Exposicions a Atenes
desembre del 2026
Athens has three shows on in December, and two share a roof. The National Archaeological Museum sets William Kentridge's rusted Orpheus figures among its kouroi and gathers 214 finds from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos. EMST has Niki Kanagini's tapestries and installations, free on the evening of Thursday 3 December, well after the early winter dusk.
Clausures: desembre
Eugenia Vereli, Cycladic Café Art Project14 de des.Museum of Cycladic Art
Two large fabric and mixed-media works by Eugenia Vereli, drawing on dreams, mythology and folk art, shown in the museum's café.
Grand Tour28 de des.Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
Seventeen works lent by the UK Government Art Collection, including Thomas Phillips’s portrait of Lord Byron, hung within the permanent display.
- Lila: The Art of Hosting, from the Banquet to the Coffee Table28 de des.
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
About 25 collections of objects Ilias Lalaounis designed between 1970 and 2002, staged as a dining room, living room and study, honouring Lila Lalaounis.
També en cartell: desembre
Paintings from the Eurobank Art Collection at the Benaki Museum IIIfins al 11 de gen. del 2027Benaki Museum of Greek CultureGratis
Odysseas Fokas’s Autumn Landscape and Georgios Roilos’s The Army Officer, shown in the mansion’s reception area.
Cahiers d’art 100 years. Through the collections of the Benaki Museumfins al 24 de gen. del 2027Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
Benaki objects shown beside their reproductions in the pages of Cahiers d’Art, with an immersive video installation by Natalia Papadopoulou.
William Kentridge: Imitate the Sleep of Stonesfins al 24 de gen. del 2027National Archaeological Museum
The museum's first solo Kentridge show sets his Orpheus and Eurydice works among kouroi, sphinxes and funerary antiquities.
Danae Stratou: Afales | Navelsfins al 31 de gen. del 2027Megaron Athens Concert Hall (annexM)Gratis
Site-specific show on people and nature: a disc of raw salt, a light sculpture of the Moon in real phases, and Breathe (2000).
- PEOPLE POWER Platonfins al 31 de gen. del 2027
Benaki Museum Pireos 138
Portrait photographer Platon's first major museum retrospective in Athens, from world leaders and cultural icons to human rights defenders, plus photographs from Paros.
- Pylos of Nestor: A Mycenaean Kingdom Revealedfins al 31 de gen. del 2027
National Archaeological Museum
214 objects from Messenia trace a Mycenaean power centre and the Palace of Nestor at Ano Englianos, with excavation diaries and archival photographs.
The Jewish Museum of Greece at the Benaki Museumfins al 1 de febr. del 2027Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
Sephardic and Romaniote costumes and objects of worship from the 17th to early 20th century, added to the permanent display.
An Ode to Things. Niki Kanagini. Retrospectivefins al 14 de febr. del 2027EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art
Retrospective of Greek artist Niki Kanagini (1933-2008), from tapestries to participatory installations, with works from a promised family gift.
- Alecos Levidis. Painting 1961-2026. A lifelong gamefins al 14 de febr. del 2027
Benaki Museum Pireos 138
Retrospective of painter Alecos Levidis with over five hundred works: color compositions, drawings, book covers, notebooks, murals, installations and stage sets.
Belle Époquefins al 15 de febr. del 2027Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation (Athens)
About 90 works by 15 artists, including Toulouse-Lautrec, Mucha, Steinlen and Bonnard, on Parisian posters and life from 1880 to 1900.
Weak Works | The Architecture of Christos Papoulias and His Friendsfins al 21 de febr. del 2027B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music
Archive show on architect Christos Papoulias (d. 2024), with drawings, models and his dialogue with artists such as Jannis Kounellis and Brice Marden.
Kylie Manning | In an Overcast Skyfins al 21 de febr. del 2027B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music
Kylie Manning's first institutional solo show in Greece, with new works and loans, on the foundation's second floor.
Like Hunted Birds: Greek Jews After World War IIfins al 29 de març del 2027Bathhouse of the Winds
Photographs, documents and survivor interviews on Greek Jewry from liberation to the late 1970s, shown at the Bathhouse of the Winds in Plaka.
Crèdits de les imatges
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- Eugenia Vereli, Cycladic Café Art ProjectPhoto: Yannis Kouskoutis, © Museum of Cycladic Art
- Grand TourCourtesy of Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
- Paintings from the Eurobank Art Collection at the Benaki Museum IIICourtesy of Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
- Cahiers d’art 100 years. Through the collections of the Benaki MuseumCourtesy of Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
- William Kentridge: Imitate the Sleep of StonesArtwork of William Kentridge, Composite for L'Orfeo (Spile), 2026, Indian ink on found pages
- Danae Stratou: Afales | NavelsCourtesy of Megaron Athens Concert Hall (annexM)
- The Jewish Museum of Greece at the Benaki MuseumCourtesy of Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
- An Ode to Things. Niki Kanagini. RetrospectiveCourtesy of EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art
- Belle ÉpoqueCourtesy of Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation (Athens)
- Weak Works | The Architecture of Christos Papoulias and His FriendsCourtesy of B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music
- Kylie Manning | In an Overcast SkyCourtesy of B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music
- Like Hunted Birds: Greek Jews After World War IICourtesy of Jewish Museum of Greece
Estigues al dia del que passa a Atenes
Un correu breu de tant en tant, quan obre alguna cosa nova que val la pena.