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Greece's Benaki Museum to Hold Online Art Auction November 30
Greece's historic museum, the Benaki, will host an online benefit auction of works of art beginning on November 30 and lasting until December 7, according to a Thursday press release.
The auction will be held as a way to support...
Greece
Mycenaean-Era Cyclades Exhibition Opens at Benaki Museum
The archaeological exhibition "From Homer’s World: Tenos and the Cyclades in the Mycenaean Age" will open to the public at 8 PM on Monday, December 16 at the new Benaki Museum building located at 138 Piraeus Street in Athens.
A...
Culture
Benaki Museum Hosts Exhibit on Greek Architect Who Built Skopje in 1960's
Constantinos Doxiadis was a Greek architect who played a crucial role in the rebuilding of the city of Skopje in 1963 following a devastating earthquake which destroyed 80 percent of the city's infrastructure. At the time Skopje was part...
Art
Old Athens Comes To Life in Remarkable Exhibit at Benaki Museum
A photography exhibition opens on Wednesday in the Greek capital, with the rare black and white photos shot by the famous photographer Alexander Lamont Henderson being exhibited for the first time to an Athenian audience.
Handerson visited Athens in 1904 and...
Crime
Vandals Target Athens' Benaki Museum
An 'oil spray' attack at the Benaki Museum in Athens was reported on Monday, with signs of vandalism using a transparent, greasy substance.
This is the second time in as many months that vandals have struck, following the first incident...
Culture
The Lure of Greece Explored at Athens' Benaki Museum
The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture presents an exhibition -- Travels in Greece (15th-19th Century) -- which will run until April 29.
It includes manuscripts, maps, prints, photographs, drawings and documents, from the Efstathions Finopoulos Collection which was donated to the museum...
Fashion
Jean Paul Gaultier Presents Greece-Inspired Creations at Benaki Museum
Renowned fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier presented his "Paris-Athens" collection at a glamorous event at the Benaki Museum on Tuesday, with all proceeds going to the museum.
Wearing a Greek flag T-shirt he designed himself, Gaultier welcomed his guests at...
Art
Check Out the Art Nouveau Exhibition at Benaki Museum Until May 21
An exhibition on the Art Nouveau movement, featuring select items from a museum in Karlsruhe, Germany opened its doors to the public at the main building of the Benaki Museum in Athens.
The exhibition, entitled Art Nouveau: From the collections...
Art
'Art Nouveau' Exhibition at Benaki Museum
The Culture Ministry in cooperation with Badisches Landesmuseum and the Benaki Museum are organizing an exhibition entitled "Art Nouveau" from the collections of the Badisches Landesmuseum of Karlsruhe, in Athens, from April 5 to May 21. The inauguration will...
Art
'Room 18 – The Design of a Typical Hotel Room' Exhibit Opens Friday at Benaki Museum's Pireos Street Annexe
Room18 is an entire exhibition dedicated to the design of urban hotel rooms in Greece and opens its doors at the Benaki Museum's Pireos Street Annexe on Friday, November 18.
The exhibit features three life-size room designs that won awards...
events
Benaki Museum to Host Photo Exhibition 'The Journey. People on the Move'
The Board of Trustees of the Benaki Museum, in collaboration with the organization SolidarityNow are hosting the photo exhibition "The Journey. People on the Move"
Eight Leading photojournalists put together 140 photos, and tell the story of the journey of the...
Culture
Tribute to Turkish Photographer Ara Güler at Benaki Museum
Benaki Museum in Athens will present on May 12 the award-winning Turkish documentary "The Eye of Istanbul" by directors Binnur Karaevli and Fatih Kaymak, which tells the story of renowned Turkish-Armenian photographer Ara Güler during the preparation of a...
Culture
Exhibition of Works by Thomas Hope Opens at Benaki Museum of Islamic Art
Sixty works of Dutch and British merchant banker, author, philosopher and art collector Thomas Hope (1769-1831), which present Istanbul during the era of the Ottoman Empire, are hosted in an exhibition titled “Thomas Hope: Drawings of Ottoman Istanbul” at...
Culture
Greece's Benaki Museum Selects Former IFA Head Olivier Descotes as New Director
The 40-year-old former head of the French Institute in Athens (IFA), Olivier Descotes, will replace Dr. Angelos Delivorias at the helm of Greece’s prestigious Benaki Museum starting on March, the museum announced on Friday.
"The selection of Olivier Descotes by the...
Art
Benaki Museum Hosts Soloúp Exhibit
Soloúp - pseudonym of cartoonist Antonis Nikolopoulos -- has a unique way of looking at things. For him it is important to comprehend what you are looking at and read between the lines. Therefore, he approached Ayvalik, Asia Minor...