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A walk through ancient Olympia

A walk through ancient Olympia

Digital Projection

This programme provides a complete tour to the sacred site of ancient Olympia in the 2nd century BC. Monuments and sacred buildings come to life, enabling visitors to participate in the events and the rituals of the Olympic Games and to learn about the history of the city: the temple of Zeus, a model of Doric peripteral temple with magnificent sculpted decoration, the Heraion, the oldest monumental building of the sanctuary, dedicated to the goddess Hera, the Gymnasium, which was used for the training of javelin throwers, discus throwers and runners, the Palaestra, where the wrestlers, jumpers and boxers trained, the Leonidaion, which was where the official guests stayed, the Bouleuterion, where athletes, relatives and judges took a vow that they would upheld the rules of the Games, the Stadium, where most of the events took place, the Treasuries of various cities, where valuable offerings were kept, the Philippeion, which was dedicated by Philip II, king of Macedonia, after his victory in the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.

1 March, 2017 to 31 December, 2022
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A complete digital tour in English to the sacred site of Ancient Olympia in the 2nd century BC.

Venue: 
Tholos
Language: 
Greek, English
Duration: 
1 h
Hours: 
13:00
Tickets: 
7€-12€
Special remarks: 
Parking
Reservations are accepted
Credit cards are accepted
Wheelchair accessible
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01/03/2017 to 31/12/2022
 
A Walk Through Ancient Miletus

A Walk Through Ancient Miletus

Virtual Reality

The city of Miletus on the western coast of Asia Minor, one of the most important cities in Ionia, comes to life again in the Virtual Reality production
“A Walk Through Ancient Miletus”. This production, in the special environment of immersion of “Tholos”, uses some new technical characteristics, which allow the development of multiple directions of digital life in the virtual space and not a predetermined course.

4 September, 2017 to 31 December, 2022
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Starting again in September, guided tours are offered in Greek & English for groups.
At the Virtual Reality programme there is a tour at the meninsula and the city of Miletus, as it was 2,000 years ago. Visitors can explore the virtual city and learn about the most important public buildings. Starting from the gate at the Port of the Lions, they enter the sanctuary of Apollo Delphinios. Then, they visit the Ionian Stoa, which housed the stores of the city, the Hellenistic Gymnasium, the North Agora and the Bouleuterion, being able to see even the details of the buildings' architecture. They can “fly” over the city for one last panoramic view of the perfect city planning design, or even “dive” into its port.

Organization / Production: 
FOUNDATION OF THE HELLENIC WORLD
Venue: 
Tholos, Virtual Reality Theatre
Language: 
Greek
Duration: 
30-50 min
Hours: 
Projections offered only by appointment for groups
Tickets: 
5-12 euro
Special remarks: 
Parking
Reservations are accepted
Credit cards are accepted
Wheelchair accessible
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04/09/2017 to 31/12/2022
 
Dinosaurs at Dusk

Dinosaurs at Dusk

Digital Projection

Dinosaurs at Dusk is a 44-min show produced by Mirage3D for digital dome theatres. It is presented at "THOLOS", the Virtual Reality Theater of Hellenic Cosmos.
A learning adventure of a father and his teenage daughter Lucy, who share a fascination for all things that fly.
You’ll travel back in time to meet the pterosaurs and the ancestors of modern-day birds: the feathered dinosaurs. Lucy and her father navigate from continent to continent, looking for clues about the origins of flight.
When time runs out they experience first-hand the cataclysmic “last day” of the dinosaurs.
Science content includes topics such as continental drift, proper motion of stars, asteroids and impacts, extinctions and the convergent development of flight among species.

2 March, 2019 to 31 December, 2022
Organization / Production: 
HELLENIC COSMOS
Venue: 
Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre
Language: 
Greek
Duration: 
45"
Hours: 
-
Special remarks: 
Parking
Reservations are accepted
Credit cards are accepted
Wheelchair accessible
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02/03/2019 to 31/12/2022
 
WalkThrough | An interactive virtual tour of Kotsanas Museum

WalkThrough | An interactive virtual tour of Kotsanas Museum

Virtual Exhibition

The technological inventions of the ancient Greeks unfold interactively in front of you!

Heron, Philon, Archimedes, Ktesibios, Pythagoras and Hipparchos invite you to discover the cutting edge technology of antiquity through their inventions.

From the automatic hydraulic clock of Ktesibios to the Antikythera Calculating Mechanism, we observe that the foundations for many conquests of modern civilization, such as steam and gas propulsion, the computer and robotic constructions, had already been laid by the ancient Greek world. Philon’s automatic servant and magic wine jug, Archimedes’ hydraulic screw and so much more, come to illuminate unknown aspects of everyday life in public and private life.

8 March, 2021 to 8 March, 2022
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A tour of the permanent collection of the Kotsanas Museum “Ancient Greece – the origins of our technologies”!

To start your interactive tour, click here

Venue: 
Online Exhibition
Language: 
English, Greek
Hours: 
-
Tickets: 
€4,00
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08/03/2021 to 08/03/2022
 
“Is There Something in the Air? / Che cos'è che in aria vola?”

