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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250527T200000
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Film Festival at Aello
DESCRIPTION:The best of Spanish-language cinema takes over Athens for an entire week in May. Visionary directors\, acclaimed actors and celebrated screenwriters bring a breath of Spain\, Chile\, Argentina\, Cuba and other beloved Spanish-speaking countries to the big screen.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/hispanic-film-festival-at-aello-2/
LOCATION:Open Air Cinema “Aello”\, Patission 140\, Athens\, Athens\, 112 57\, Greece
CATEGORIES:CINEMA,ENTERTAINMENT
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T102622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T102622Z
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SUMMARY:CONQUISTADORS
DESCRIPTION:Nikos Kyriakopoulos and his conquistadors disembark on Lenorman Street. \n\nDragons and wild beasts\, locals and conquistadors—and even Death himself—battle deep in untrodden jungles. \n\nThe thirty-six works in this exhibition are not intended to serve History or the historical genre of painting. Instead\, the artist draws his material from the mythos surrounding the Age of Discovery\, crafting images that move beyond naturalism\, both in form and content. Created using monotype\, a technique dating back to the 16th century\, the works gain added resonance when paired with the fantastical stories they depict. The adventures of the characters serve as a point of departure—not only for the adventures of line and colour\, but also for reflection on themes such as desire\, fear\, conflict and illusion. \n\nOpening: Thursday 8 May 2025\, 19:30–23:00 \n\nOpening hours: Monday to Friday: 10:00–18:00 Saturday: 11:00–15:00 Closed on Sunday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/conquistadors/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:Macart’s Cultural Space\, Lenorman 244\, Athens\, Athens\, 104 43\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250506T071617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T073507Z
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SUMMARY:Giorgos Gyzis: Clippings: Athens
DESCRIPTION:Clippings: Athens presents the third series of paintings inspired by clippings sourced from old newspapers. Photographs\, drawings\, and articles about Athens emerge from the archives\, transformed into visual artworks that evoke emotion. The works on display offer a brief journey through the evolving form of Athens\, beginning with the distinctive sketches by 19th-century British travellers in Attica and culminating in the height of modernism during the 1950s and 60s. \n\nExhibition Opening: Saturday 10 May 2025\, 12:00–17:00 Opening Hours: Tuesday\, Thursday\, Friday: 11:00–14:30 / 17:30–20:30 \n\nWednesday\, Saturday: 11:00–16:00 \n\nClosed Sunday and Monday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/giorgos-gyzis-clippings-athens/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:Ikastikos Kyklos\, Akadimias 6\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 71\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T085600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T132520Z
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SUMMARY:Vassilis Papageorgiou - Painting and Sculpture: Lignea Creatura Stans
DESCRIPTION:The worlds of plants\, animals and humans—along with legend\, myth\, imagination and dream—form the basis of Vassilis Papageorgiou’s new artistic exploration. His paradoxical heroes and hand-crafted wooden creatures inhabit both two- and three-dimensional space in a state of perpetual whirling. Through an aesthetic lens\, Papageorgiou reflects on the consequences of humanity’s destructive impact on the natural world. From this meditation\, he generates new values—drawn from the cultural references of nature and tradition—that define the conditions for coexistence. \n\nOpening hours: Monday – Friday: 11:30–14:30 & 17:30–20:30 Saturday: 11:30–15:00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/vassilis-papageorgiou-painting-lignea-creatura-stans/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:Gallery Ersi\, Kleomenous 4\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 75\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T072048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T063141Z
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SUMMARY:How to Fit Inside the City
