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ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΩΡΑΡΙΟΥ #MOMUSPHOTOGRAPHY

dimitra.samsaki — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:59 +0000

OPENING HOURS ANNOUNCEMENT #MOMUSPHOTOGRAPHY dimitra.samsaki Fri, 07/18/2025 - 17:05

The exhibition “About Humans” will end on Sunday, 20 July 2025, due to scheduled renovation works in preparation for the upcoming exhibition “Frida Kahlo – Her Photos” (3 October 2025 – 4 January 4 2026).

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ΓΙΝΟΜΑΣΤΕ ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΟΙ | ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ

dimitra.samsaki — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:01:28 +0000

WE ARE BEING UPGRADED | ANNOUNCEMENT] dimitra.samsaki Tue, 07/08/2025 - 16:03

Due to a sceduled upgrade of our accounting systems, no financial transactions will be carried out at MOMus Museums in Thessaloniki and in Athens, from Tuesday, 8 to Sunday, 20 July 2025.

For this reason, during the same period:

Entry to all MOMus venues will be admission free for all visitors.
All sceduled guided tours will be admission free as well.
The eshop will remain on system, so purchases can take place exclusively on line.

We look forward to welcoming you in our exhibitions now on show in our venues, under summer cool temperatures!

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Performance χορού: μέσα από το αρχείο της sinequanon

dimitra.samsaki — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:11:06 +0000

Dance performance: from the sinequanon archive dimitra.samsaki Fri, 06/27/2025 - 14:36

Stories of the body for a future tomorrow

Thursday 20 & Wednesday 26 June 2024 | 20:00

Life appears in the world in the form of a body. The body experiences and at the same time records its history. It leaves its imprint on space and time.

History is told or written in many ways and in many tones and ultimately the stories are infinite. But how many stories can fit in a museum? And how is a dance group invited to converse with the 100 stories of the artists of MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art in the current exhibition entitled “From now on. Stories for a next tomorrow”? The works themselves emit signals, which we are called upon to capture and transform through our own bodies.

The performance of the dance group sinequanon will begin with the mannequin of Vlasis Kaniaris, as the central figure of a paradoxical Last Supper. Perhaps, sharing some of our stories at the end of the evening would be the goal for a future tomorrow.

Credits

Conception / Choreography: sinequanon

Music: Alexandros Ioannou

Costume: Richard Antony

Photography: Lila Sotiriou, Giannis Goutman

Video: Irini Hatzikyriakidou

Coordination: Ioannis Dalakas

Interpretation: Sofia Papanikandrou, Alexis Tsiamoglou, Elias Karamitros, Sofia Hatzivasiliou, Alexandros Ioannou, Dimitris Sotiriou

The performance “through the archive of sinequanon” is held under the auspices and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture.

Artistic identity of the sinequanon group

The contemporary dance group sinequanon was founded in Athens in 1992 by five students of the State School of Dance with a vision of artistic collectivity. It continued its education in New York, where it came into contact with modern dance techniques, based on the anatomy and physiology of the human body.

In 1995, the group returned and began its own dance productions, receiving its first grant from the Ministry of Culture and Sports. To date, it has received commissions for works from the OMMA, the Hellenic Festival, the National Theater, the Center Culturel Aragon, the Biennale of Young Artists, the Kalamata International Dance Festival, the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, the National Theater, etc. In 2008, it was the official representation of Greece for dance in the Year of Olympic Culture in China. In 2010, the group moved to Thessaloniki, where it took over the Dance Theater of the State Theater of Northern Greece from 2010 to 2013. From 2021 to 2023, it took over the presentation of dance within the framework of the action “Summer Oracle of Ioannina DIKEPETHE” at the archaeological site of Dodona.

Participation in the event is with the entrance ticket to the site. The ticket can be purchased online through the ComeTogether platform here and/or in person at the Museum Reception.

Reduced prices apply for specific categories.

Information on tel. 2310 240002 (ext.1)

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Merry CLICKmas 2024! | Χριστούγεννα στο MOMus-Μουσείο Φωτογραφίας Θεσσαλονίκης

dimitra.samsaki — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:47:27 +0000

Merry CLICKmas 2024! | Christmas at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography dimitra.samsaki Fri, 06/27/2025 - 14:26

Personal stories and favorite songs in the performance “Memories in Frames”, handmade sweets with Mammy’s Caravan, ornaments and many photographic clicks on Facebooth, “coming” on Sunday, December 15, 2024, 11:00-14:00, at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Warehouse A, Pier A, Thessaloniki Port area) at our established pre-Christmas meeting “Merry CLICKmas”, with free participation for everyone, young and old!