“Is There Something in the Air? / Che cos'è che in aria vola?”

Video

PEEMPIP’s participation in the international translation project titled “Is There Something in the Air? / Che cos'è che in aria vola?”, which was launched by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2020 (BCBF) in cooperation with translators and translator associations from all over the world, led to a creative collaboration with audiovisual artists from the fields of music and animation. Upon PEEMPIP’s invitation, young rapper TQR did his magic and created his very own rap song, based on the Greek translation of Roberto Piumini’s poem. Then, the talented graduate students of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University, Dilena Iliopoulou and Konstantina Gavriilidou picked up the torch, to create an animated video for the song.

8 March, 2021 to 8 March, 2022
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Video Credits:

Vocals: TQR (Arionas Koumenidis) Music: Prod. IHAKSI Animation: Nena (Dilena Iliopoulou, Instagram: @nenaumiko & Facebook: Nena Umiko Art - https://www.facebook.com/Nena-Umiko-A...​) and Kona G. (Konstantina Gavriilidou, Instagram: @pepdoodles) Original title: Che cos’è che in aria vola? by Roberto Piumini Translation: Mariangela Alexaki, Kleopatra Elaiotriviari, Athena Papadatou Subtitles: Maria Polychronopoulou Coordination: Mariangela Alexaki, Kleopatra Elaiotriviari, Virginia Kokkinou, Athena Papadatou, Christina Sklia

Note: Italian subtitles: the original verses of the poem by Roberto Piumini (http://fairtales.bolognachildrensbook...​) English subtitles: the poem translated into English by Leah Janeczko (http://fairtales.bolognachildrensbook...​) Greek subtitles: the poem translated into Greek by Mariangela Alexaki, Kleopatra Elaiotriviari and Athena Papadatou (http://fairtales.bolognachildrensbook...​). Find out more on the Bologna Children’s Book Fair website: http://fairtales.bolognachildrensbook...

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08/03/2021 to 08/03/2022
 
EUREKA: Science, Art & Technology of the Ancient Greeks

EUREKA: Science, Art & Technology of the Ancient Greeks

Exhibition

The exhibition includes emblematic achievements of ancient greek technology and technique. From the great and impressive works of the Mycenaeans, to the Byzantine astrolabe, the visitor travels through more than 28 centuries of history, knowledge, culture, human skills, all over the world of the geographical spread of Hellenism.
The thematic sections presented in both buildings of the Herakleidon Museum are as follows:
BUILDING AND GREAT WORKS, ANCIENT GREEK INSCRIPTIONS WITH TECHNOLOGICAL CONTENT, THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM, ASTRONOMY, TIME AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT, AUTOMAΤΑ, MECHANICS, TECHNOLOGY IN ARTS AND SPORTS, TRIREME, GREAT WEAPONS, WAR MACHINES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

14 May, 2021 to 31 August, 2023
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The collaboration between ΕΔΑΒυΤ and Herakleidon Museum has resulted in the present exhibition thematic sections dedicated to emblematic achievements of ancient greek technology and technique.

Organization / Production: 
Herakleidon Museum & ΕΔΑΒυΤ
Hours: 
Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 - 18:00 (last admission at 17:15)
Tickets: 
5 € normal ticket (for both buildings), 3 € reduced ticket (for both buildings)
Special remarks: 
Credit cards are accepted
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14/05/2021 to 31/08/2023
 
Sean Scully: Passenger - A Retrospective

Sean Scully: Passenger - A Retrospective

Exhibition

Almost ten years after Doric, the exhibition that introduced the art of Sean Scully to Greece, the Benaki Museum presents a major retrospective of the eminent artist’s work, entitled Passenger.

16 December, 2021 to 6 March, 2022
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The exhibition was first presented at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.

The exhibition includes a total of 103 works, oils, acrylics, watercolours and drawings, and introduces an iconic sculpture. The earliest paintings and drawings were made during the 1960s, and bear figurative qualities and references to the human form. These are displayed on the first floor of the exhibition, along with his most recent Madonna series (2018) whereby, after the birth of his son Oisín, Scully reverts briefly to figurative art. On the same level, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy large-scale works from the Supergrids series, where the artist’s influences derive, on the one hand, from the repeat patterns on rugs and textiles that he saw during a visit to Morocco and, on the other hand, from Mondrian’s neoplasticism. The exhibition’s second level includes Sean Scully’s exquisite oils, made from the 1980s onward, which hold an unbroken dialogue with the iconic movements and master painters of European art. The exhibits are complemented by sketches and notes that provide additional insight into the artist’s work.

