What's on in Athens
3 November 2026
5 exhibitions on now, 2 closing in the next two weeks and 0 exhibitions opening soon.
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Stathis Logothetis: Earth to Earth8 NovEMST National Museum of Contemporary Art
Retrospective of painter Stathis Logothetis (1925-1997): about 70 works and unpublished archive material, his first retrospective since 1994.
Jani Christou: Enantiodromia8 NovEMST National Museum of Contemporary Art
First major museum show on composer Jani Christou (1926-1970), drawn from his archive, shown to the public for the first time.
Also on now
William Kentridge: Imitate the Sleep of Stonesto 24 Jan 2027National Archaeological Museum
The museum's first solo Kentridge show sets his Orpheus and Eurydice works among kouroi, sphinxes and funerary antiquities.
- Pylos of Nestor: A Mycenaean Kingdom Revealedto 31 Jan 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.
An Ode to Things. Niki Kanagini. Retrospectiveto 14 Feb 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.
Image credits
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- Stathis Logothetis: Earth to EarthStathis Logothetis, Photograph from the preparation of a work from the series Nature realised during the artists residence in Worpswede, Germany, 1978-1978. Courtesy of Julia Logothetis
- Jani Christou: EnantiodromiaJani Christou at the Delphi Archaeological site, c.1963. Jani Christou Archive - Athens Conservatoire Centre for Research and Documentation
- William Kentridge: Imitate the Sleep of StonesArtwork of William Kentridge, Composite for L'Orfeo (Spile), 2026, Indian ink on found pages
- An Ode to Things. Niki Kanagini. RetrospectiveCourtesy of EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art
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