We are back, alive and kicking, ready to provide you with ideas, suggestions, and a friendly touch in your life.

We know there are a lot of new people who have just arrived in the country and we do hope we can reach out to them and offer help, advice,

and, above all, our welcome.

We also know that a lot of people have moved to other places and some of them were good friends of ours. These people will leave a gap in our

lives with their absence, but they should know (and we know they do), that there will always be a place in our hearts for them. Fortunately

we see them when they come to visit and we keep in touch. (hi Angelo, Valeria, Alexandra, Gary, Nelly, Ivar, Barbara and all)

Something that has  just crossed my mind: why not show each other our holiday photos and exchange views and impressions about places we went

and things we liked or didn’t like on our vacation ?

Nice idea ?. Well, go for it !

The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, presents the screening program “Performance 1964-1976, Selections from the EMST Collection”, from September 7 to October 3.

Through 17 videos this program presents different themes in performance art, like the chance element of early happenings, the relation with different artistic mediums and practices, the focus on the body and on gender and also the dematerialization of the artistic object but also the attempts of documentation through the media of film and video. The screenings will take place in Project Room daily at museum opening times according to the timetable.

Entrance is free

07/09/2010 – 03/10/2010

Curated By: Stamatis Schizaki

Vassileos Georgiou Β 17 -19 & Rigillis Street
Athens, 10675

Telephone: 210 92.42.111 – 3,
Fax: 210 92.45.200
e-mail: protocol@emst.gr

Dame Laura Knight, “Three Graces”

Exhibition Curator: Alexandra Van der Staaij

The Herakleidon Museum from September 3rd until November 21st 2010 will present the exhibition with the title: “Woman as Muse, 1900-1950″. The exhibition will showcase about ninety (90) works on paper – watercolors, prints and drawings of the first fifty years of the 20th century, by European artists (including Greeks). The works come from the Museum’s collection, the Greek National Gallery, the Alpha Bank Collection, as well as from the private collections of Mr. George Economou and Mr. Charalambos Leontiadis.

More specifically:

From the Herakleidon Museum’s collection works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Henri Matisse, Aristide Maillol, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Landacre, Dame Laura Knight, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen and Childe Hassam.

From the Greek National Gallery collection works by Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, Egon Schiele, Jules Pascin, Yiannis Moralis, George Varlamos, George Economidis, Markos Zavitzianos, Emmanuel Zeppos, Dimitrios Galanis, Alexandros Korogiannakis, Dimitris Giannoukakis, Angelos Theodoropoulos, Costas Grammatopoulos and Yannis Kefallinos.

From the Alpha Bank collection works by Spyros Vassiliou, Dimitrios Galanis, Angelos Theodoropoulos, Dimitris Giannoukakis, George Economidis, Costas Grammatopoulos and Markos Zavitzianos.

From the George Economou collection works by Franz von Stuck, Alfons Walde, Lev Tchistovsky, Anton Peschka, Otto Müller, Otto Rudolf Schatz, Arthur Brusenbauch, Max Beckmann, Jeanne Mammen, Béla Kádár, Jean Metzinger and Erich Metzoldt.

The Charalambos Leontiadis collection participates with the work “La Parisienne” by Dimitrios Galanis.

The female form has been an inspiration to artists of all ages and ethnic groups, dating back to antiquity. The exhibition “Woman as Muse, 1900-1950” will showcase works on paper by world renowned artists of modernism, depicting their varied interpretations of the female form and reflecting the prevailing artistic movements of their time. Woman is portrayed as mother, muse, lover, friend or confidante. She is alternately nurturing, beguiling, assertive or conspiratorial.

We would like to thank:

- Dr. Ms. Marilena Z.Cassimatis, Art Historian,
Curator, National Gallery
- Ms. Irini Orati, Art Historian,
Curator of the Alpha Bank collection
- Ms. Irini Dimitrakopoulou, Art Historian-Archaeologist,
Curator of the George Economou collection

for their valuable contribution in the selection of the works and the preparation of the exhibition.