DESCRIPTION:The work of Haris Baskozos is compelling not only for its final forms but also for the sources of inspiration behind them. The artist studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and fine arts at the Athens School of Fine Arts. When drawing from his background in architecture\, his work leans toward a rectilinear style that echoes urban planning and evokes a kind of “emotional Mondrian.” In these compositions\, consciousness seems to take the lead. In contrast\, when his fine arts training prevails\, his work shifts towards a freer\, more instinctive expression\, dominated by human-like forms and influenced by art brut\, where the unconscious plays the central role. In both cases\, the final result is not a strict monologue of either approach\, but rather a dialogue—one side mostly leading\, the other echoing through. In this way\, Baskozos offers a fascinating visual argument: the idea of collectivity (the city) tends to be shaped through a more conscious process\, while reflections on individuality (the human being) emerge through the unconscious. \n\nOpening hours: Tuesday\, Thursday\, Friday: 12:00–20:00 Wednesday & Saturday: 12:00–16:00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/how-to-fit-inside-the-city/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:Athens Gallery7\, Solonos 20\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 73\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250513T150937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T182350Z
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SUMMARY:TAKIMI II – Reconnections Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Modern Greek Ceramics\, in collaboration with the French Institute of Greece\, presents the exhibition TAKIMI II – Reconnections\, featuring works by emerging ceramic artists Olga Vlassi and Auréline Caltagirone. The exhibition showcases pieces created during their 2024 artist residency at the French Lodging in Rhodes\, organised by the French Institute of Greece. Their creations engage in a dialogue with the museum’s permanent collections\, reflecting the myths and ceramic heritage of Rhodes through a contemporary lens. Through their work\, the artists share impressions and personal narratives inspired by their time on the island—reconnecting modern expression with tradition and the historical context that shaped it.\n\nCurated by: Thalassini Bratsou\n\nOpening: Sunday 18 May 2025\, 20:30 \n\nOpening hours: Monday: 12:00–15:00 Tuesday–Thursday: 12:00–20:00 Friday: 12:00–15:00 Saturday: 11:00–14:00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/takimi-ii-reconnections-contemporary-ceramics-exhibition/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:Pottery Museum\, Melidoni 4-6\, Athens\, Athens\, 105 53\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T080846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T122224Z
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SUMMARY:Message in RGB and WHITE
DESCRIPTION:Mosaico Fine Art Studio (Athens) and Mobil Bóde Gallery (Budapest) co-present a mail art exhibition featuring works by Greek and Hungarian artists.\n\nOpening: Saturday\, May 24\, 19:00.\n\nOpening hours: Monday to Friday: 18:00–21:00 Saturday: 11:00–15:00 Closed on Sunday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/message-in-rgb-white/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:Mosaico Fine Art Studio\, Kesarias 18-20\, Athens\, Athens\, 115 27\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250327T110643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T114003Z
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SUMMARY:Fairy Tales in the Square: Taxiarchis Beligiannis - Maria Ploumi
DESCRIPTION:This activity is only available in Greek.\n\nFairy Tales for Fearless Kids!\n\nWho doesn’t love a good adventure story? Heroes who fear nothing\, children who face dragons\, and little fearless friends who can do anything! With music and storytelling\, get ready for fairy tales that will give you strength and courage!\n\nStorytelling by: Taxiarhis Beligiannis\nMusic by: Maria Ploumi
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/fairy-tales-in-the-square-taxiarchis-beligiannis-maria-ploumi/
LOCATION:Pangrati Grove\, Pangrati Grove\, Athens\, Athens\, 116 35\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,FOR KIDS,FREE,OUTDOOR ACTIVITY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250513T163733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T121754Z
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SUMMARY:Cosmic Dust - New Territories
DESCRIPTION:Τhe historic National Observatory of Athens transforms into a terrain of celestial imagination and earthly matter\, with a bold new exhibition by contemporary artist Lea Petrou. Titled Cosmic Dust / New Territories\, the show presents a series of new site-specific works that inhabit and respond to Greece’s oldest scientific institution\, an anchor of time\, memory\, and observation since 1842.\n\nCurated and textually framed by Kostas Prapoglou\, the exhibition draws inspiration from 19th-century German astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt\, whose intricate lunar mappings and scientific pursuits form the basis for Petrou’s radical reinterpretation. Using materials such as ceramic\, cotton thread\, wool\, clay\, titanium\, and marble\, Petrou creates dialogues between past and present\, the human and the planetary\, the analytical and the emotional.\n\nExhibition days and times: Wednesday\, Friday\, Saturday: 19.00 – 22.00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/cosmic-dust-new-territories/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:National Observatory of Athens\, Lofos Nymphon\, Athens\, Athens\, 118 10\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250404T134520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T113917Z
