ARCO
MADRID, February-April 2004
Being the honoured country at ARCO 2004, Greece will be presenting its contemporary visual arts through a number of paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations and video art works dating from the 1980s up to date.
PICASSO: GREEK INFLUENCES
ANDROS, The V. & E. Goulandri Museum of Modern Art, 26/06/2004 - 26/09/2004
An exhibition dedicated to the work of Picasso and the influence Greek prehistoric and classical sculpture, as well as classic literature, have exerted on his work.
PLEATS: FROM ANCIENT GREEK CLOTHING TO 21ST CENTURY FASHION
ATHENS, Benaki Museum in Piraios Street, 24th of June - October 2004
A major exhibition in collaboration with the Peloponnese Folklore Foundation presenting pleats as a feature of clothing since antiquity, and examining their influence on other cultures as well as on 21st century fashion.
OUR PLACE: INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA NOW
ATHENS, Benaki Museum in Piraios Street, 01/07/2004 - 31/08/2004
Exhibition focusing on the history, culture, traditions, customs and ways of life of the Aboriginals. The exhibition is offered by the States of New South Wales and Victoria in return for the Greek Antiquities exhibition staged during the Sydney Olympics.
THE ATHLETIC SPIRIT IN ANCIENT GREECE
ATHENS, National Archaeological Museum, June - September 2004
Large-scale archaeological exhibition featuring carefully chosen samples of ancient Greek art on the subject of the Olympic Games. A number of foreign museums contribute exhibits.
SIX EUROPEAN SCULPTORS CONVERSE WITH MAN
ATHENS, National Gallery, June - October 2004
Exhibition focusing on the work of six 19th and 20th century sculptors who used the human form to bridge the gap between traditional and modern art (Rodin, Bourdelle, Maillol, Brancusi, Giacometti, Moore). The exhibition aims to take the visitor around the anthropocentric sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the social, historical, philosophical and existential questions to which the artists of the time were seeking answers.
HENRY MOORE RETROSPECTIVE
GOUDI, National Gallery premises, June - October 2004
Representative samples of the work of Henry Moore in what has become Athens' sculpture gallery par excellence.
NEW MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART: THE EXHIBITION
ATHENS, Benaki Museum in Peiraios Street, June 2004
The development and spread of Islamic culture presented via an exhibition of priceless works of art.
THE ART OF THE OTHER
ATHENS, December 2003- March 2004
Exhibition staged in collaboration with international institutions and accompanied by various parallel events. The exhibition aims to highlight the creative moments of individuals forced to live under special conditions (prison, for example). The works will be accompanied by an audiovisual presentation of how they were produced.
