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Architectural Treasures from the Heartland of the Medieval Serbian Kingdom
17 April 2013 until 19 May 2013
The photographic exhibition "Architectural Treasures from the Heartland of the Medieval Serbian Kingdom", organized by the Museum of Byzantine Culture (March 2012-December 2013), is now presented at the Byzantine and Christian Museum...
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Kostas Papastamoulis. “Church and Monument: Byzantine monuments looking towards the Akropolis rock”
10 April 2013 until 12 May 2013
The painter Kostas Papastamoulis, following the practice of painting historical sites, which refers to a long artistic tradition, focuses on his recent works on the Akropolis rock. He depicts the site as seen from every corner of the city, at any time of the day, in different weather conditions, and links his main subject with the Byzantine, post-Byzantine, and Ottoman monuments.
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Yiannis Kastritsis' "Interpretation of Lives"
11 February - 31 March 2013
The painter Yiannis Kastritsis through his exhibition Interpretation of Lives in the Byzantine & Christian Museum becomes part of the chorus of contemporary artists who are inspired by Byzantine tradition.
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Garden & Paradise. Metaphor and Reality.
23 January 2013 until 17 April 2013
The choice of subject-matter for this year’s diary and of the small exhibition accompanying it, stems directly from the proposals submitted for the remodelling of the Museum grounds. Perusing the selected artefacts presented in the exhibition, the visitor can embark on their own search for paradise...
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Lefteris Olympios “Facing Byzantium”
04 December 2012 until 03 February 2013
Lefteris Olympios’ exhibition “Facing Byzantium” contains selected works representative of his artistic creation (1993-2012). It is also a response to an important aspect of art:the contemporary artistic idiom can reformulate religious iconographic themes in a fascinating way.
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Helen Apostolopoulos' 'Forms'
08 October 2012 until 25 November 2012
Helen Apostolopoulos brings her unique sculptural forms, borne in part of her study of important archaeological collections and monuments, to the Byzantine Museum. Her years in the Hellenic Archaeological Service brought her into contact with important examples and groups of muralled monuments, which she studied methodically and drew with artistic flair.
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"Byzantine Salento. Through the camera of Foteini Kaimaki"
03 October 2012 until 15 January 2013
The Salento region in Southern Italy includes the province of Lecce and parts of the provinces of Brindisi and Taranto. The region was contested by the Lombards and Byzantines from 476, year of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, to 876, when it finally became a Byzantine holding. After the Norman conquest of 1071 the Byzantines left Salento. Byzantine culture and practices survived into the following centuries however, enduring in church fresco decorations up until the 14th c. and in the use of the Greek liturgy until the 17th c.
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'The Art of Bookbinding: From Byzantium to Contemporary Artistic Creation'
Founded in 1914, the Byzantine and Christian Museum is one of the oldest museums in Greece devoted exclusively to Byzantine art and civilization. The whole of the museum’s collection of manuscript codices and incunabula highlights valuable material.
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Theodoros Papagiannis "Bread"
18 June 2012 until 23 September 2012
For the exhibition in the Byzantine & Christian Museum Theodoros Papagiannis chose to present representative works from his artistic production from the last 15 years in a really new concept. The bread, a symbol of great importance for Christianity and a favourite subject for the artist, is the core around which the narrative of the exhibition is organized.
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The FACES of Ioannis Lassithiotakis
04 April 2012 until 04 June 2012
On Wednesday, April 4th 2012 at 19.30 is inaugurated in the Byzantine and Christian Museum the exhibition of Ioannis Lassithiotakis "Faces". The artist presents 30 works, which he created during the last few years.
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Per Kirkeby: A creative dialogue with Byzantine art.
02 February 2012 until 24 March 2012
Per Kirkeby, one of the most important neo-expressionists artist in Denmark, is presented for the first time in Greece, in an exhibition that depicts his development through 29 selected works. Painter, sculptor, writer and poet Kirkeby is inspired by Byzantine art which he approached with his particular personal style.
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Exhibition of the Byzantine & Christian Museum at Athens International Airport
10 January 2012 until 30 April 2012
Athens International Airport, in the framework of its cooperation with the Byzantine & Christian Museum, hosts at its premises a photo exhibition of the Museum’s Permanent Exhibition.
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Efthimios Warlamis. "Mount Athos".
08 November 2011 until 08 January 2012
The exhibition is presenting about fifty paintings depict mainly landscapes and monasteries of the Mount Athos.
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“Within/Beyond Borders. The Collection of the European Bank of Investment”
20 September 2011 until 30 October 2011
The European Investment Bank’s art collection, which comprises some 550 works of art (paintings, photographs, works on paper, sculptures and installations), features the creations of both emblematic and emerging figures in contemporary art.
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“Roma in the Byzantine Museum”
22 May 2011 until 11 June 2011
The action “Roma in the Byzantine Museum” contains various events: exhibitions, screenings...
