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KAPPADOKIA

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Photographic Pairs 2012

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The series of exhibitions in cooperation with the Photography Circle continues with the photo exhibition of Loukas Vasilikos and Christina Sorovou…

Each exhibition in series Photographic Pairs features the work of two photographers, both members of the Photography Circle, whose paths in life or photography cross. The new photographic pair are Lukas Vasilikosand Christina Sorovou, whose friendship emerged from their shared passion for the art of photography. Sorovou’s black and white photographs are of friends and family while Vasilikos’ color photographs mainly depict street scenes. The pairing of these photographers is justified not only in light of the friendship they share but also because of similarities in the way they have developed as photographers. That said, their work as photographers bears the marks of their distinct personalities.
Platon Rivellis, photo critic and founder of the Photography Circle, is curator of this exhibition series

Information

Artist	Loukas Vasilikos, Christina Sorovou
Organizer	Hellenic American Union / Photography Circle
Venue	Kennedy Gallery, Hellenic American Union
Start Date	31/01/2012
End Date	24/02/2012
Opening	Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 20:30
Gallery Hours/Duration	Monday – Friday: 12:00 – 21:00, Saturday: 10:30 – 14:30, closed on Sunday
Type	Exhibition
Participants	Platon Rivellis
Interpretation Provided:	No
Registration Required:	No
Reservation Required:	No
Admission Fee	Admission is free

“Sol LeWitt, LINE AND COLOR”

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The Herakleidon Museum will present, from October 1st, 2011 to January 29th,

March 18th 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 in Athens.The exhibition comprises 115 works by Sol LeWitt are mainly prints (such as lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts), but his first oil painting as well as gouache, monotypes, and photographs are also included. The artist’s works are known for their geometric shapes and rich colors

Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) was born in Connecticut, USA and majored in art at Syracuse University (New York, USA). After serving in the US army during the Korean War, he moved to New York where he studied at the School of Visual Arts and worked at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), both in the bookshop and as a night receptionist. He became known in the late 1960s for his wall drawings and his sculptures or “structures” as he called them, but he also created a large number of works in other media, such as drawing, painting, printing, and photography. At first his work was associated with Minimalism, but was later related so closely to Conceptual art that he is considered by many to be the father of this movement. In 1967, he wrote “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art,” in which he states that the idea, or concept, of a work is of greater importance that the physical form through which the artist conveys his idea. It is also believed that Sol LeWitt was the first to mention the term Conceptual art when he wrote:“I will refer to the kind of art I create as conceptual art.”Sol LeWitt’s work was the subject of a great number of exhibitions, both during his lifetime and after his death. His works are in the permanent collections of many major museums all over the world and are also installed in public parks and buildings.

Just as a musical composer creates a composition, which the musician then interprets in his own personal style, Sol LeWitt wrote detailed instructions for the creation of his wall drawings, which were then executed by others: the importance was in the idea.
The cube held an important place in the early work of the artist, but beginning in 1980 he also started using the triangle and the circle. Through the use of isometric projection his two-dimensional works gave the impression of three-dimensional forms.
When he died, the New York Times described LeWitt as “…a patron and friend of artists, both old and young… the opposite of the artist as celebrity”. Whoever knew him personally will never forget his generosity.

With the support of the U.S. Embassy in Athens

October 1st, 2011 -

March 18th 2012

Herakleidon
Experience in Visual Arts
Herakleidon 16, Thissio
118 51 Athens, Greece
(Metro station: Thissio)

T: +30 210 34 61 981
F: +30 210 34 58 225
E: info@herakleidon-art.gr

Friday: 13:00-21:00,
Saturday-Sunday: 11:00-19:00,
Monday-Thursday: closed

Museum Admission
General admission: 6€
Students & over 65: 4€
Children up to 12: Free
Groups: Upon appointment

UPDATE:

As a result of the high attendance from school groups and the commitment to its dynamic role in the area of education, the Herakleidon Museum has decided to proceed with the extension of the exhibition “Sol LeWitt, LINE AND COLOR” until March 18th 2012. The uniqueness and originality of the educational program “ART AND MATHEMATICS” which has been in place since 2005, uses the works of Sol LeWitt and other renowned artists as an educational tool to inspire young minds and assist in the comprehension of mathematics. After the completion of the exhibition, the “ART AND MATHEMATICS” Educational Program will continue based on the works of V.Vasarely and M.C. Escher from the Museum’s permanent collections.

