Marilyn Monroe in the Arts
The exhibition approaches the phenomenon Marilyn Monroe through the Arts. Andy Warhol, Christo, Arnulf Rainer as well as photographers such as Bert Stern or Douglas Kirkland, amongst others, unveil both the individual and the myth in all its facets.
The critical distance that arises through this procedure reveals the balancing act between the two counterparts Norma [...]
Sol LeWitt, Line and Color
The Herakleidon Museum will present, from October 1st, 2011 to January 29th, 2012, an exhibition of works by the American artist Sol LeWitt. All the works, which were donated by the artist himself, are on loan from the New Britain Museum of American Art (Connecticut, USA). The exhibition has the support of the U.S. Embassy [...]
How Islam’s Golden Age Shaped the Modern World
What do cameras, coffee, toothbrushes and perfume have in common? All of them trace their origins to the Golden Age of Muslim civilization.
These are a few of the innovations showcased by 1001 Inventions: Discover the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization, a traveling exhibition that opened May 27 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. [...]
CONTEMPORARY VIEW – ANCIENT CULTURES
This summer the Herakleidon Museum presents the exhibition “Contemporary View – Ancient Cultures”. The theme is inspired by ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean, however all the artworks were created by contemporary artists who live in the Netherlands. From June 25 to September 25 at the Herakleidon Museum in Athens.
No less than 55 artists were [...]
Francesca Granata gives a guided tour of Monsters in Fashion
“It is this grotesque body, defined by hybridity and transgression of borders but also by parody, humor and inversion, that seems to be central to both contemporary experimental fashion designers and people working at the juncture of fashion and performance.”
ATOPOS Contemporary Visual Culture (ATOPOS CVC) invites prominent personalities from different cultural areas, to analyze [...]
Alex In Wonderland
Participating Artists: Vassilis Botoulas, Esek_one, Simoni Fontana, Joanna Imrie, Konstantina Kapanidou, Katerina Katsioura, Sive, Loula Leventi, Christina Mitrentse, Marina Provatidou, Pure Evil, Same84, SER, Sonke, SOX, Eri Skyrgianni, The Krah, Constantine Vraziotis, Yellowish
Curated by: Alexandra Kollaros
THE EXHIBITION
Using «Alice’s adventures in Wonderland» (1864), Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, as a starting point, 20 Greek & International [...]
Black Mirror
Black Mirror, the new video-performance by the American visual artist Doug Aitken, is presented for the first time in Greece, in a collaboration of the DESTE Foundation with the Athens Festival. In the format of a video projection and a play which unfold simultaneously on a ship, Black Mirror is, according to Aitken himself, a [...]
SPECIAL OLYMPICS – SPECIAL ARTISTS
On the occasion of the Special Olympics World Summer Games ATHENS 2011, taking place between June 25th to July 4th, in Athens,Greece, the Herakleidon Museum presents the exhibition “Special Olympics – Special Artists” with paintings, drawings, watercolors and pyrographs created by the pupils of “Workshops for Special Education and Vocational Training” of Ιrakleio, Attica, especially [...]
ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & ART ACT NOW!
Following on the first international Conference of the ΑΑΟ project: Ethics / Aesthetics, held at the Athens School of Fine Arts, the six Academic Workshops currently under way and Athens
Here and Now with interactive works in downtown Athens, the ΑΑΟ project organizes a second international Conference, a main exhibition and two parallel events at the [...]
Greek Architects of Istanbul in the Era of Westernization
The Museum of the City of Athens – Vouros-Eytaxias Foundation inaugurated an exhibition of photos and archive material on “Greek Architects of Istanbul in the Era of Westernization“, on Monday, May 30th 2011. The exhibition is organized by the Zographeion Alumni Association (Istanbul) in collaboration with the ISTANBUL 2010 – European Capital of Culture Agency [...]
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