Under the Auspices of

September 3rd, 2010 – November 21st, 2010

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

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

T: +30 210 34 61 981

Γενικές πληροφορίες

Το Γαλλικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών ανοίγει και πάλι τις πόρτες του και σας υποδέχεται, από τις 6 Σεπτεμβρίου: Δευτέρα έως Παρασκευή 9.00 – 20.00 και το Σάββατο 09.00 – 14.00

Cours et formations Les inscriptions aux cours et formations sont ouvertes. Rentrée des cours : le 13 septembre Nouveauté : les formations supérieures à distance - un Master 1 et 2 en didactique FLE / FLS en partenariat avec l’université d’Artois - un Master 2 de « protection de l’environnement » en partenariat avec l’université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - un Master 1 en « administration des entreprises » en partenariat avec l’université de La Rochelle et le CNED. - Diplôme de fin d’études en traduction (littérature et sciences humaines en partenariat avec INALCO Pour plus d’informations : www.ifa.gr Si vous voulez télécharger notre nouvelle brochure pour les apprenants du français, cliquez sur l’image : Μαθήματα Οι εγγραφές των μαθημάτων ξεκίνησαν. Έναρξη μαθημάτων: 13 Σεπτεμβρίου Νέα προγράμματα μεταπτυχιακών σπουδών εξ αποστάσεως - Master 1 και 2: Διδακτική της Γαλλικής ως Ξένης / Δεύτερης Γλώσσας σε συνεργασία με το Πανεπιστήμιο του Artois - Master 2: Προστασία του Περιβάλλοντος σε συνεργασία με το Πανεπιστήμιο των Βερσαλλιών Saint- Quentin-en-Yvelines - Master 1: Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων σε συνεργασία με το Πανεπιστήμιο της La Rochelle και το Εθνικό Κέντρο για την Εξ Αποστάσεως Εκπαίδευση (CNED) - Δίπλωμα ολοκλήρωσης κύκλου σπουδών στη Μετάφραση (Λογοτεχνία-Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες) σε συνεργασία με το Εθνικό Ινστιτούτο Ανατολικών Γλωσσών και Πολιτισμού (INALCO) Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες: www.ifa.gr Εάν θέλετε να κατεβάσετε το νέο μας πρόγραμμα για τους σπουδαστές γαλλικών, πατήστε την παρακάτω εικόνα:
Evénements culturels MIRFestival Du 10 au 18 septembre 2010 Ne ratez pas les représentations françaises dans la cadre du MIRFestival : festival d’art expérimental, des arts de la scène, des arts plastiques et des nouveaux médias. Pour plus d’informations, cliquez sur l’image : Πολιτιστικές εκδηλώσεις MIRFestival Από τις 10 έως τις 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010 Μην χάσετε τις γαλλικές συμμετοχές στο MIRFestival: φεστιβάλ πειραματικής τέχνης, των τεχνών του δρόμου, εικαστικών τεχνών και νέων μέσων. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες, πατήστε την παρακάτω εικόνα:
Cinéma, radio et télévision Festival de cinéma Emotion Picture Le 13 septembre à 20 h 00 Sélection de films francophones Musée Bénaki Peiraios BFM Radio Le 14 septembre 19 h 00 – Auditorium IFA Grand Journal en direct (en collaboration avec Ubifrance) Plus d’informations : Nychtes Premieras CONN-X Du 15 au 26 septembre 16ème édition du Festival international du Film dʼAthènes NYCHTES PREMIERAS CONN-X Sélection de films francophones Plus d’informations : Σινεμά, ραδιόφωνο και τηλεόραση Φεστιβάλ Emotion Picture 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 20.00. Επιλογή γαλλόφωνων ταινιών Μουσείο Μπενάκη – Κτήριο Οδού Πειραιώς BFM Radio 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 19.00 – Auditorium Γαλλικού Ινστιτούτου Αθηνών Η ραδιοφωνική εκπομπή Grand Journal σε απευθείας μετάδοση (σε συνεργασία με την Ubifrance) Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες: Νύχτες Πρεμιέρας CONN-X 15-26 Σεπτεμβρίου 16ο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου της Αθήνας – Νύχτες Πρεμιέρας CONN-X Επιλογή γαλλόφωνων ταινιών Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες:

