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Τρεις δρόμοι: Constantine Manos, Nikos Economopoulos, Enri Canaj

dimitra.samsaki — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:49 +0000

Three Paths: Constantine Manos, Nikos Economopoulos, Enri Canaj dimitra.samsaki Tue, 07/07/2026 - 11:12

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Sat, 07/11/2026 - 08:00

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Sun, 11/15/2026 - 20:40

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MUSEO TZORTZI (former Municipal Gallery, 10, 28th October Pedestrian Street, Agios Nikolaos, PC 72100, Crete, Greece)

Opening: Saturday, 11 July 2026, 20:00

The exhibition “Three Paths: Constantine Manos, Nikos Economopoulos, Enri Canaj” presented in MUSEO TZORTZI in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, co-organised by MOMUS-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Benaki Museum, GREEN PROJECT, Region of Crete and Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, under the Auspices of the Embassy of Albania in Greece, from 11 July until 15 November 2026, is an original proposal as well as a tribute. With street photography as its backbone, a dominant artistic trend of the photographic medium in the second half of the 20th century, it bridges three generations of artists with common point of reference their relationship with Greece and their membership in the famous Magnum Photos agency, which has written since its foundation in 1947 and until today, to a large degree, modern world’s history in images.

Greek-American Constantine Manos walks around the country in the sixties as a contemporary Ulysses, looking to heal the latent wound of migration. Nikos Economopoulos crosses Greece and the Balkans in the last two decades of the 20th century focusing mainly in fragile minorities and turbulent communities. Greek-Albanian Enri Canaj, respectively, visits in the second decade of the 21st century a homeland he never got to know properly, imprinted though deeply in the memories of his childhood and dwelling still in the everyday family stories.

The expressiveness of the snapshot, the dedication on the everyday, underprivileged man, the Balkan place as a womb of common experiences and wounds, the occasionally melancholic austereness of the black and white tones in a contemporary world dressed now with vivid, saturated colors, act as common elements of the three artistic generations, that maintained among them a relationship of support and/or apprenticeship. Walking through the exhibition one may also spontaneously trace the historical, aesthetic and social relevance in the work of the three photographers, as they distill from the world the substance of life and photography.

The works of Constantine Manos and Nikos Economopoulos belong to the collection of the Benaki Museum Photographic Archives, Athens.

Curated by: Hercules Papaioannou, Curator of MOMUS-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Artists’ Talks

MOMUS-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Warehouse Α’, Pier Α’, Port of Thessaloniki)

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 18:00-20:00

The exhibition’s curator, Hercules Papaioannou talks with the photographers and the audience about their work and the dimensions of street photography nowadays.

The discussion will be held in Greek. No translation provided.

Participation is free of charge.

CV’s

Constantine Manos (1934-2025) was born in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A., of Greek immigrant parents. At the age of nineteen he was hired as the official photographer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He studied English Literature at the University of South Carolina. Moving to New York, he worked for Esquire, Life, and Look magazines. From 1961 through 1963 Manos lived in Greece, where he made the photographs for his book A Greek Portfolio - first published in 1972. The book won awards at Arles and at the Leipzig Book Fair and opened the door for Manos in becoming in 1963 a member of Magnum Photos. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the George Eastman House in Rochester and the Benaki Museum in Athens. In 1982 Manos switched his personal work from black and white to color. Work from Manos' ongoing color project first appeared in his book American Color, published in 1995. In 2000 his book American Color 2 followed. In 2003 Manos was awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence.

