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December 2026
December at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 0 closing, and 3 more on view across the city.
Also on through December
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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- 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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