For more information, please click here

“MATHEMATICS AND THE ARTS OF JAPAN”

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The Herakleidon Museum, in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Athens, present an exhibition of works by the sculptor Ntina Anastasiadou titled “Mathematics and the Arts of Japan”.

The exhibition comprises 60 sculptures, ceramic works and constructions inspired by the Culture of Japan.

From 1980 to 1986 Ntina Anastasiadou studied sculpture, theory of art and bronze casting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (University of Athens), from where she graduated with distinction (10/10). She was a student of George Nikolaidis and Theodoros Papagiannis. In 1986 the Faculty Board of her department chose her to participate with some of her works in an international art festival in Ushimado, Okayama, Japan. She stayed there for a year and attended Japanese language lessons, calligraphy and sumi painting (sumi-e) under the historian and calligrapher Mitsuo Takaoki, and his wife Miki Takaoki, a painter. From 1988 to 1991, having been awarded a scholarship by the Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho), she attended courses in Japanese Art History (Japanese Buddhist Art) at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Kyoto University, under Professor Zenzo Shimizu. She believes that her relationship with the family of her teacher, Mitsuo Takaoki, dating from 1980 till today, has played a decisive role in her artistic course. In 1999 she was awarded for her work by the Greek Literary Association.

She has held eight (8) solo exhibitions in Greece and two (2) in Japan, and has taken part in several group exhibitions. In 2009 she exhibited her works at the Embassy of Japan on the occasion of the celebration of the 110th anniversary of Greek-Japanese friendship (Greece-Japan: 110 years of friendly ties). Some of her works are displayed at the Embassy of Japan in Athens, as well as in private and public collections in Japan, Greece, the United Arab Emirates and the U.S.A. She has given many lectures in Greece to promote the Japanese culture.

During the period of her exhibition, she will participate in educational programs for schools held at the Herakleidon Museum on “Mathematics and the Arts of Japan” (the title of her exhibition).

Opening: January 23rd 2012, 19:00-21:00 hrs
Duration: January 23rd until April 22nd 2012

Herakleidon
Experience in Visual Arts
Herakleidon 16, Thissio
118 51 Athens, Greece
(Metro station: Thissio)

T: +30 210 34 61 981
F: +30 210 34 58 225
E: info@herakleidon-art.gr

Museum Hours
Friday: 13:00 – 21:00
Saturday: 11:00 – 19:00
Sunday: 11:00 – 19:00

From Monday to Friday, Educational Programs for schools will be conducted at the Museum, upon appointment.

Museum Admission
General admission: 6€
Students & over 65: 4€
Children up to 12: Free
Groups: Upon appointment

Dimitris Skalkotos: fotagogos/ lightwell

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Dimitris Skalkotos, accomplished marble sculptor from the island of Tinos, creates a poem through space, displaying a string of evocative words carved in marble throughout the lower floor of the gallery. The concepts of ‘FOS’ (Light), ‘AIONIO’ (Eternal), ‘MNIMI’ (Memory), ‘GYNAIKA’ (Woman), ‘ORIO’ (Limit), ‘PIGI’ (Source), ‘MONOS’ (Alone), ‘ICHOS’ (Sound), EFYGE (Departed), ‘SYNOCHI’ (Consistency), ‘DYSI’ (Sunset) have been selected from a set of poems by psychiatrist Grigoris Maniadakis titled ‘Fotagogos’. Together, the words as a sequence form a story whereas their individual shapes stress the deeper meaning of each one of them. The marble interpretations are placed on wooden makeshift pedestals as if the visitor were to walk into the studio of the artist during the hours of labour.

On the ground floor, the central piece is installed, the ‘fotagogos’ around which the exhibition turns, a larger grey marble sculpture with a hollow inside dressed with mirrors that reflect a thousand corners.

19 JANUARY – 25 FEBRUARY 2012

SIAKOS – HANAPPE

House of Art

16 Maragkou str. GLYFADA

IFG lettre d’information No137

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Présentation de la programmation 2012

et perspectives futures de l’Institut français

de Grèce – Conférence de Presse
26 janvier 2012, 12h30
Institut Français d’Athènes, Auditorium
Invitation
Παρουσίαση του προγράμματος 2012

και των προοπτικών του Γαλλικού Ινστιτούτου

Ελλάδος – Συνέντευξη Τύπου
26 Ιανουαρίου 2012, 12:30
Γαλλικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών, Auditorium
Πρόσκληση

Demain, la ville
Athènes, une ville à réinventer ?
Soirée spéciale à l’Institut Français d’Athènes
24 janvier 2012, 19h00
En savoir +

