Art Athina, the cornerstone of Athens’ cultural landscape, is the largest art fair nationwide since its inception 30 years ago. Groundbreaking, exciting, authentic Art Athina 2024 brings together 71 art galleries from Greece and abroad at the historic Zappeion Mansion from 19 to 23 September 2024. It is the largest annual art event in Greece and one of the oldest art fairs in Europe. If you are looking for a fall break filled with the best of art from Greece and beyond, look no further!
Organized by the Panhellenic Association of Art Galleries, under the auspices of the H.E. President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the fair focuses on contemporary art and design, while emphasizing diversity, inclusion and sustainability. Featuring exciting artistic proposals, innovative presentations, outstanding projects, engaging activities and strategic partnerships, Art Athina plays a leading role in establishing the Greek capital as a cultural hub.
Art Athina, one of the most impressive cultural art fairs in the country in terms of scale and variety, draws hundreds of visitors downtown for a spectacular multi-day event. The fair plays a leading role in the city’s position as an important cultural capital through insightful presentations, meaningful institutional partnerships and engaging public art activations. Art Athina provides an excellent opportunity for gallerists, curators, art dealers, art lovers and institutions as well as collectors to explore the latest trends in the art world and actively engage in one-on-one meetings with established as well as up-and-coming artists. So, let’s check out what this year’s fair has in store for the art-loving community!
Art Athina 2024 will not be limited to the main hall of Zappeion Megaron, its home since 2019, but will also be extending to the surrounding areas, as well as the Aegli open-air film theatre.
The fair brings together art galleries and designers from Greece and abroad to present their proposals. There is also special emphasis put on
-Design, focusing on combining traditional Greek techniques with innovative design with the purpose of creating objects that span a wide range of aesthetics
-Projects, independent art spaces, non-profit cultural organizations, artist-run galleries, studios and small new galleries
–Talks exploring the challenges pertaining to the relationship between galleries and artists, at an international level
–Videos focusing on social and political dimensions of environmental issues and sexuality
–Performances showcasing issues related to freedom and identities, community dynamics, (non) human relations and concepts such as ecology and sustainability
– Kids’ Educational Program, comprising workshops for kids (painting, collage, architecture, mixed media, theatrical play) aiming at raising awareness on environmental issues.
For the third year in a row, in collaboration with the MOMus-Museum Alex Mylona, one of the five museums of the Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus., Art Athina 2024 will honor a visual artist with the Art Athina Young Artist Award. This award is designated to support artistic creation and every year is awarded, upon suggestion by the gallery that represents him or her, to an artist that is 45 or younger, lives and works in Greece and has held at least one solo exhibition. Last year’s winner, Stefania Strouza, currently presents her work at the Gallery a. antonopoulou.art and MOMus-Museum Alex Mylona.
The following are this years’ participants.
Art Galleries: a.antonopoulou. art, agathi kartalos, Alibi, Allouche Benias Gallery, Alma Gallery, Argo Gallery, Art Zone 42, Artower Agora, Artshot – Sophia Gaitani, Artworx, Arusha Gallery (UK), ASTROLAVOS art galleries, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Callirrhoë, Citronne Gallery, Crux Gallerie, Depo Darm, Dio Horia, ekfrasi – yianna grammatopoulou, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Enari Gallery (Netherlands), EPsilon Art Gallery, Françoise Heitsch (Germany), Gallery ArtPrisma, Gallery Ersi, GALERIE LJ (France), Gallery 7, Gallery LTECGallery/MAMA CONTEMPORARY (Cyprus), genesis gallery, IAGA Contemporary Art SRL (Romania, Italy), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Kalfayan Galleries, Kourd Gallery, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Marginalia Gallery (Cyprus), Mazi projects_Razem Pamoja Foundation (Poland), META Spatiu (Romania), Mihalarias Art, Nil Gallery (France), Nitra Gallery, Papatzikou Gallery, Peritechnon Karteris Art Gallery, Rebecca Camhi Gallery, ROMA Gallery, Shazar Gallery (Italy), Sianti Gallery, Skoufa Gallery, Spazio b5 (Italy), Sylvia Kouvali, Technohoros Art Gallery, The Blender Gallery, THE BREEDER, THE EDIT GALLERY (Cyprus), Wilhelmina’s, XIPPAS (France—Switzerland-Uruguay), zina athanassiadou gallery.
Project spaces Alkinois, Apodec, igni, keramikos 23 artspace, MISC, Sealed Earth Ceramic Studio and Gallery, The Office of Hydrocommons x ATOPOS cvc, Thermia Project.
Design ANTIQUA Gallery, Bombyx, Mare Studio, Stefanidou Tsoukala Gallery, Taxidi Tinos, Temporary Showroom.
D.T.
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