presents 182 works that map out his unique visual language through a different medium.
The exhibition "1945: The End of the War" invites us on an immersive journey through the landmark year that sealed global history. The result of months of research in Greek and international archives, the exhibition illuminates the dramatic contrasts of those twelve months: from the horror and revelation of Nazi barbarity in the concentration camps
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