Nikos Economopoulos was born in the Peloponnese, Greece, in 1953. He studied law and worked as a journalist in Parma, Italy, before dedicating himself to photography. He joined Magnum Photos in 1990 after a proposal by Constantine Manos, and his photographs began appearing in newspapers and magazines around the world. In the same period, he started traveling and photographing extensively around the Balkans. This work won him the Mother Jones Award for work in progress. Upon completion of his Balkans project in 1994, Economopoulos became a full member of Magnum Photos. His book, In the Balkans, was published in 1995 in New York and Athens. In the 1990s, Economopoulos started working on borders and crossings, photographing the inhabitants of the “Green Line” in Cyprus, the irregular migrants on the Greek-Albanian borderline, and the mass migration of ethnic Albanians fleeing Kosovo. In the mid-1990s, he started photographing the Roma and other minorities. A retrospective of his work, titled Economopoulos, Photographer, was published in 2002 and later exhibited at the Benaki Museum in Athens in 2005. Economopoulos has turned to the use of color and is currently spending most of his time away from Greece, travelling, teaching, and photographing around the world.

Enri Canaj was born in Tirana, Albania, in 1980. He moved with his family to Greece in 1991. He studied photography in Athens and in 2007 he took part in a British Council project on migration, attending a year-long workshop with photographer Nikos Economopoulos. Since 2008, he has been a freelance photographer for major national and international publications and is now is a member of Magnum Photos. Based in Athens, he has exhibited his work widely in Greece as well as Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, while he presented a personal show at the Rencontres d’ Arles photography festival. His work has been honored with grants and awards, and has been published in media such as Times Magazine, CNN, The Guardian, New York Times, Financial Times, Newsweek, National Geographic, Le Monde, Wall Street Journal, Arte TV. He has collaborated with institutions such as Princeton University, UNICEF, Melissa - Network of Migrant Women in Greece, MSF, Solidarity Now, European Parliament, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

Co-organisers

Υπό την Αιγίδα

EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA

TO THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC

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Ο Κόσμος της Πρωτοπορίας: Πόλη, Φύση, Σύμπαν, Άνθρωπος. Έργα από τη Συλλογή Κωστάκη του MOMUS.

dimitra.samsaki — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:03:22 +0000

The Avant-Garde World: City, Nature, Universe, Human. Works from the MOMUS Costakis Collection. dimitra.samsaki Tue, 03/31/2026 - 12:08

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MOMus abroad

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Start Date

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 20:40

End Date

Sun, 09/27/2026 - 20:40

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Museum of Modern Art

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National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum, Athens

Opening: Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 19:00

The commemorative exhibition under the title "The Avant-Garde World: City, Nature, Universe, Human" is a collaboration between the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum with MOMUS-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection, marking three decades since the first major public display of the Costakis Collection in Greece.

This exhibition proposes a renewed reading of the Costakis Collection through the lens of the relationship between humans and their environment – a theme that emerged as a crucial field of artistic, philosophical, and scientific inquiry in early 20th-century Russia. Unfolding across three thematic sections, thourgh selected works from the Collection and Archive Costakis, the exhibition traces the transition from academic norms to experimental practices, and from established conventions to radical utopian visions, as artists engaged with and responded to the profound ideological, social, and aesthetic transformations of their time.

The tripartite structure – City, Nature, Universe – offers a conceptual mapping of human experience across the constructed (City), organic (Nature) and unexplored (Universe) realms. Each section highlights the distinct trajectories within the Russian avant-garde as it navigated the fertile intersections of artistic experimentation, technological innovation, and utopia.

The “City” section brings together works concerned with the reconfiguration of space, material culture, and everyday life through the articulation of pure form and the disciplined, functional use of materials. Rapid modernization redefined aesthetic values, while technological advances transformed daily life. Within the aesthetics of Constructivism, new approaches to architecture and design emerged, extending their influence from clothing to industrial design and redefining social roles and gender relations.

The “Nature” section focuses on works that engage with the perpetual movement, vital rhythms, and mutable conditions of the organic world enveloping human life. Artists associated with the Organic School sought to restore nature to the center of artistic practice, envisioning it alternately as a primordial, overpowering force and as an integral part of lived experience. Through sustained observation and experimentation, they explored how shifts in light, temperature, and atmosphere continuously transform perceptions of the natural world, incorporating organic movement and sound into their work.

