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Guided Tour: Jeff Koons – “Venus of Lespugue”

Museum of Cycladic Art Neofytou Douka 4, Athens, Athens, Greece

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

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Fairytales with Naya Oikonomopoulou

Pantazopoulou Square Pantazopoulou Square, Athens, Greece

Recycling through stories (followed by a painting workshop using brown recycling bins!) The Stone Soup: When three hungry and poor travellers arrive in a village, they go from door to door asking for a little food, but no one gives them anything. Everyone is shut inside their homes and unwilling to share anything with others.

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Gerasimos Galiatsatos: Phi of Light

Mosaico Fine Art Studio Kesarias 18-20, Athens, Athens, Greece

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

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Yorgos Lanthimos: Photographs

Onassis Stegi 107-109 Syngrou, Athens, Greece

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.

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Dimitra Siaterli: Cohesive Networks

The City of Athens Gallery Municipal Gallery of Athens, Athens, Athens, Greece

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

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Music & Film: “Sunrise” with Manos Kitsikopoulos

Megaro Arsakeiou 42-46 Stadiou, Athens, Greece

Experience the magic of silent film paired with live music in the grand interior courtyard of the Arsakeio Mansion, an architectural "jewel" in the heart of Athens. The spotlight of the evening falls on "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" (1927), directed by the legendary F.W. Murnau. Often cited as one of the greatest films

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7th Agatha Crime Fiction Festival

War Museum Rizari 2-4, Athens, Athens, Greece

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.

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St Dionysius the Areopagite, The Saint of Athens: Guided Tours of the dedicated Churches I

Holy Church of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite 34 Skoufa, Athens, Greece

The This is Athens City Festival invites you to step inside one of the city’s most prestigious landmarks for a tour that’s as much about art history as it is about faith. Guided by art historian Despina Paraskeva, we’re exploring Agios Dionysios on Skoufa Street, often called the "Saint of Athens", to see what happens

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Yorgos Lanthimos: Photographs

Onassis Stegi 107-109 Syngrou, Athens, Greece

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.

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A Historical Walk with Dr. Iordanis Papadopoulos: Havteia

Havteia 1 Agiou Konstantinou, Athens, Greece

The This is Athens City Festival invites you on a fascinating historical stroll through the neighbourhoods that shaped our city’s urban soul. Led by Dr. Iordanis Papadopoulos, this walk takes us from the bustling corners of Havteia and Omonia down to 3rd September Street, Patission, and the leafy Fokionos Negri. It will shape into a

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Tropical Party Athens

Ilisia Park Dragoumi and Dimitressa, Athens, Athens, Greece

It doesn't take much to create an unforgettable night: just a love for music, a desire to dance, and a brave dose of extroversion. That’s the philosophy behind Tropical Party Athens, which returns for the This is Athens City Festival 2026 to remind us that, with the right rhythm, the city can feel like summer

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Best 92.6 Radio Party

Cine Aigli Zappeion Zappeion Garden, Athens, Greece

Escape the rush and head to Aegli Zappiou, the hidden-in-plain-sight garden that serves as the perfect backdrop for TiACF2026. One of Athens’ most influential radio stations, Best 92.6, is stepping out of the booth and onto the grass to host an alfresco party in this historic architectural gem. The city’s favourite tastemakers will be spinning

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