10 EXHIBITIONS IN ATHENS
We have prepared a list of the most beautiful exhibitions you can see in museums and cooler spots in Athens. “Fulfillment” at the Esplanade of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center attempts to revive the vision of the great sculptor Alex Mylona and, in contemporary terms, to develop the sculptural and architectural proposals that the artist conceived in the ’70s. The emblematic photographer and philhellene Robert McCabe, with the photographic project “Hail Stranger – In the Land of Dreams” set up inside the Acropolis Museum, curated by Phaedon Papamichail, attempts to highlight a different aspect of Greece. The Goulandris Foundation is also presenting photographic tributes this period, paying homage to the artist couple Henri Cartier-Bresson and Martine Franck. Franck’s work is hosted at the foundation’s branch in Andros, while in Athens we have the opportunity to see two exhibitions about Cartier-Bresson: “The Decisive Moment” and “Greece.” Attractive works frame the exhibition “Shinrin-yoku – Swimming in the Forest.” This is a new visual project by PCAI at the Diomedes Botanical Garden. The dark room at the Museum of Greek Culture hosts twelve costumes worn by the cast of “Poor Things.” It is the first purely museum exhibition to take place after the successful premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’ film in cinemas. This year Athens has double the reason to celebrate, as it marks 50 years since the restoration of democracy and 80 years since the liberation of the Greek capital from Nazi occupation. On the occasion of the double anniversary, the Municipality of Athens is organizing the tribute “1974 & 1944: Athens Celebrates its Freedom” until November, centered on the exhibition of the same name at the Arts Center.