The “Universe” section examines artistic responses to utopian imaginaries, cosmic exploration, and the desire to encounter “other territories.” Representations of celestial and cosmic objects combine speculative and scientific elements, giving rise to new cosmologies and philosophical frameworks. A philosophical drive to comprehend the unseen dimensions of existence – most notably the boundless expanse of the cosmos – found expression in movements such as Suprematism and Cosmism. Coexisting with scientific thought, these impulses produced dynamic, often explosive artistic forms.

The “Human” section serves as a connective thread linking City, Nature, and Universe. The human figure occupies a central position in the revolutionary and utopian visions of the Russian avant-garde. Artistic experimentation extended beyond testing the limits of human capability, seeking instead to expand these limits in order to improve everyday life and articulate new models for the future. The works on display foreground the relationship between art and consciousness, collectivity, science, and spiritual and philosophical inquiry, portraying humans as active agentsin shaping the world around them.

Artists: Babichev Aleksei, Bobrov Vassilii, Bubnova Varvara, Chashnik Ilya, Chekrygin Vassilii, Drevin Aleksandr, Ender Boris, Ender Ksenia, Ender Maria, Ender Yuri, Filonov Pavel, Grinberg Nikolai, Guro Yelena, Ioganson Karel, Kandinsky Wassily, Klucis Gustav, Kliun Ivan, Kruchenykh Aleksei, Kudriashev Ivan, Ladovsky Nikolai, Lissitzky El, Malevich Kazimir, Mayakovsky Vladimir, Matyushin Mikhail, Miller Grigori, Miturich Petr, Morgunov Aleksei, Nikritin Solomon, Puni Ivan, Plaksin Mikhail, Popova Liubov, Redko Kliment, Rodchenko Aleksandr, Rozanova Olga, Semashkevich Roman, Sofronova Antonina, Stepanova Varvara, Suetin Nikolai, Sulimo–Samuilo Vsevolod, Tatlin Vladimir, Udaltsova Nadezhda, Vialov Konstantin, Volkov Aleksandr.

Director NGASM: Syrago Tsiara

Exhibition Curators: Maria Tsantsanoglou, Artistic Director of MOMUS-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection, Syrago Tsiara, Director, National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum
Architectural Design: Nadja Korbut, Kiril Ass
Exhibition Production: Eirini–Dafni Sapka (National Gallery-Alexandros Soutsos Museum), Angeliki Charistou (MOMUS)
Visual Identity: DpS Athens: Dimitris Papazoglou, Aristomenis Tzanos

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Μαζί, Ορατές

dimitra.samsaki — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:23:05 +0000

Together, Visible dimitra.samsaki Fri, 03/13/2026 - 16:26

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Start Date

Fri, 03/27/2026 - 20:40

End Date

Sun, 08/30/2026 - 20:40

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Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Stavros Niarchos Park Perimeter

The photography exhibition "Together, Visible," a collaboration of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center with MOMUS-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, which is presented in the framework of the WOW Festival Athens 2026, brings together works by twelve contemporary photographers from the museum's permanent collection and highlights multiple facets of women's experiences.

In this selection of works, woman is placed at the center not as a subject, but as a site onto which the most persistent social expectations are inscribed: image, role, memory, visibility, origin. The participating photographers-artists enter into dialogue like chapters of a single narrative, in which the female body and female experience function simultaneously as stage and testimony: at times in the first person (self–portrait), at others as a collective condition.

Τhis selection of works maps female existence as an ongoing negotiation between what is imposed and what is chosen, promoting equality, inclusion, and the visibility of women, femininities, and non–binary people through the power of the image.

