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The 'Secret Garden' of Kostis Georgiou at the Benaki Museum

Zoomorphic sculptures, acrobats, angels, mannequins of the future along with a porcupine gather in the "Secret Garden" which is set up in the atrium of the Benaki Museum Pireos Street Annexe by Kostis Georgiou, who is expected to meet...

El Greco’s Art Travelling From Greece to Toledo

The greatest exhibition ever of the works of El Greco will take place in Toledo, Spain. Three pieces by Greece’s most famous painter will travel to Spain, to be included in the exhibition entitled The Greek of Toledo. These three...

Benaki Museum Collection Travelling to Australia

The famous Greek Benaki Museum, in collaboration with Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum, are planning to bring one of Greece’s oldest private museum collections to Australia for the first time. Benaki Museum CEO, John Tatoulis is currently in Melbourne discussing the procedures...

Athens Academy Hands Out its 2013 Awards

The Academy of Athens, during its annual celebratory meeting which took place on Friday, handed out awards and praises from the Institute for 2013. The meeting began with a speech from the President of the Academy of Athens, Spiros Evangelatos,...

First Athens World Poetry Festival

A number of 69 poets will participate in 22 different events that will take place in the region of Athens as part of the first international Athens World Poetry Festival. The Festival will commence on Sept. 23 till 29,  in...

On Both Sides of the Aegean

Director Maria Iliou and historian Alexander Kitroeff, who in 2012 presented at the Benaki Museum the documentary entitled On Both Sides of the Aegean which deals with the expulsion and exchange of populations between Turkey and Greece in 1922-1924,...

Melbourne Museum, Benaki Hook Up

The Hellenic Museum of Melbourne, officially announced its cooperation with the Benaki Museum at an event held on its premises in the presence of many art lovers. The announcement was made by the chairman of the Nafsika Stamoulis Foundation, under...

Benaki Museum Branch to Open in Melbourne

The Benaki Museum will soon open a branch in Melbourne, Australia. According to press reports, the Benaki Museum will cooperate with the Hellenic Museum of Melbourne to organize exhibitions in the two countries, hoping that the Greek Diaspora will become...

Niarchos Foundation Boosts Benaki Museum

Since January of 2012 the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has been working to help improve the lives of Greeks during a crushing economic crisis, putting up 100 million euros ($130 million) to help charities and NGOs, and part of the...

Benaki Museum Summer Festival On

For three weeks, the atrium of Benakis museum will not only turn into an ambient summer cinema, but also a comfortable and enjoyable concert venue. The festival starts next Tuesday, July 9 and will last until July 27. Sixteen screenings...