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Robert Mapplethorpe

2011

The OCC Athens proudly presents the first solo exhibition in Greece of iconic American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, bringing together more than a hundred of his works, all representing the artist’s unique aesthetics.
Duration of exhibition:
November 1, 2011 - February 15, 2012

ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTRE
107-109 Syngrou Avenue
117 45 Athens
tel.: 213 0 178000
e-mail: info@sgt.gr

Camille Claudel

2011

A play depicting the life of the famous sculptor Camille Claudel based on her letters. The play is in the greek language but has received many excellent reviews.
Starting on the 29th of November 2011

Theatre Metaxourgeio
Akadimou 16, Athens.

telephone: +30 210 5234 382

Nikos Houliaras : The Back Rooms of the Mind

2012

A Nikos Houliaras retrospective, which gathers together for the first time all aspects of his oeuvre, with an emphasis on his visual arts output.
Nikos Houliaras was born in Ioannina in 1940. His use of an intensely personal expressionist style renders his painting deeply internal introverted, but his renown and reputation has spread worldwide.
However, Nikos Houliara’s career doesn’t only concern his visual arts creations. He is also one of the major poets and literary authors in the modern history of Greece, and his literary works have been translated into other languages.
Furthermore, he is one of the foremost lyricists and composers of the past few decades, as well as an interpreter of most of his songs.
He has also designed a large number of publications and has twice been won awards at the Leipzig International Book Fair for best book design from all over the world.

Duration
16/11/2011 - 29/01/2012
Benaki Museum
Pireos St. Annexe
138 Pireos & Andronikou St.
tel 210 345 3111
fax 210 345 3743

Great Russian Painters 1920-2010

2011

The Manege Gallery Collection is a unique museum ensemble in Russia, it is housed in the Central Exhibition Hall of the municipality of Saint Petersburg and reflects the artistic history of the city of Petrograd (1914-1924), Leningrad (1924-1991), Saint Petersburg (1991). It consists of an intriguing collection of artworks reflecting the multiple sides and the variety of the events that marked the evolution of artistic production, from the 1920s till the early 21st century: from the Russian Avant-Garde in the beginning of the 20th century to the Socialist Realism, from the left-winged branches of the soviet art to the underground and from the artistic trends of Perestroika and post-Perestroika periods until today’s artistic styles.
Artists featuring among others: Grinberg, Lapshin, Zagoshin, Timoshenko, Krimmer, Pakulin, Proshkin, Shuriga, Churilov, Rusakov, Petrovsky, Klementyeva

Opening: Wednesday, December 14th 2011 at 20:00

Duration of exhibition: December 15th 2011 – March 11th 2012
Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday, Friday: 10:00-20:00
B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music
9, Vassilissis Sofias Avenue & 1, Merlin Street
106 71 Athens - Greece
T: (+30)-210-3611206
F: (+30)-210-3611349
E: info@theocharakis-foundation.gr
www.thf.gr

DINO VALLS

2011

Frissiras Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of 40 works by the contemporary Spanish painter Dino Valls entitled “Dino Valls: A journey through Spanish magic realism”. Dino Valls' painting is primarily characterized by the way in which he manages to manipulate the concept of time, whether it is historical (real) or fictional, contributing in the deeply personal character of his work. Nevertheless, what trully captivates the viewer is his gripping realism whose disturbing veracity transcends the limits of reality and ends up utterly fictitious. Astonishingly, this is a painting entirely made in the studio, full of riddles and symbols, an intellectual in vivo achievement that avoids inspiration from reality, it does not emerge from its close observation. Surely, Dino Valls is deeply interested in depicting the psychological state of his subjects, however in order to realize that he makes use an exhaustively detailed, almost anatomic, depiction of human body, looking back at Flemish painting which he manages to reinterpret in a deeply personal way.

Frissiras Museum
ADDRESS
3 & 7, Monis Asteriou, Plaka, Athens, Greece
(at the junction of Kydathineon st.)
tel: +30 210 3234678, +30 210 3316027
fax: +30 210 3316027
email: info@frissirasmuseum.com

Duration: 23|11|2011 - 26|02|2012
OPENING HOURS
Wednesday to Friday: 10:00 - 17:00
Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 - 17:00
Monday and Tuesday: closed

Lost in Athens

2012

Lost in Athens
Athens 2012, a hydrocephalus metropolis seeking its origin and identity within the undisciplined conditions of rapid change. New residents flock within the city as former residents abandon it. New values replace the existing; social and moral barriers of a structured society are substituted by primitive behavior.

Liberated, antisocial behavior is frequently dismissed as some form of “social conflict” or as a current and transient issue.
Suddenly everyone strives for a share of the primitive. Daily changes are rapid and cataclysmic; so much as any Athenian corner is unrecognizable the very next day. A radiant city has been disguised into a vague Gotham city, a terra incognita for its residents. Is this everywhere? No!

A small village is resistant. It redefines its cultural values, replacing the depreciated urban slogans with new messages and absolute practices. In the heart of the city center of Athens, 19 artists stand before a new reality with cutting humor and insight, commenting on the social paradox of being “lost in Athens”, lost within our own city.

Curated by: Georgos Georgakopoulos, Dimitris Georgakopoulos

Opening: Friday 13.1.2012
Duration: 13.1 – 13.2.2012

Gallery visiting hours:
Monday-Sunday 14:00 – 21:00

CAMP Contemporary Art Meeting Point
4 Efpolidos & 2 Apellou Street
Kotzia Square, 105 51 Athens, Greece

t: (+30) 210 3247679
e: info@campoint.gr

ROOMS2012

2012

The Kappatos gallery organizes the large scale exhibition "ROOMS2012" at the Lycabettus Hotel in kolonaki, Athens. A curator chooses an artist who then creates an installation in one of hotel's rooms. More than 30 contemporary artists will transform the rooms of the hotel and show their work.
opening: Thursday 26th of January 2012, 20:00 – 24:00
Duration till the 12th of February 2012.

Opening times: Monday to Friday 16:00 – 22:00, Saturday and Sunday 12:00 – 22:00

ROOMS2012+

A parallel exhibition at the Kappatos Gallery with selected work of the same artists.
Kappatos Gallery
12 Athinas st. Monastiraki
Athens 10554 Greece
T: +30 210 3217931
F: +30 210 3212745
gallery@kappatosgallery.com

opening: Saturday 28th of January 2012, 12:00 – 16:00
Duration till the 25th of February 2012.

Opening times: Tuesday to Friday 12:00 – 20:00 and Saturday 12:00 – 16:00

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