Curated by: Maria Kechagioglou, Antonis Vlachos

Photographers-artists: Christina Calbari, Catherine Chatzidimitriou, Athina Chroni, Vicky Georgiou, Francesca Giaitzoglou–Watkinson, Katerina Kalogeraki, Natasa Kantemiri, Iliana Meintani, Fanny Sarri, Olga Stefatou, Katerina Tsakiri, Nikoleta Zisi

More: https://www.snfcc.org/en/wow-women-of-the-world-2/

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Vicky Georgiou

The backyard (2018-2023)

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Συμμετοχή του MOMus-Μουσείου Μοντέρνας Τέχνης στη 14η Μπιενάλε της Σαγκάης

maria.zampeti — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:23:56 +0000

Participation of MOMus-Museum of Modern Art in the 14th Shanghai Biennale dimitra.samsaki Thu, 06/19/2025 - 13:37

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MOMus abroad

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Start Date

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 20:40

End Date

Sun, 03/31/2024 - 20:40

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Museum of Modern Art

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Power Station of Art, Shanghai

Cosmism - the artistic movement in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century with ramifications in the scientific, political, literary and artistic world - had at its core the pursuits of immortality for the living, the material resurrection of the dead, travel and ultimately the conquest of space. The principles of Cosmism combining the Western Enlightenment and technology inspired many key Soviet thinkers until they fell victim to Stalinist repression and the movement was largely forgotten. Based on the above foundations, 48 works from the internationally renowned Costakis Collection of MOMus-Museum of Modern Art are exhibited in Shanghai, at the Power Station of Art (PSA), the first public museum of contemporary art in China, in the main exhibition of the 14th Biennale with the general title “Cosmos Cinema”, from November 9, 2023 to March 31, 2024, making another international stop on the journey of this collection.

Along with the works of over 80 international artists, artists from the era of the Russian Avant-Garde - Vasily Chekrygin, Xenia Eder, Maria Eder, Gustav Klutsis, Ivan Kliun, Alexei Krutsonich, Ivan Kudryashov, Kazimir Malevich, Solomon Nikritin, Kliment Redko, Olga Rozanova and Alexander Rodchenko - focus their explorations on the relationship between art and cinema and space exploration, as is the theme of this year's event.

Vasily Chekrygin, Resurrection, 1918, Oil on canvas, 79.4x89.1 cm. © MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection

The Shanghai Biennale is one of the most important art events in China and has an international impact. The chief curator of the 14th Shanghai Biennale is Anton Vidokl, while the section with the works of the Costakis Collection is curated by Boris Gross in collaboration with Maria Tsantsanoglou, Director of the MOMus-Museum of Modern Art and Angeliki Charistou, Curator and Head of the Costakis collection, at the same museum.

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Δημήτρης Λέτσιος: Ένα πορτρέτο του Βόλου

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:03:43 +0000

Dimitris Letsios: A Portrait of Volos dimitra.samsaki Thu, 06/19/2025 - 13:02

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Start Date

Sat, 09/12/2020 - 20:03

End Date

Wed, 09/30/2020 - 20:03

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Municipal Gallery of Ioannina, 1st floor, (Korai 1)

In the context of the Photometria international photography festival

“A Portrait of Volos”
Dimitris Letsios’ body of work now enjoys a well-deserved position in the story of Greek photography. This exhibition presents an anthology of photographs from his native city, Volos, spanning the broader postwar period. Continuing his interests in the Thessalian rural farmer, here he focuses on the simple subsistence workers, children, the folk market, the landscapes that the Pagasitic Gulf generously offers. Letsios traversed the body of the city in a quest to discover unseen aspects, moments and scenes that were clearly distanced from the official ideological facade, revealing an elliptical yet profoundly human face of Volos.
Hercules Papaioannou

Opening hours: Mon. – Thu.: 08:00 – 15:00, Fri.: 08:00 – 21:00, Sun. 10:00 – 13:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

Co-organizer: MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Volos City Museum

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Έκθεση «landscape stories» - Απόψεις της σύγχρονης ελληνικής φωτογραφίας τοπίου: στη Δημοτική Πινακοθήκη Χανίων

dimitra.samsaki — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 07:50:51 +0000

"Landscape stories" - Perspectives on contemporary Greek landscape photography: at the Municipal Gallery of Chania dimitra.samsaki Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:35