The protagonists of the special performance “Memories in Frames” are the participants in the workshop of the same name, which was implemented within the framework of the program “Utilization of Art as a Prescribed Therapy for the Promotion of Social Cohesion and Activation of the ‘Silver Economy’ (Greece 2.0)”.

During the 12 two-hour workshop meetings, MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography served as a safe space for sharing personal experiences and memories. The participants, using photos from their family albums as an opportunity, presented personal stories, recalling memories and emotions. Under the guidance of narrator Anthi Thanou, these stories, framed by music and songs, constitute the content of the performance. Some of the personal narratives will soon be made into videos or podcasts, which will be published on social media and on the MOMus website.

The new cycle of the program will begin in January 2025. All adults over 65 years of age are eligible to participate. Participation in the program is free of charge (information & registration: reception.photography@momus.gr, 2310 566716).

Workshop contributors:

Idea conception: Maria Kokorotskou, MOMus Education curator

Project coordination: Maria Kechagioglou, MOMus Education curator

Narrative training: Anthi Thanou, storyteller

Music teaching: Alexandros Makris, musician

Graphic editing & podcast creation: Antonis Vlachos, photographer

Stories (in the order they are presented)

The chronicle of a random success (Dimitris Tsoukas)

The sign (Rita Douka)

Carnival party (Sofia Fakiri)

The journey (Maria Siopidou)

A piece of life (Chrysanthi Emmanouilidou)

The bicycle (Thomai Christidou)

As if it were yesterday (Adamantios Amanitis)

Gymnastic demonstrations (Evangelia Angelidou)

The flower (Dimitra Michaelidou)

Hamam Paradise (Sonia Papaggelou)

Songs (in the order they are heard)

Omorfi Thessaloniki (Beautiful Thessaloniki) (lyrics-music: Vasilis Tsitsanis)

Ela vre Charalambi (Come on Charalambi) (lyrics-music: traditional)

Pote tha kanei xasteria (When will the sun rise) (lyrics-music: traditional)

To podilato (The bicycle) (lyrics: Aris Davarakis, music: Christos Nikolopoulos)

Manoula mou (My mother) (lyrics: Iakovos Kambanelis, music: Manos Hadjidakis)

Menexedes and Zoumboulia (lyrics-music: urban Politiko)

Christmas Carols of Ikaria (lyrics-music: traditional)

Participants (in alphabetical order):

Evangelia Angelidou, Adamantios Amanitis, Maria Arvanitidou, Despina Giannousi, Rita Douka Chrysanthi, Emmanouilidou, Tania Zarkali, Vicky Kalafati, Sonia Karapanagiotidou, Dimitra Michailidou, Sonia Papaggelou, Maria Siopidou, Maria Tourtsaki, Smaro Tsintou, Dimitrios Tsoukas, Mary Tougiannidou, Sofia Fakiri, Thomai Christidou.

Warm thanks to the Directorate of Elderly Protection of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the 12th branch of the K.A.P.I. for their cooperation and support.

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Δωρεά της Βιβλιοθήκης των John E. Bowlt και Nicoletta Misler στο MOMus-Μουσείο Μοντέρνας Τέχνης-Συλλογή Κωστάκη

dimitra.samsaki — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:38:52 +0000

Donation of the John E. Bowlt and Nicoletta Misler Library to MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection dimitra.samsaki Thu, 06/19/2025 - 11:39

The extremely important donation of the John E. Bowlt and Nicoletta Misler library to MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection is sealed, after many months of negotiations, based on the mutual appreciation and recognition of the great work and the contribution of the two internationally recognised academics and the Museum in the field of study, research and their long-term collaboration. The donation includes approximately 35,000 rare publications relating to the history of Eastern European and East Slavic visual and performing arts, and mainly to the arts of the period from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, with an emphasis on the avant-garde movements that developed in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

The John E. Bowlt and Nicoletta Misler Library focuses particularly on the trends and movements of Symbolism and the historical Avant-Garde to early Socialist Realism and Stalinist propaganda. It includes, among others, historical dictionaries and encyclopedias, artists’ monographs, essays by art historians and critics, engravings and lithographed editions and an exceptionally large number of rare first editions and livres d’ artistes, excerpts from critical articles and notes, exhibition catalogues, travel publications and memoirs, as well as rare recordings. The Library is the largest and most important of its kind internationally and is the result of more than fifty years of thorough research and purchase of books, magazines, catalogues and other printed material related to the history, documentation and exhibition of works of visual and material culture, architecture, applied arts (furniture, ceramics, textiles, jewellery, graphic design and scenography) and photography.

The Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni stated about the donation: “We are particularly pleased to welcome the enormous, in size and primarily in radiance and symbolism, donation of the John E. Bowlt and Nicoletta Misler Library to MOMus. A unique collection of 35,000 publications concerning the visual and performing arts in Eastern European and East Slavic countries with an emphasis on the period of modernism.