We feel that the National Archaeological Museum, Athens is the ideal setting par excellence to display Myrtis.  Her reception within the walls of our institution, where so many burial sculptures and funerary reliefs are held, recalls the ancient ritual practice of Dexiosis, whereby the right hand is extended in a gesture of  farewell to the dead.  The encounter of Myrtis with the youths and maidens on burial stelai at the Museum -Dikaios, Nikocharis, Aristille or Mnesagora- is metaphysical. Through the face of little Myrtis, sepulchral monuments and memorials of the 5th century BC, both eponymous or anonymous, come back to life and talk with us.  They remind us of the common human fate, death, but also of its defeat by means of memory.  It is no coincidence that Myrtis was declared “Friend of the Goals of the Millenium” by the United Nations Organization.

A series of educational activities, to be announced in the near future, is scheduled for the period of the exhibition.

September 13 – November 30, 2010

National Archaeological Museum

Opening hours: Monday: 13:30-20:00
Tuesday-Sunday: 08:00-20:00

We found out a new shop that might interest a lot of you who like cycling. This place is in PSIRRI (8 Melanthiou str.)

www.vca.gr, and they specialize in “building” bikes and selling them as well as spare parts. You can also choose different and

very fancy colors.

Next Thursday (09/09) they have their opening party with free styler Ruudie as a guest.

KALES VOLTES ! (have good rides)

Their success is significant: 6 albums, over twelve millions sales and sixteen year of successful career on top of the world charts.

Maybe the meaning of the name of the band is non-medicine, but their music is genuine and full of energy, like a dose of testosterone. Their songs are erotic, lonely, self-destructive. Through the alternative punk sound they fight against the establishment and they speak about the society apathy, the addiction and the alienation. The figures of Brian Molko express the amphibology sexuality of the songs of the band. Their sound is influenced by Smashing Pumpkins, PJ Harvey, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Depeche Mode.

Placebo, with a MTV award for Best Alternative Act in their suitcases, return to Greece for two memorable nights, on Friday 10 September in Earth Theatre, in Thessaloniki and on Saturday 11 September, in TerraVibe Park.

In 415 b.c, Euripides chooses to talk about all this through the eyes of the women captives of Troy, that are getting ready, as slaves, to abandon their motherland and follow the Greek victors to a new, unknown land. The sharpness of the denunciation along with the touching poetic sensitivity, distinguish the play as one of the masterpieces not only of the Greek drama, but of the international cultural heritage.

Translation by: Padelis Boukalas
Direction by: Vangelis Theodoropoulos
Choreographies by: Aggeliki Stellatou
Set-costume design by: Aggelos Medis
Music by: Takis Farazis
Lighting design: Sakis Birbilis
Assistant director: Anna Tsapara

Cast
Ekavi: Lydia Koniordou
Talthivios: Giannis Tsortekis
Andromache: Maria Kallimani
Cassandra: Maria Kitsou
Menelaus: Mihalis Economou
Athena: Ioanna Kanellopoulou
Eleni: Amalia Tsekoura
Poseidon: Orestis Tziovas
Demetra Larentzaki, Aimilia Valvi, Irini Tzanetoulakou, Elita Kounadi

Admission: 10 €

Tickets
Tickets are sold at the City of Athens Cultural Centre (50 Academias st), Monday to Friday 9:00-14:30 (tel. 210 3612920).

Tickets will be sold at the “Dora Stratou” Theatre only on the day of the performance 19:00-21:00.

1595, 210 3621601, 210 3630706

U2 – 360º Tour is based in a unique staging configuration with excellent sight lines which provides an intimate audience experience at a price affordable to all fans. With its cylindrical video system, massive stage, rotating bridges and of course, the U2 passion – the experience becomes an amazing event.

FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2010
OLYMPIC STADIUM

source: ticketpro.gr