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MOMus abroad

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Start Date

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 10:00

End Date

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 18:00

Museum

Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Archaeological sites seen by drone, Marathon as a place of daily use, which exceeds its historical burden, landscapes disturbed by the anguish of refugees who have crossed or temporarily inhabited them in recent years, the Lassithi plateau covered by the frost of history, image canvases with micro-landscapes of endemic flora, places under the influence of tourism and human residential intervention, landscapes in the aftermath of the fire, landscapes with the dominant element of water, are just some of the elements captured in the photographs of the 19 photographers in the exhibition-production of MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography entitled "landscape stories".

The exhibition, which is housed at the Municipal Gallery of Chania and will run from April 6 to May 31, 2024, attempts to present contemporary approaches to the Greek landscape, examining its natural and peri-urban version and not its urban one. Emphasis is placed on works from the last two decades, while at the same time attempting to highlight the work of a generation of younger or less established artists in the domestic landscape canon. In this way, both the breadth of the country's photographic scene and the concerns regarding the commonplace landscape, environmental protection, the involvement of the landscape with history and myth, the critical reading of the tourist phenomenon, etc. are revealed.

The Municipal Gallery of Chania has over time implemented creative synergies with museums and cultural institutions, thus confirming its important role as a dynamic center on the cultural map of the country. In this context, the exhibition “landscape stories” is also being hosted, produced by MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, which manages to capture characteristic landscapes of the country through modern photographic perspective. Thus, the audience of the Chania Art Gallery and the large photographic community of Crete have the opportunity to interact with a set that highlights not only the artistic value of photography but also the uniqueness of each gaze.

The curator of the exhibition, Hercules Papaioannou, points out the origins of landscape painting and its application in Greece: “Landscape painting emerged as a side project in the background of paintings in the early Renaissance, but as an autonomous subject it was established only in the mid-16th century. In Greece, it appeared in the last quarter of the 19th century and was established, with at least naturalistic fidelity, in the 20th thanks to photography. The 19th century had been preceded by the widespread circulation of the photographic landscape with ruins, which validated the modern Greek ideology of antiquities.

The work of Swiss photographer Fred Boissonnas and Nelly's, dating to the early 20th century and the interwar period respectively, played a key role: immersed in history, folklore, and mythology, it contributed to turning landscape, even devoid of ruins, into a pillar of the official national narrative, along with the aura of the illustrated periodicals of the time, which by then had started publishing amateur landscape photographs. In the post-war period, the island landscape, in both its actual and picture versions, was used as a vehicle to promote mass tourism. They were followed by worthy photographers, who recorded many different aspects of landscape photography in the country.

Curated by: Hercules Papaioannou
Assistant curator: George Anastasakis

Participating photographers: Pericles Boutos, Panos Charalambidis - Mary Chairetaki, Katerina Digoni Konstantinos Gdontakis, Kostas Kapsianis, Petros Koublis, Demetris Koilalous, Yiannis Koukourakis, Ioannis Konstantinou, Babis Kougemitros, liana Meintani, Rea Papadopoulou, Kosmas Pavlidis, Achilleas Tilegrafos, Konstantinos Tountas, Marinos Tsagkarakis, Jeff Vanderpool, Yorgos Yatromanolakis

The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalog, guided tours for the public and educational activities, which will be announced.

Co-organizer: MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
Hospitality Sponsor: Samaria Hotel
Event Sponsor: Loupaki Estate
Accessibility Equipment Sponsor: Medical Shop

The exhibition will operate according to the summer opening hours of the Municipal Gallery of Chania:
Monday to Saturday, hours: 10:00 -14:00 & 19:00-22:00
Sunday: Closed (except for organized tours)

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Ιστορίες του κάμπου | Βασίλης Νεμπεγλεριώτης

dimitra.samsaki — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:08:55 +0000

Stories from the Plain | Vassilis Nempegleriotis dimitra.samsaki Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:14

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Start Date

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 11:00

End Date

Sun, 01/05/2025 - 20:00

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Other venues

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Municipal Art Gallery of Nikaia–Ag. I. Rentis “Dinos Katsafanas”
Opening: Friday 15 November 2024 | 19:00

There are arguably few landscapes that lend themselves so aptly to the study of the relationship between human civilization and nature like the flatland, where the use of increasingly intensive agricultural methods has profoundly changed human civilization.