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SUMMARY:Antonia Kaouri Live
DESCRIPTION:One of the most enigmatic figures in the new Greek music scene\, Antonia Kauri captivated audiences on The Voice with her seductive voice and later mesmerised them as the opening act at the sold-out Coldplay concerts. Now\, at the This is Athens City Festival\, she takes the stage at the Athens Municipality Art Gallery—a building with decades of history and a cultural hub for the city—for a live performance filled with mystery and electronic sounds that promise to surprise us.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/antonia-kaouri-live/
LOCATION:The City of Athens Gallery\, Municipal Gallery of Athens\, Athens\, Athens\, 104 36\, Greece
CATEGORIES:CONCERT,ENTERTAINMENT,FREE,OUTDOOR ACTIVITY
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T233000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250422T104549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T105146Z
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Film Festival at Ellinis
DESCRIPTION:A full week in May is dedicated to the highlights of Spanish-language cinema. Groundbreaking directors\, renowned actors and celebrated screenwriters bring to Athens the spirit of Spain\, Chile\, Argentina\, Cuba and other beloved Spanish-speaking countries—through stories that captivate\, move and inspire.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/hispanic-film-festival-at-ellinis-3/
LOCATION:Open Air Cinema “Ellinis”\, Leof. Kifissias 29\, Athens\, Athens\, 115 23\, Greece
CATEGORIES:CINEMA,ENTERTAINMENT
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250528T233000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250422T100610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T101426Z
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Film Festival at Aello
DESCRIPTION:The best of Spanish-language cinema takes over Athens for an entire week in May. Visionary directors\, acclaimed actors and celebrated screenwriters bring a breath of Spain\, Chile\, Argentina\, Cuba and other beloved Spanish-speaking countries to the big screen.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/hispanic-film-festival-at-aello-3/
LOCATION:Open Air Cinema “Aello”\, Patission 140\, Athens\, Athens\, 112 57\, Greece
CATEGORIES:CINEMA,ENTERTAINMENT
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T102622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T102622Z
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SUMMARY:CONQUISTADORS
DESCRIPTION:Nikos Kyriakopoulos and his conquistadors disembark on Lenorman Street. \n\nDragons and wild beasts\, locals and conquistadors—and even Death himself—battle deep in untrodden jungles. \n\nThe thirty-six works in this exhibition are not intended to serve History or the historical genre of painting. Instead\, the artist draws his material from the mythos surrounding the Age of Discovery\, crafting images that move beyond naturalism\, both in form and content. Created using monotype\, a technique dating back to the 16th century\, the works gain added resonance when paired with the fantastical stories they depict. The adventures of the characters serve as a point of departure—not only for the adventures of line and colour\, but also for reflection on themes such as desire\, fear\, conflict and illusion. \n\nOpening: Thursday 8 May 2025\, 19:30–23:00 \n\nOpening hours: Monday to Friday: 10:00–18:00 Saturday: 11:00–15:00 Closed on Sunday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/conquistadors/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Macart’s Cultural Space\, Lenorman 244\, Athens\, Athens\, 104 43\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T081928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T113622Z
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SUMMARY:Solo Exhibition: Valinia Svoronou - Clocks of the Tides
