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In Mute Festival at Onassis Cultural Centre

This two-day festival that will take place from October 12 to 13 at the Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, Greece, seeks to highlight the powerful links between contemporary musical expression and the silent cinema. Electronic sounds on the verge of noise,...

Contemporary Art Festival from the Arab World at the Onassis Cultural Centre

Μeeting Points 6, the contemporary art festival from the Arab World, opens its gates to the Greek public for the first time at the Onassis Cultural Center of Athens from March 7 to 11. With the subtitle “Locus Agonistes: Practices and...

Greek Diaspora Exhibition Held at Onassis Cultural Centre

From March 15th, The Onassis Cultural Centre will house an exhibition, named “Polyglossia” (multilingualism), which will feature artists of Greek descent. At the entrance of the building the visitors will be welcomed by “Pharos”, a sculpture made by internationally...

Onassis Foundation Brings 'Digital Revolution' to Athens

An exhibition that explores our digital past and the journey into our even more digital future will open its doors to the Athenian public on Tuesday, at the Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC) on Syngrou Avenue. From the early days...

Onassis Foundation Annoyed with EU Rejection of Athens Regeneration Project

Onassis Foundation on Sunday expressed its dismay at the European Commission's decision to exclude two regeneration projects from the upcoming EU funding program for Greece , according to a statement. According to Greek media, the European Commission has rejected the...

Exhibition 'Emotions' Opens at the Acropolis Museum on Tuesday

The unseen emotional landscape in ancient art is explored in the exhibition "Emotions" organized by the Acropolis Museum and the Onassis Foundation, which is to open in Athens on Tuesday and run until November 19. Featuring 129 artifacts from some...

German Artist Makes Omonoia Square in Athens 'Invisible'

German artist Gregor Schneider has made the famous Omonoia Square in Athens "invisible" to intruders and Google Maps as part of an art festival. Schneider has been invited to Athens for the Fast Forward Festival, sponsored by the Onassis Cultural...

Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award 2016 Winners: Three Innovative Winners

At a ceremony held at the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens on Wednesday, Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos presented trophies to the three winners of this year’s Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award (HEA). This brings the total number of winners to 14...

Choreographer of Athens 2004 Olympic Games To Present 'STILL LIFE' Worldwide

"STILL LIFE" visual performance, conceived and directed by Greek artist Dimitris Papaioannou, and produced by 2WORKS with the support of the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens, will travel across the world, sponsored by Aegean Airlines, from October 7, 2015 through...

HackTheBook: Redefining the Book Concept in Athens

The Onassis Cultural Centre, in collaboration with the Europeana Space Network, invites designers, artists, publishers, programmers, authors, poets, hackers and entrepreneurs to a marathon which will redefine the book. The book is redefined by focusing on four different parameter-challenges. Each...

Paul Auster Gives Lecture in Athens

Paul Auster, acknowledged as one of the most important contemporary authors in the United States, is visiting Athens, Greece. An event will be held at the Onassis Cultural Centre, where Auster will be presenting the unseen world of his books...

DW: 'Greek Artists Defy Economic Crisis'

The German newspaper Deutsche Welle published an article today, June 9, on Greek artists, focusing on how they have dealt with the economic crisis in Greece. It has been one year since the state television and radio broadcaster ERT was...

Young Greek Directors Riding New Wave of Cinema

Greek cinema has a well-known paradoxical side: there may be no state funding during a crushing economic crisis, but creativity seems to be surging and changing the dynamics of contemporary Greek cinematography. The modern Greek cinema consists of many new...

Michalis Pieris: A Poet of the “Periphery”

“We must not be ashamed of the Syrian and Egyptian blood in our veins; we should really honour it, take pride in it…” C. P. Cavafy, “Going Back Home from Greece” (C.P. Cavafy, Collected Poems. Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Edited...

Greece Embraces Culture Not as Luxury But as Investment in Progress

By Constantine E. Passaris* Since time immemorial, Greece has supported and promoted the arts and culture. Indeed, Greece has created a significant foot print and an inspiring legacy in the arts and culture. Hardly a day goes by when we do...