Vassilis Nempegleriotis' Stories from the Plain (2017-2022) is a collection of photographs focusing on the Thessalian plain, Greece’s second largest granary. The plain has been a source of both prosperity and inequality. Born in a farming family, Nempegleriotis examines here the current state of the Thessalian Plain. Nempegleriotis' photographs tap into the expanse of the land and the absence of pronounced natural features, in order to subtly depict the disturbance of the land, and reveal elements from its modern and social history.

Vasilis Nempegleriotis is a self-taught photographer based in Larissa, Central Greece, using the medium of photography since 2015. He has participated in photography seminars and is a member of Fplus photography group since 2018. His photographs have been featured in group exhibitions (Anthropause 2020 - Momus), international photography festivals (Photometria International Festival 2020, New Borders, Belfast Photo Festival 2021, Thessaloniki Photobiennale 2023) and at the 8th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art 2023.

Curated by: Hercules Papaioannou
Coorganisation: MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Municipality of Nikaia–Ag. I. Rentis
Exhibition days and hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday 10:00-14:00, Friday 17:00-20:00

Caption: Girtoni Area, 2020

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η κατσίκα

dimitra.samsaki — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:02:51 +0000

the goat – i katsika dimitra.samsaki Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:09

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MOMus abroad

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Start Date

Mon, 07/01/2024 - 10:00

End Date

Sat, 10/12/2024 - 20:00

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Other venues

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Opening: Monday 1 July 2024, 7:30 PM

In the broad context of MOMus's strategy for climate change, but also of the open conversation with people who are multiplely connected to the organization and especially MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Collections of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the State Museum of Contemporary Art, a special meeting/exhibition, with one of the most timeless beloved animals of the Greek countryside and essentially Nature itself as the "protagonist", will take place at the "MALI VENI" estate, in Markopoulo, Attica, from July 1 to September 30, 2024.

The exhibition is held with the support of MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Collections of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the State Museum of Contemporary Art.

The estate “MALI VENI” - a place name that in Arvanitika means “mountain of beech trees” -, in Markopoulo, Attica, was started in 1984 by Manos Karakostas and is one of the first estates in Greece to turn to organic farming and then to regenerative organic farming.

In the unique environment of this estate, the exhibition “the goat” is taking place, which according to Epaminondas Christofilopoulos, Chairman, Board of Administration of the Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus), “started as an imaginative idea, a way to do something different and emphasize the importance of a more ethical attitude towards the environment”.
The exhibition is based on an initiative by Maro Lagia, who in 1984 pioneered the acquisition of the Alexandros Iolas donation to the Macedonian Center for Contemporary Art, laying the foundation for the establishment of the first Museum of Contemporary Art in Greece, in the city of Thessaloniki.

The exhibition entitled "The Goat" aspires, through a series of visual works from different generations, to combine, in an original, inventive and imaginative way, references and symbolisms associated with this specific animal and covering a wide range, in a single visual environment, in an unexpected space, such as that of a warehouse on a large estate in Markopoulo.

The works presented - paintings, sculptures and ceramics, photographs and installations - approach the subject with special sensitivity, are works that are distinguished for their visual qualities, but, at the same time, indirectly raise issues about the "soul" of animals, within the broader context of reexamining their relationship and coexistence with humans.