DESCRIPTION:“Ah! That marvellous little thing – that fell into the sea – like a diamond slipped from the fingers of God. The abandoned pearl you long to place upon the alabaster neck of the beloved you adore.” \n\nThis passage from a book by Akilas Milas evokes the Princes’ Islands of the early 20th century as a jewel lost to the sea\, a keepsake for a cherished beloved. Despite its old-fashioned phrasing\, it conveys a powerful sense of a vanished place. Valinia Svoronou’s exhibition captures such moments—carried through intergenerational narratives\, experienced by the artist and reshaped to reconcile with a time that is at once personal and collective\, hazy and precise. Sculptural forms\, notes and moving images become bulwarks in a world rich with memory: reflections from the Eastern Mediterranean\, Athens\, the Sea of Marmara and Asia Minor. These are moments of pause and re-formation—fragments of places remembered and reimagined.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/solo-exhibition-valinia-svoronou-clocks-of-the-tides/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery\, Chalkokondyli 19\, Athens\, Athens\, 104 32\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250506T071617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T073507Z
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SUMMARY:Giorgos Gyzis: Clippings: Athens
DESCRIPTION:Clippings: Athens presents the third series of paintings inspired by clippings sourced from old newspapers. Photographs\, drawings\, and articles about Athens emerge from the archives\, transformed into visual artworks that evoke emotion. The works on display offer a brief journey through the evolving form of Athens\, beginning with the distinctive sketches by 19th-century British travellers in Attica and culminating in the height of modernism during the 1950s and 60s. \n\nExhibition Opening: Saturday 10 May 2025\, 12:00–17:00 Opening Hours: Tuesday\, Thursday\, Friday: 11:00–14:30 / 17:30–20:30 \n\nWednesday\, Saturday: 11:00–16:00 \n\nClosed Sunday and Monday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/giorgos-gyzis-clippings-athens/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Ikastikos Kyklos\, Akadimias 6\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 71\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T085600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T132520Z
UID:10003774-1748518200-1748550600@cityfestival.thisisathens.org
SUMMARY:Vassilis Papageorgiou - Painting and Sculpture: Lignea Creatura Stans
DESCRIPTION:The worlds of plants\, animals and humans—along with legend\, myth\, imagination and dream—form the basis of Vassilis Papageorgiou’s new artistic exploration. His paradoxical heroes and hand-crafted wooden creatures inhabit both two- and three-dimensional space in a state of perpetual whirling. Through an aesthetic lens\, Papageorgiou reflects on the consequences of humanity’s destructive impact on the natural world. From this meditation\, he generates new values—drawn from the cultural references of nature and tradition—that define the conditions for coexistence. \n\nOpening hours: Monday – Friday: 11:30–14:30 & 17:30–20:30 Saturday: 11:30–15:00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/vassilis-papageorgiou-painting-lignea-creatura-stans/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Gallery Ersi\, Kleomenous 4\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 75\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250513T150937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T182350Z
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SUMMARY:TAKIMI II – Reconnections Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Modern Greek Ceramics\, in collaboration with the French Institute of Greece\, presents the exhibition TAKIMI II – Reconnections\, featuring works by emerging ceramic artists Olga Vlassi and Auréline Caltagirone. The exhibition showcases pieces created during their 2024 artist residency at the French Lodging in Rhodes\, organised by the French Institute of Greece. Their creations engage in a dialogue with the museum’s permanent collections\, reflecting the myths and ceramic heritage of Rhodes through a contemporary lens. Through their work\, the artists share impressions and personal narratives inspired by their time on the island—reconnecting modern expression with tradition and the historical context that shaped it.\n\nCurated by: Thalassini Bratsou\n\nOpening: Sunday 18 May 2025\, 20:30 \n\nOpening hours: Monday: 12:00–15:00 Tuesday–Thursday: 12:00–20:00 Friday: 12:00–15:00 Saturday: 11:00–14:00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/takimi-ii-reconnections-contemporary-ceramics-exhibition/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Pottery Museum\, Melidoni 4-6\, Athens\, Athens\, 105 53\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T072048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T063141Z
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SUMMARY:How to Fit Inside the City
