From Thursday, June 21th until Sunday, June 24th Art Athina will be welcoming the visitors in the two basements of the Athens Conservatoire. The art fair will be inaugurated by the President of the Greek Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Wednesday June 20th, a day exclusively reserved for the previews.
This year’s Art Athina hosts 53 local and international galleries.
The program of the 23d Art Athina is organized as follows:
Main: The central section of the exhibition spreads in the two main spaces of the Athens Conservatoire, where local and international galleries present their booths.
Highlights: Young international galleries join Art Athina upon the invitation of the Artistic Director, Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos. The galleries hosted this year come from London, Porto, Athens, Paris, Antwerp, Los Angeles, Cologne and New York.
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“The Marathon” – Series of live performances by epitelesis – Performance Art Foundation
Υπό το τίτλο “The Marathon”, ο οργανισμός epitelesis – Performance Art Foundation παρουσιάζει τη σειρά ζωντανών επιτελέσεων (performances) το Σάββατο 19 Σεπτεμβρίου – 18:00 με 22:00 στους χώρους του Booze Cooperativa, με ελεύθερη είσοδο. Ως αποτέλεσμα του ομώνυμου εκπαιδευτικού εργαστηρίου και με τη καθοδήγηση της εικαστικού Dagmar I. Glausnitzer Smith και του καλλιτεχνικού διδύμου Zeirle & Carter, με βάση τη Γερμανία και το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, καθώς και των προσκεκλημένων δασκάλων Αντρέα Πασιά και Francesco Kiàis, οι συμμετέχοντες έχουν ως σημείο έναρξης του ‘μαραθώνιού’ τους το κέντρο της Αθήνας, καθώς επιλέχθηκαν μέσω ανοιχτού καλέσματος από Ελλάδα, Κύπρο και χώρες του εξωτερικού.
Curated by_Vienna 2015/Tomorrow, Today
International curators present exhibitions in Vienna’s leading contemporary art galleries.
Art and capital
Curated by_vienna was initiated by the Vienna Business Agency’s creative unit, departure, in 2009 to support systematic cooperation between Viennese contemporary art galleries and international curators. Vienna boasts a vibrant contemporary art scene as a European metropolis at the crossroads between North and South, East and West, tradition and innovation. In addition to its world-class museums and non-profit organizations, there are numerous excellent galleries that have earned an international reputation through cutting-edge programmes.
Don’t Follow The Wind – An exhibition in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone
2015 – ?
What can art do in an ongoing catastrophe, when destruction and contamination have made living impossible? Don’t Follow the Wind is an ongoing exhibition taking place inside the restricted Fukushima Exclusion Zone, the radioactive evacuated area surrounding the Daiichi Nuclear Power – owned by TEPCO – established in the wake of the 2011 disaster that contaminated the area separating residents from their homes, land, and community.