The curator of the exhibition, Yannis Bolis, notes: "In ancient Greek myth, a goat will nourish the little Zeus with her milk, while the tragic Pan and the Satyrs will dwell in forests and next to riverbanks in a joyful and orgiastic atmosphere of dance, music and unrestrained erotic lust. The goat is one of those animals found all over the planet, an animal that claims a special place in myths and traditions, beliefs and religious rituals, in direct relation to the beginnings of human civilization, the permanent settlements of the Neolithic period, the occupation with agriculture and animal husbandry, survival and food. No other animal has managed to provoke such diametrically opposed attitudes. A symbol of fertility and prosperity, strength, endurance and sexual vitality. And on the other hand, the gloomy dimension, the magic and the diabolical presence, the figure of Satan which, several times, in the Christian world has many of the morphological characteristics of the goat.

Thuli Misirloglou, Artistic Director of MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Collections of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the State Museum of Contemporary Art, notes: “the exhibition “the goat” is not an exhibition, nor an action. In my eyes, it is an “exhibition-event”, an exhibition and social performance together, which brings the creative spontaneity of Maros – always so constructive, from the very beginning of the Museum – alongside the creative reflexes of MOMus. The actors are also their people. And in them there are always those who come from the past to the present, who contribute positively, whose thinking is in an open line with their soul, through the prism of art and its freedom, who create emotions and not just rules… an exhibition-meeting in a new and unexpected common place, the place of the meeting of art, nature and joy.”

Artists of the exhibition: George Alexandridis, Annita Argyroeliopoulou, Andriana Verveti, Stratis Vogiatzis, Andreas Vousouras, Apostolos Georgiou, Nikos Giavropoulos, Kornelios Grammenos, Lydia Dambasina, Christoforos Doulgeris, Antigone Kavvatha, Yannis Kastritsis, Diane Katsiaficas, Yannis Kontaratos, Kyriakos Krokos, Tania Latarjet, Alexandros Maganiotis, Thanos Makris, Manolis Babousis, Mania Benisi, Nikolas Bliatkas, Natalia Mela, Alex Mylona, Eleni Mylona, Nurako (Fanouris Moraitis), Kosmas Xenakis, Maria Panagiotou, Antonis Papadopoulos, Ifigenia Sdoukou, Miltos Skouras, George Stathopoulos, Danae Stamatiou, Nikos Tranos, George Tsakiris, George Tserionis, Kostas Tsolis, Alekos Fassianos, Dionysis Christofilogiannis.

Curator: Yannis Bolis
Exhibition opening hours and days:
JULY: every Wednesday and Thursday, 19:00-21:00
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER: every Thursday and Friday, 18:00-21:00
To find the place, follow the following geographical coordinates based on google maps: "MALI VENI" ESTATE, MARKOPOULO, ATTICA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zohpoknCbtnNvPRF8?g_st=iw

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Υφάνσεις εκ νέου | Μουσείο της Πόλης του Βόλου

admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 22:03:38 +0000

Weaving Anew | Volos Museum of the City dimitra.samsaki Thu, 06/19/2025 - 11:59

Exhibition Type

MOMus abroad

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Start Date

Fri, 04/15/2022 - 22:30

End Date

Sun, 08/28/2022 - 16:30

Museum

Other venues

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Volos Museum of the City

Opening: Friday 15 April 2022, 19:30

The art of weaving unrolls its thread outside Thessaloniki and “knits the tapestry” of the exhibition “Weaving Anew”, following MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, at the Volos Museum of the City.

The exhibition presents the flourishing and history of Greek tapestry along with paintings and sculptures that either formed the basis of the weaving designs or are in stylistic sequence with them. It also includes a selection of works from the major exhibition “Weavings. Painting and tapestry in Greece from 1960 to the present”, which took place in 2019 at the Benaki Museum (138 Pireos st., Athens) and includes creations using the traditional tapestry technique, displayed alongside original works by great artists.

The woven paintings in the exhibition highlight the timeless dimension of weaving art in Greece and its evolution in techniques and ideas, which transformed a product of domestic decorative use into a work of cultural heritage.