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"Wall paintings from Steni, Euboea, the repatriation"
17 May 2011 until 04 September 2011
The Church of the Palaiopanagia, a cross-vaulted structure, stands in an isolated location between the villages of Loutsa and Steni on the island of Euboea. Its wall paintings are artistically noteworthy and may date from the latter half of the 16th century.
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The Duchess of Plaisance: The History Behind the Myth
16 December 2010 until 26 February 2011
Sophie Barbe de Marbois, Duchesse de Plaisance (1785-1854). Çow many people know the name of the Duchess of Plaisance?
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Contemporary church art: Architecture & Painting.
22 November 2010 until 27 November 2010
This exhibition of works by contemporary architects and icon painters at the Byzantine and Christian Museum was held in parallel with the “2nd Academic Symposium on Modern Greek Church Art”, which has been organized by the University of Athens, Faculty of Theology in collaboration with scholars from departments of Architecture and Engineering at the University of Patras and elsewhere.
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Lambros Gatis' "Sculpture Rhapsody"
05 October 2010 until 13 November 2010
The Lambros Gatis exhibition was presented in the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens under the title Sculpture Rhapsody, included a series of audiovisual sculptures.
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Byzantium and modern art
22 March 2010 until 12 June 2010
The Byzantine art was a subject for dialogue in the artistic community during the first half of the 20th c. The presented artists participated in this discourse concerning the value of the Byzantine art and incorporated afterwards elements of its heritage in their work.
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Giorgos Triantafyllou. ARCHETYPES* From huts and sheepfolds to contemporary art and architecture
19 April 2010 until 04 September 2010
The periodic exhibitions of the Byzantine & Christian Museum (BCM) host the opening of the exhibition and the presentation of the book by the architect Giorgos Triantafyllou. Both the exhibition and the book are dedicated to the memory of the late Director of BCM Dimitris Constantios.
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Warhol/Icon: The creation of image
06 October 2009 until 09 January 2010
Andy Warhol (Pittsburgh 1928 – New York 1987) is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. He played a leading role in the Pop Art movement in America from the early 1960s.
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PEOPLE AND ICONS. REFUGEES’ HEIRLOOMS
27 June 2009 until 29 August 2009
Taking the Museum’s collection “Refugees’ Heirlooms’ as its starting point the exhibition traces the links between the objects and the people.
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Study at the Prado. Konstantinos K. Kerestetzis. 1990-2007
04 March 2009 until 02 May 2009
The series of studies by Konstantinos Kerestetzis on show in the “Study at the Prado” exhibition at the Byzantine and Christian Museum are the result of a creative visual dialogue between the young artist and the great masters rather than the distillation of a long period of learning.
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ENAMELS. COLOUR IN THE COURSE OF TIME
20 December 2007 until 16 February 2008
Although the art of enamelling has been known for centuries, it is now practised by very few artists. The Byzantine and Christian Museum is for the first time presenting an exhibition devoted exclusively to the art of enamel on metals. The exhibits cover a wide chronological and geographical spectrum.
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Thrace-Constantinople. Georgios Lampakis's Journey (1902)
06 November 2007 until 16 June 2008
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Yiannis Kolefas (1927-1986). Journey in the art of the mosaic
27 March 2007 until 16 June 2007
The exhibition held at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in honour of the artist and conservator Yiannis Kolefas is designed to project his multi-faceted work in the areas of conservation, creative art, and the teaching of the art of the mosaic. In the galleries in the Villa Ilissia, spectators follow Kolefas’s path as conservator, artist, teacher and man, through a significant part of his work.
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CHINA UNDER THE TANG. A golden era (7th-10th century)
09 July 2006 until 30 August 2006
The Byzantine and Christian Museum, in collaboration with the Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, and with the National Museum of China, stages for the first time a major temporary exhibition that reveals unknown aspects of an influential and fascinating culture. The period of the Tang dynasty (AD 618-907) is one of the “golden eras” in the history of China.
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From Chioniades. Studies and anthivola
19 March 2006 until 06 May 2006
Unknown aspects of Post-Byzantine art
Byzantine and Christian Museum and the Municipal Center of History in Volos present the temporary exhibition "From Chioniades... Studies and anthivola"
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Masters. Photis Zachariou - Antonis Glinos
26 February 2006 until 27 May 2006
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Andritsa Cave. Fateful refuge
25 September 2005 until 19 November 2005
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Georgios Tsolozides Collection. Byzantine & Post-Byzantine Art
31 May 2005 until 14 September 2005
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1884-1930. From the Christian Collection to the Byzantine Museum
28 March 2002 until 30 October 2002
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Byzantine Hours. Works and days in Byzantium. Byzantium: an oecumenical empire
22 October 2001 until 09 January 2002
The concept of the oecumenicity of Byzantium, the Christian empire of the East, is an extension of the theory of the universality of the Roman imperium.
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A Mystery Great and Wondrous
27 May 2001 until 30 July 2001
The Church of Greece is commemorating the 2000th anniversary of the joyful event of the Lord made Man. The culmination of its celebration is the exhibition "A Mystery Great and Wondrous", organized in the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, in collaboration of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
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