DESCRIPTION:The work of Haris Baskozos is compelling not only for its final forms but also for the sources of inspiration behind them. The artist studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and fine arts at the Athens School of Fine Arts. When drawing from his background in architecture\, his work leans toward a rectilinear style that echoes urban planning and evokes a kind of “emotional Mondrian.” In these compositions\, consciousness seems to take the lead. In contrast\, when his fine arts training prevails\, his work shifts towards a freer\, more instinctive expression\, dominated by human-like forms and influenced by art brut\, where the unconscious plays the central role. In both cases\, the final result is not a strict monologue of either approach\, but rather a dialogue—one side mostly leading\, the other echoing through. In this way\, Baskozos offers a fascinating visual argument: the idea of collectivity (the city) tends to be shaped through a more conscious process\, while reflections on individuality (the human being) emerge through the unconscious. \n\nOpening hours: Tuesday\, Thursday\, Friday: 12:00–20:00 Wednesday & Saturday: 12:00–16:00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/how-to-fit-inside-the-city/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Athens Gallery7\, Solonos 20\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 73\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T104023Z
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SUMMARY:Vassilis Karakatsanis: Urban Tools
DESCRIPTION:Vassilis Karakatsanis invites us on a journey through the spectrum of contemporary existence—a complex\, ever-evolving interplay of memories\, collective narratives and social dynamics. His exhibition Urban Tools unfolds as a compelling dialogue between past and present\, the personal and the monumental. Seven large-scale paintings\, accompanied by numerous smaller works—created using acrylic\, oil and gouache on canvas—invite a deep exploration of life in all its textures and tones. At the heart of Karakatsanis’ practice lies a transcendent inner process shaped by memory and materiality. The exhibition title hints at the hidden mechanisms that define a place’s essence: the subtle\, often invisible tools that help us navigate\, define and interpret the environments we inhabit—as well as those that shape and compose our very being. The urban landscape is not only his subject matter; it becomes his medium. Each brushstroke reveals the layered relationship between its singularity and the stories it holds. Symbols of personal and collective identity\, ideology and emotion are interwoven into the fabric of daily life. \n\nOpening night: Thursday 8 May 2025\, 20:00 \n\nOpening hours: Tuesday\, Thursday & Friday: 12:00–21:00 Saturday: 12:00–15:00 Closed on Monday\, Wednesday and Sunday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/vassilis-karakatsanis-urban-tools/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Genesis Gallery\, Ippokratous 121\, Athens\, Athens\, 114 72\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250327T133018Z
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SUMMARY:Athens Voice - 1st Green Experience Music Event
DESCRIPTION:Athens Voice joins the This is Athens City Festival with an original music event set to become a new tradition. In the heart of the city\, the Emporikon Arcade is transformed into a lush urban oasis filled with hundreds of live plants.\n\nAt its centre\, the Athens Digital Arts Festival installs a striking LED gateway\, turning the arcade into the most futuristic “park” in Athens—where nature and technology coexist in harmony. Music sets the pace while the screens respond to the rhythm\, creating the illusion of floating greenery and an unforgettable sensory experience.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/athens-voice-1st-green-experience-music-event/
LOCATION:Stoa Emporon\, Voulis 8-10\, Athens\, Athens\, 105 62\, Greece
CATEGORIES:DJ SET,ENTERTAINMENT,FREE,PARTY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T080846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T122224Z
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SUMMARY:Message in RGB and WHITE
DESCRIPTION:Mosaico Fine Art Studio (Athens) and Mobil Bóde Gallery (Budapest) co-present a mail art exhibition featuring works by Greek and Hungarian artists.\n\nOpening: Saturday\, May 24\, 19:00.\n\nOpening hours: Monday to Friday: 18:00–21:00 Saturday: 11:00–15:00 Closed on Sunday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/message-in-rgb-white/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Mosaico Fine Art Studio\, Kesarias 18-20\, Athens\, Athens\, 115 27\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250327T125412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T113358Z
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SUMMARY:Fairy Tales at the Square: Babis Bourekas - Maria Ploumi
DESCRIPTION:This activity is only available in Greek.\n\nFearless Little Ones!\n\nStorytelling from both Greek and global folk traditions\, where the heroes overcame their fears\, faced stronger\, mightier\, and more terrifying forces\, and in the end\, succeeded! The accompaniment of music and song completes the narrative\, the journey of imagination\, relieves tension\, and helps create a sense of community.\n\nStorytelling by: Charalambos Bourekas\nMusic/Singing: Maria Ploumi (laouto)
