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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 10, 2026

Exploring Everyday Spaces Through Surrealist Art

Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery in Athens will present "A Bathroom and Other… Unexpected Human Stories," a solo exhibition by the artist Looper, running from June 11 to July 4, 2026. Curated by art historian Yannis Bolis, the show features sculptural installations, symbolic constructions, and large-scale ink drawings, with the centerpiece being a life-size bathroom installation made from cardboard and plexiglass that reimagines domestic space through a surrealist lens. The artist also employs aluminum, steel, plexiglass, and fluorescent light in box-like sculptures, while the drawings draw on influences from pre-Columbian culture, religion, mysticism, comics, graffiti, and street art.

museum exhibitions schedule Jun 1, 2026

‘The Erotic Is Simultaneously Political’: An Exhibition About The Things Jannis Psychopedis Doesn’t Want To Forget

Jannis Psychopedis presents a new exhibition at the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation in Athens, titled “Landscapes of Memory. The Ones I Kept.” Rather than a conventional retrospective of his 65-year career, the show features around 70 works from his personal collection—pieces he kept rather than sold—spanning from 1962 to the present. The exhibition is arranged in nearly twenty scenographic sections, mixing painting, collage, constructions, and mixed media, and is designed as a “small public square” to provoke direct dialogue with viewers, echoing his 1960s practice with the “A” art group of displaying art in working-class neighborhoods.

museum exhibitions schedule May 28, 2026

Jannis Psychopedis Retrospective Opens in Athens

A retrospective exhibition titled "Jannis Psychopedis: Landscapes of Memory. The Ones I Kept" has opened at the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum in Athens, running through October 4, 2026. The show features 70 works by the Greek contemporary artist, spanning from 1962 to the present, all drawn from Psychopedis's own private collection. Curated by Kyriakos Koutsomallis, the exhibition is organized into 20 thematic chapters, including sections like "Anatomy Lesson" and "The Letter that Never Arrived," and highlights key works such as "Oracle" and the "Report to Goya" cycle.

museum exhibitions schedule May 25, 2026

Theodoros Papagiannis: Reusing Materials For Art’s Slow Arrow, As An Antidote To Barbarism

Theodoros Papagiannis, a Greek sculptor and professor, is the subject of a tribute exhibition titled "In Praise of Sculpture" at the Sianti Gallery in Athens. The show features works by eighteen artists, all graduates of the 1st Sculpture Workshop of the Athens School of Fine Arts, honoring Papagiannis as their teacher. In an interview, Papagiannis discusses his philosophy of reusing materials, the importance of memory in art, and his belief that art must remain rooted in tradition while engaging with the present. He also reflects on Greece's sculptural heritage, the influence of ancient works like the Elgin Marbles, and his ongoing project of drawing from Greece's archaeological museums.

museum exhibitions schedule May 22, 2026

“Related Stories”—A Visual Dialogue On Memory And Experience

A new contemporary art exhibition titled “Related Stories” opens today at the Museum of Folk Art and Tradition “Angeliki Hatzimichali” in Athens’ Plaka district, running from May 22 to July 12, 2026. Curated by Stavroula Pisimisi, the show brings together three Greek artists—Eleftheria Kousiaki, Kostas Nikakis, and Efi Tsoulouchopoulou—whose works span photography, graphite drawings, ink on fabric, polyptychs, artist books, paintings, and ceramic objects, creating a multilayered dialogue on materiality, gesture, memory, and transformation.

museum exhibitions schedule Sep 11, 2025

As Summer Fades, Athens Bursts Into a Vibrant September of Art Exhibitions