Curated by: Aigli Dimoglou

Artists: Evridiki Arkoudogianni, Spyros Vasiliou, Niki Kanagini, Kostas Koulentianos, Yannis Moralis, Alex Mylona, Nikos Nikolaou, Sotiris Sorogas, Jannis Spyropoulos, Yannis Tsarouchis, Ioannis Faitakis, Nikos Chatzikyriakos-Gikas, Loch Textiles

Collectors and institutions that lent works for this exhibition include: Alpha Bank, Benaki Museum/ Ghika Gallery, National Center for Social Solidarity (EKKA), The Jannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation, Julia Dimakopoulou, Maria Tsantsanoglou, The Kanagini family, MOMus-Museum Alex Mylona, MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art collections

Co-organizer: Directorate of Archives, Museums and Libraries of DOEPAP – DIPETHE, MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art collections

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Graceland Paradox: Navigating Uncertainty

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Graceland Paradox: Navigating Uncertainty dimitra.samsaki Tue, 06/17/2025 - 16:56

Exhibition Type

MOMus abroad

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Start Date

Wed, 06/25/2025 - 08:00

End Date

Sun, 08/17/2025 - 20:00

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Other venues

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Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje
Opening: Wednesday 25 June, 20:00

The creative, artistic dialogue between four visual artists, Fani Boudouroglou, Rania Emmanouilidou, Lia Psoma, and Bilal Yilmaz, is presented in the exhibition “Graceland Paradox: Navigating Uncertainty” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, from 25 June to 17 August 2025. Through uncertainty, experimentation and mobilisation, the exhibition urges viewers to reflect on causes, consequences and possibilities. The works draw from science fiction, urban protests and historical revolts to encourage the audience’s reflection on what comes next. The process of searching for possibilities becomes a process of becoming aware of the capitalist impasse and, above all, an exercise in imagination regarding our own contribution and existence in possible dystopian or utopian futures.

The exhibition is organised by the independent art and culture organisation Kontrapunkt as part of the KRIK Festival for Critical Culture, and is supported by MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts and the Embassy of Greece in North Macedonia.

The three women artists, Boudouroglou, Emmanouilidou and Psoma, began working together during the pandemic, when they decided to use the time of imposed isolation to jointly reflect, experiment and create. A series of works that respond to key contemporary issues such as environmental collapse, forced population movements and the onslaught of technology were presented in 2022-23 in the exhibition “Graceland: The Triumph of an Uncertain Path” as part of the 8th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art of MOMus. At MoCA Skopje, this collaborative project is renewed and expanded with new works by the three artists and the participation of guest artist Bilal Yilmaz from Türkiye.

At the heart of this new exhibition “Graceland Paradox: Navigating Uncertainty” lies the research conducted by the three artists around sustainable techniques and materials —bioplastics, crystals, handmade paper, rhizomes, materials in the phase of transition from raw material to ephemeral artistic medium— as a process of production and reflection. In dialogue with their works, Bilal Yilmaz expands the political and imaginative dimension of the exhibition. Inspired by contemporary protest movements —including recent mobilisations in Greece, North Macedonia and the wider region— the artist focuses on the erosion of democracy and the power of collective action. Through his work, he recalls the spirit of protest and criticises the mechanism of manipulated information. He calls on us to choose the images and actions that motivate us, and to bring them into our daily lives as acts of quiet, radical resistance.

Curated by: Lydia Chatziiakovou

Parallel events

Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 20:00
Short discussion-introduction to the main concepts and practices of the exhibition with the artists.

Speakers: Tihomir Topuzovski (Director, MoCA Skopje), Anna Mykoniati (curator, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens), Thouli Misirloglou (Artistic Director, MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art). Moderators: Lydia Chatziiakovou (curator), Vladimir Janchevski (curator, MoCA).

Thursday, 26 June 2025, 16:00-18:00
Workshop “Material experimentations in Graceland” with the artists Rania Emmanouilidou, Fani Boudouroglou, Lia Psoma.

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