Including a vast range of extremely rare material, the collection was assembled over decades, with great passion and personal effort, by the world-renowned professors of Russian and Eastern European art John E. Bowlt and Nicoletta Misler. And this internationally sought-after library, for which renowned institutions have already shown interest, is arriving in Thessaloniki.

The donors rightly trust MOMus as the custodian of their lifetime work. With their move, they are coming to significantly enhance the international reputation and extroversion of the institution, which I am sure will more than justify their expectations.

Warm congratulations to MOMus, to its president Epaminondas Christophilopoulos and to the director in charge of the Museum Maria Tsantsanoglou, who contributed greatly to the granting of the collection. Our deepest gratitude is addressed to John E. Bowlt and Nicoletta Misler for their deeply moving, but also meaningful gesture.”

The Bowlt-Misler Library

Today the Bowlt-Misler Library is housed in Southern California in the USA. The unification of all sections of the Library will take place in Thessaloniki and will form the basis of the Bowlt-Misler Library and Research Center of the MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection, which will operate from 2026 in the new premises acquired by MOMus in the Moni Lazariston complex with the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, European programmes, as well as sponsorships from Greece and abroad.

The MOMus-Museum of Modern Art currently has international recognition based on the unique Costakis Collection and Archive. With the Bowlt-Misler donation, the goal is to become a global reference point for the study of modernism and historical avant-gardes. The Bowlt-Misler Library and Research Center will operate in the same space as the Costakis Collection and Archive and will serve as a base for attracting researchers, students and artists from all over the world and organizing a scholarship program, strengthening the profile of MOMus-Museum of Modern Art as the most important institution for the study of Russian and Eastern European modernism and historical avant-gardes, while simultaneously promoting creative dialogue on the course and evolution of the arts.

The Donors

John E. Bowlt is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Slavic Languages at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he also directs the Institute for Contemporary Russian Culture. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Experiment (Brill). An internationally distinguished scholar in the history of the artistic avant-garde period in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, Professor John E. Bowlt is the author of a large number of books on the history and theory of art and culture and the curator or co-curator of major and landmark exhibitions.

Nicoletta Misler is Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Art at the Università di Napoli "L' Orientale" with a specialization in the visual culture of Russian modernism. Her academic interests range from art (Kazimir Malevich, Pavel Filonov, Wassily Kandinsky) and architecture (Yakov Chernikhov, Ivan Leonidov) to contemporary philosophy (Pavel Florenskii). She has particularly studied the development of free dance in early Soviet Russia and has published a major study on the art of movement in the early 20th century.

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«Greek Art Now»: Η σύγχρονη ελληνική τέχνη στην παγκόσμια σκηνή μέσω της πλατφόρμας Google Arts & Culture

dimitra.samsaki — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:22:03 +0000

"Greek Art Now": Contemporary Greek Art on the Global Stage via Google Arts & Culture dimitra.samsaki Thu, 06/12/2025 - 17:22

The “Greek Art Now” initiative on the Google Arts & Culture platform is an ambitious project dedicated to the digitization and international promotion of selected artworks from the collections of three major Greek museum institutions: the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum, the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), and the Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus.

Implemented with the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the project represents a multifaceted collaboration between Google Arts & Culture and the participating museums, and is now freely accessible to the public via the Google Arts & Culture website and mobile app (Android & iOS).

Through the platform, users can take 360° virtual tours of the participating museums, explore intricate details of artworks using the art camera, uncover hidden stories and narratives, and interact with works of art in new ways — digitally deconstructing and reconstructing them from a different, interactive perspective. The platform also offers immersive augmented reality experiences.

With over 60 digital stories and 1,800 high-resolution images, the project showcases the evolution of Greek art from the 19th century to the present day, highlights contemporary Greek artists, and includes selected works from the internationally renowned Costakis Collection.

MOMus in "Greek Art Now"

As part of the “Greek Art Now” initiative, MOMus contributes over 900 artworks drawn from its constituent museums — the Museum of Modern Art–Costakis Collection, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the Experimental Center for the Arts, and the Alex Mylona Museum. These works highlight the breadth and significance of modern and contemporary art over a span of 130 years (1890–2020).

Digitisation of the works was carried out by Google Arts & Culture using state-of-the-art technology, such as scanners and the Art Camera, as part of a project launched in 2020 and successfully implemented despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Through a diverse selection of digitized paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs — fully documented in both Greek and English — users in Greece and around the world are invited to explore the work of prominent Greek and international artists featured in the MOMus collections. The platform also offers standalone digital "stories" on key artworks, information about the mission and activities of each museum, and the opportunity for 3D virtual exploration of selected interior museum spaces.