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/fairy-tales-square-babis-bourekas-maria-ploumi/
LOCATION:Pinelopi Delta Square\, Pinelopis Delta 16\, Athens\, Athens\, 115 25\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,FOR KIDS,FREE,OUTDOOR ACTIVITY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T233000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250422T104632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T144957Z
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Film Festival at Ellinis
DESCRIPTION:A full week in May is dedicated to the highlights of Spanish-language cinema. Groundbreaking directors\, renowned actors and celebrated screenwriters bring to Athens the spirit of Spain\, Chile\, Argentina\, Cuba and other beloved Spanish-speaking countries—through stories that captivate\, move and inspire.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/hispanic-film-festival-at-ellinis-4/
LOCATION:Open Air Cinema “Ellinis”\, Leof. Kifissias 29\, Athens\, Athens\, 115 23\, Greece
CATEGORIES:CINEMA,ENTERTAINMENT
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T233000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250422T100732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T145438Z
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Film Festival at Aello
DESCRIPTION:The best of Spanish-language cinema takes over Athens for an entire week in May. Visionary directors\, acclaimed actors and celebrated screenwriters bring a breath of Spain\, Chile\, Argentina\, Cuba and other beloved Spanish-speaking countries to the big screen.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/hispanic-film-festival-at-aello-4/
LOCATION:Open Air Cinema “Aello”\, Patission 140\, Athens\, Athens\, 112 57\, Greece
CATEGORIES:CINEMA,ENTERTAINMENT
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250529T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250327T112914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T142639Z
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SUMMARY:The National School of Dance Steps Out
DESCRIPTION:Dance performances in unexpected spots around the city\, featuring students from the State School of Dance\, under the artistic direction of the school’s leading dance teacher\, Dafni Kokkinou.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/the-national-school-of-dance/
LOCATION:Kotzia Square\, Kotzia Square\, Αθήνα\, Athens\, 105 51\, Greece
CATEGORIES:DANCE,ENTERTAINMENT,FREE,OUTDOOR ACTIVITY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T102622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T102622Z
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SUMMARY:CONQUISTADORS
DESCRIPTION:Nikos Kyriakopoulos and his conquistadors disembark on Lenorman Street. \n\nDragons and wild beasts\, locals and conquistadors—and even Death himself—battle deep in untrodden jungles. \n\nThe thirty-six works in this exhibition are not intended to serve History or the historical genre of painting. Instead\, the artist draws his material from the mythos surrounding the Age of Discovery\, crafting images that move beyond naturalism\, both in form and content. Created using monotype\, a technique dating back to the 16th century\, the works gain added resonance when paired with the fantastical stories they depict. The adventures of the characters serve as a point of departure—not only for the adventures of line and colour\, but also for reflection on themes such as desire\, fear\, conflict and illusion. \n\nOpening: Thursday 8 May 2025\, 19:30–23:00 \n\nOpening hours: Monday to Friday: 10:00–18:00 Saturday: 11:00–15:00 Closed on Sunday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/conquistadors/2025-05-30/
LOCATION:Macart’s Cultural Space\, Lenorman 244\, Athens\, Athens\, 104 43\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T081928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T113622Z
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SUMMARY:Solo Exhibition: Valinia Svoronou - Clocks of the Tides
DESCRIPTION:“Ah! That marvellous little thing – that fell into the sea – like a diamond slipped from the fingers of God. The abandoned pearl you long to place upon the alabaster neck of the beloved you adore.” \n\nThis passage from a book by Akilas Milas evokes the Princes’ Islands of the early 20th century as a jewel lost to the sea\, a keepsake for a cherished beloved. Despite its old-fashioned phrasing\, it conveys a powerful sense of a vanished place. Valinia Svoronou’s exhibition captures such moments—carried through intergenerational narratives\, experienced by the artist and reshaped to reconcile with a time that is at once personal and collective\, hazy and precise. Sculptural forms\, notes and moving images become bulwarks in a world rich with memory: reflections from the Eastern Mediterranean\, Athens\, the Sea of Marmara and Asia Minor. These are moments of pause and re-formation—fragments of places remembered and reimagined.