Η πόλη του αύριο
Αθήνα, μια πόλη προς « αναδόμηση »;
Ειδική βραδιά στο Γαλλικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών
24 Ιανουαρίου 2012, 19:00
Μάθετε..+

HOMMAGE À JACQUELINE DE ROMILLY
TABLE RONDE
25 janvier 2012, 18h00
MEGARON PLUS – SALLE DIM. MITROPOULOS
En savoir +

ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΗ JACQUELINE DE ROMILLY
ΣΤΡΟΓΓΥΛΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ
25 Ιανουαρίου 2012, 18.00
MEGARON PLUS – ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ ΔΗΜ. ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ
Μάθετε..+

Rendez-vous sur scène autour de la musique contemporaine

Rencontre avec Alexandre MARKEAS
28 janvier 2012, 12h00
Institut français d’Athènes – Auditorium
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Ραντεβού επί σκηνής γύρω από την σύγχρονη μουσική
Συνάντηση με τον Αλέξανδρο Μαρκέα
28 Ιανουαρίου 2012, 12.00
Αuditorium του Γαλλικού Ινστιτούτου Αθηνών
Μάθετε..+

…on vous propose aussi / …σας προτείνουμε επίσης

Faust de Charles Gounod

20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28 et 29 janvier 2012 – 20h00

Megaron – Palais de la Musique d’Athènes

En savoir +

Φάουστ του Σαρλ Γκουνό

20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28 και 29 Ιανουαρίου – 20.00
Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών

Μάθετε..+

DÉRIVE / 2 / Récital de piano / Maria Aloupi
Σάββατο 28 & Κυριακή 29 Ιανουαρίου 2012 – 20.30
ABOUT – 18, rue Miaouli, Psirri
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DÉRIVE / 2 / Ρεσιτάλ πιάνου / Mαρία Αλούπη
Σάββατο 28 & Κυριακή 29 Ιανουαρίου 2012 – 20.30
ABOUT – Μιαούλη 18, Ψυρρή
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Great Russian Painters 1920-2010

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The Manege Gallery Collection is a unique museum ensemble in Russia. It is housed in the Central Exhibition Hall of the municipality of Saint Petersburg and reflects the artistic history of the city of Petrograd (1914-1924), Leningrad (1924-1991), Saint Petersburg (1991). It consists of an intriguing collection of artworks reflecting the multiple sides and the variety of the events that marked the evolution of artistic production, from the 1920s till the early 21st century: from the Russian Avant-Garde in the beginning of the 20th century to the Socialist Realism, from the left-winged branches of the soviet art to the underground and from the artistic trends of Perestroika and post-Perestroika periods until today’s artistic styles.
Artists featuring among others: Grinberg, Lapshin, Zagoshin, Timoshenko, Krimmer, Pakulin, Proshkin, Shuriga, Churilov, Rusakov, Petrovsky, Klementyeva

The exhibition is under the auspices of H.E., the Ambassador of the Russian Republic in Greece, Mr. Vladimir Chkhikvishvili.

Curators: Marina Jigarkhanyan, Aphrodite Economidou, Efthymia Georgiadou-Kountoura

Opening: Wednesday, December 14th 2011 at 20:00

Duration of exhibition: December 15th 2011 – March 11th 2012

Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday, Friday: 10:00-20:00

Admission: 6 €, 3 € (concessions)

B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music
9, Vassilissis Sofias Avenue & 1, Merlin Street
106 71 Athens – Greece
T: (+30)-210-3611206
F: (+30)-210-3611349
E: info@theocharakis-foundation.gr
www.thf.gr

Robert Mapplethorpe

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The Onassis Cultural Centre – Athens proudly presents the first solo exhibition in Greece of iconic American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. In collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation in New York, the exhibition brings together more than a hundred of Mapplethorpe’s works, all representing the artist’s unique aesthetics. Mapplethorpe is considered to be one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and a milestone of the American avant-garde scene. His legend grew bigger when his eccentric lifestyle and provocative, autobiographical to a large extent, art were brutally stopped by his untimely death at the late 80s. His work has been since become the subject of extended study while the directness and honesty in his approach to life and art continue to attract large interest worldwide.

visit: http://www.mapplethorpe.org/

2011, November 1 – 2012, February 15

Exhibition Hall

107-109 Syngrou Avenue, 11745 Athens, Greece

Information/Tickets: 210 900 5 800

Email:info@sgt.gr

Parallel events: Explore the many sides of his work through your camera

Ulrike Ottinger- Das fotografische Werk der Filmerin

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