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Το MOMus στην 21η Διεθνή Έκθεση Βιβλίου Θεσσαλονίκης

dimitra.samsaki — Tue, 06 May 2025 12:44:58 +0000

MOMus at the 21st Thessaloniki International Book Fair dimitra.samsaki Mon, 05/12/2025 - 16:33

MOMus participates again this year in the Thessaloniki International Book Fair, the great book festival in the city, with the MOMusStand at Pavilion 14, Stand 15, and a speech event on Saturday, May 10 at 19:00, at Pavilion 15, for the presentation of the two-volume illustrated encyclopedic dictionary by Apostolos Fokion Vettas, “Scenes. Notes on the Art and Technique of Scenography”.

Free admission

Details:

Thursday 8 – Sunday 11 May 2025

Pavilion 14 | Stand: 15

Selected shop items and publications-catalogues from current and past exhibitions from all MOMus museums will be available at the Organization's Stand, at the 21st Thessaloniki International Book Fair. New "arrivals" at this year's Stand are the Organization's magazine the MOMus Magazine, with many interesting topics, and the online store, MOMusShop, with hundreds of codes, ready for browsing and shopping!

Opening days & hours: Thursday 8.5, 15:00-21:00 / Friday 9.5 & Saturday 10.5, 10:00-22:00 / Sunday 11.5, 10:00-21:00

Saturday 10 May 2025, 19:00

Stand 15| Dialogue room

Presentation of a two-volume illustrated encyclopedic dictionary by Apostolos Fokionas Vettas, “Scenes. Notes on the Art and Technique of Scenography”.

The event concerns the presentation of the two-volume illustrated encyclopedic dictionary on scenography, stage architecture and theatrical technology entitled “A. F. Vettas. Scenes. Notes on the Art and Technique of Scenography”, the life’s work of Apostolos Vettas, a highly educational contribution published by MOMus under his supervision and with the support of the Ioannis F. Kostopoulos Foundation. The dictionary is written in a simple way, so that it also functions as a teaching aid for young people who want to get involved in theatre.

The publication was first presented last January on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition “Apostolos Vettas. Paper Scenes” which is presented at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection at Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki and will conclude on May 18, after two extensions due to large attendance.

Speakers: Apostolos Vettas, professor emeritus of scenography at the Department of Theater of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Kostas Vomvolos, musician, Maria Karadeloglou, theater expert, costume designer, set designer. Angelos Papadimitriou, visual artist, actor. Coordination: Maria Tsantsanoglou, artistic director of MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection.

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the MOMus magazine No 2 ---- Q2 2025

dimitra.samsaki — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:31:19 +0000

the MOMus magazine No 2 ---- Q2 2025 dimitra.samsaki Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:44

The second issue of the MOMus magazine is here!

Exhibitions and projects in all MOMus venues, backstage stories by dear colleagues, a special focus on visual artists of great interest, plus special, unknown stories of works of art and gastronomic and fashion proposals, are just some of the themes of this second issue.

Additionally, we are hosting a full-length interview with the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, on Culture as a public, and social asset, Thessaloniki and its prospects, antiquities and contemporary culture, among many other topics.

Our "guests" in this issue are: Gikas Xenakis - executive chef of the Aleria restaurant in Athens, Apostolos F. Vettas - Emeritus Professor of Scenography at the Drama School of the Faculty of Arts of AUTh, Kyriaki Gonis - visual artist, Prodromos Monastiridis - President of the Board of Directors of the Thessaloniki Convention Bureau.

The issue, bilingual both in Greek and English, is available in all MOMus locations in Thessaloniki and Athens, online at https://issuu.com/momusmuseums and at the Aegean Airlines lounge in Thessaloniki.

Make it yours!

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Πάσχα 2025 | Ωράριο λειτουργίας χώρων του MOMus

dimitra.samsaki — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:10:28 +0000

Easter 2024 | Opening hours of MOMus venues dimitra.samsaki Fri, 04/11/2025 - 12:01

The festive opening hours of the MOMus venues are as follows:

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dimitra.samsaki — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:00:50 +0000

MOMus Shop dimitra.samsaki Thu, 04/03/2025 - 21:07

The MOMus online shop opens its... baskets and awaits friends who want to organise their daily lives with art objects.

A rich catalogue of publications and posters from MOMus exhibitions, office supplies, jewelry, ceramics, clothing and accessories, objects in limited edition and gift suggestions, is available with one click, with all items ready to be delivered, easily and quickly!

We are open! 😊 https://shop.momus.gr/en/

For the entire month of April, the first month of operation of the Shop, by showing your purchase receipt, you will receive a free ticket for an exhibition of your choice!

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The action is implemented in the frame of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan "Greece 2.0" and funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

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