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/solo-exhibition-valinia-svoronou-clocks-of-the-tides/2025-05-30/
LOCATION:CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery\, Chalkokondyli 19\, Athens\, Athens\, 104 32\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250506T071617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T073507Z
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SUMMARY:Giorgos Gyzis: Clippings: Athens
DESCRIPTION:Clippings: Athens presents the third series of paintings inspired by clippings sourced from old newspapers. Photographs\, drawings\, and articles about Athens emerge from the archives\, transformed into visual artworks that evoke emotion. The works on display offer a brief journey through the evolving form of Athens\, beginning with the distinctive sketches by 19th-century British travellers in Attica and culminating in the height of modernism during the 1950s and 60s. \n\nExhibition Opening: Saturday 10 May 2025\, 12:00–17:00 Opening Hours: Tuesday\, Thursday\, Friday: 11:00–14:30 / 17:30–20:30 \n\nWednesday\, Saturday: 11:00–16:00 \n\nClosed Sunday and Monday
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/giorgos-gyzis-clippings-athens/2025-05-30/
LOCATION:Ikastikos Kyklos\, Akadimias 6\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 71\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250424T085600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T132520Z
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SUMMARY:Vassilis Papageorgiou - Painting and Sculpture: Lignea Creatura Stans
DESCRIPTION:The worlds of plants\, animals and humans—along with legend\, myth\, imagination and dream—form the basis of Vassilis Papageorgiou’s new artistic exploration. His paradoxical heroes and hand-crafted wooden creatures inhabit both two- and three-dimensional space in a state of perpetual whirling. Through an aesthetic lens\, Papageorgiou reflects on the consequences of humanity’s destructive impact on the natural world. From this meditation\, he generates new values—drawn from the cultural references of nature and tradition—that define the conditions for coexistence. \n\nOpening hours: Monday – Friday: 11:30–14:30 & 17:30–20:30 Saturday: 11:30–15:00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/vassilis-papageorgiou-painting-lignea-creatura-stans/2025-05-30/
LOCATION:Gallery Ersi\, Kleomenous 4\, Athens\, Athens\, 106 75\, Greece
CATEGORIES:ENTERTAINMENT,EXHIBITION,FREE,GALLERY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20250530T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T011019
CREATED:20250513T150937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T182350Z
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SUMMARY:TAKIMI II – Reconnections Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Modern Greek Ceramics\, in collaboration with the French Institute of Greece\, presents the exhibition TAKIMI II – Reconnections\, featuring works by emerging ceramic artists Olga Vlassi and Auréline Caltagirone. The exhibition showcases pieces created during their 2024 artist residency at the French Lodging in Rhodes\, organised by the French Institute of Greece. Their creations engage in a dialogue with the museum’s permanent collections\, reflecting the myths and ceramic heritage of Rhodes through a contemporary lens. Through their work\, the artists share impressions and personal narratives inspired by their time on the island—reconnecting modern expression with tradition and the historical context that shaped it.\n\nCurated by: Thalassini Bratsou\n\nOpening: Sunday 18 May 2025\, 20:30 \n\nOpening hours: Monday: 12:00–15:00 Tuesday–Thursday: 12:00–20:00 Friday: 12:00–15:00 Saturday: 11:00–14:00
URL:https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/event/takimi-ii-reconnections-contemporary-ceramics-exhibition/2025-05-30/
LOCATION:Pottery Museum\, Melidoni 4-6\, Athens\, Athens\, 105 53\, Greece
CATEGORIES:EXHIBITION,FREE
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