Venue: 
Benaki Museum / Pireos 138
Language: 
Greek, English
Duration: 
16/12/2021 - 06/03/2022
Hours: 
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday: 10:00-18:00 Friday, Saturday: 10:00-22:00
Tickets: 
€ 8, € 4 Tickets can be bought in advance at tickets.benaki.org or by attending the Museum on the day of the visit.
Special remarks: 
Parking
Reservations are accepted
Credit cards are accepted
Wheelchair accessible
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16/12/2021 to 06/03/2022
 
Panagiotis Sotiropoulos: Anonymous Paths A Personal View of Greece, 2007 - 2017

Panagiotis Sotiropoulos: Anonymous Paths A Personal View of Greece, 2007 - 2017

Exhibition

The decade of 2010, during which most of the photos in this album were taken, was an era of transition in Greece.

23 December, 2021 to 13 March, 2022
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The deep socioeconomic crisis affected all of us, both in a geographic and a generational sense, in many different ways. On the face of it, at least, nothing remained unchanged for long and a new kind of daily life started to emerge. All of this seemed to point to the end of an era. Similar to older photographic works by Panagiotis Sotiropoulos, Corpora Sine Memoria (1991) and Patras – A Photographic Profile of a Vanishing City (2006), the starting point is here again, ‘loss’. The images of the album “Anonymous Paths” do not illustrate the crisis but rather, they walk the line between a “before”, an uncertain ”now” and an even more uncertain “after”. Sotiropoulos takes his pictures quietly, with the restless gaze of a roamer who wishes to arrest the total image of a place and an era. In the varied complex of images presented in the exhibition, he is guided, as he states, by the thought that a person’s destiny is never solely an individual one and that behind every kind of difficulty or dysfunction hide, almost always, the specter of collective destiny and the common human breath.

Coincidentally, today, there is something ironic in the fact that while the pandemic forces each one of us to stay put, at the same time, it shows us how inextricably interdependent we all are. From this visual angle, perhaps, it is a unique opportunity to take another look at some fundamental questions about our lives. We would like to believe that a crisis makes self-evident what, until yesterday, was inconceivable but in due time, when all of this will be behind us, we will most probably return to the previous fragile and carefree “normality”.

Venue: 
Benaki Museum / Pireos 138
Language: 
Greek, English
Duration: 
23/12/2021 - 13/03/2022
Hours: 
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday: 10:00-18:00 Friday, Saturday: 10:00-22:00
Tickets: 
€ 5, € 2,5 Tickets can be bought in advance at tickets.benaki.org or by attending the Museum on the day of the visit.
Special remarks: 
Parking
Reservations are accepted
Credit cards are accepted
Wheelchair accessible
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23/12/2021 to 13/03/2022
 
Theaster Gates: Vessels

Theaster Gates: Vessels

Exhibition

Theaster Gates’s oeuvre is among the most conceptually and materially rich in contemporary art, anchored equally in the canons of art history, the racial ideology of the Black diaspora, and the artist’s own personal history.

4 February, 2022 to 30 April, 2022
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Through an art practice predicated on cultural reclamation and social empowerment, Gates exchanges and recharges objects and ideas, proposing the artwork as a communicating vessel or sacred reliquary of recollected histories, critical vitality, and shared experience.

"I always find myself returning to the vessel. It is part of the intellectual life force of my practice and it precedes all other forms of making", Theaster Gates.

Gates first began using clay as a student in the 1990s. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in ceramics and urban planning from Iowa State University, he spent a year in Tokoname, Japan, studying pottery. For Gates, it is the cycle of labor and everyday use that sacralizes the clay vessel, endowing it with transcendent communal and ritualistic meaning.

The Benaki Museum is pleased to present a group of Gates’ recent large-scale ceramic works in the Prehistoric, Classical and Roman Antiquities Galleries of the Museum of Greek Culture. Juxtaposing contemporary and ancient works will prompt open-ended associations between objects and their materiality, addressing the importance of making and manual labor as well as the spiritual relation to the earth embodied by ceramic practices throughout time and across cultures.

In this diverse group of seven unique large-scale vessels, glazed and fired to produce a range of effects —from chalky white and crackled to dark and biomorphic with a lustrous metallic sheen— Gates synthesizes ancient traditions and modern aesthetics, drawing elective affinities between Eastern, Western, and African techne. His consideration of the clay vessel as a universal object of ritual significance, which testifies to the primordial relationship between humankind and clay, is given full expression in the Benaki Museum galleries by virtue of comparison with ancient ceramic works from across the Eastern Mediterranean zone.

Biography
Gates was born in Chicago, where he lives and works. He received a BS from Iowa State University, Ames, in 1996. After graduating, he studied pottery in Tokoname, Japan, before receiving an MA in fine arts and religious studies from the University of Cape Town in 1998 and an MA in urban planning from Iowa State in 2006. Public collections include the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Tate, London. Solo museum exhibitions and projects include “An Epitaph for Civil Rights”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2011–12); “Processions”, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (2016–19); “True Value”, Fondazione Prada, Milan (2016); “Black Archive”, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2016); “How to Build a House Museum”, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2016); “The Minor Arts”, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2017); Black Madonna, Kunstmuseum Basel (2018, traveled to Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany); “Black Image Corporation”, Fondazione Prada Osservatorio, Milan (2018–19, traveled to GropiusBau, Berlin); “Amalgam”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2019, traveled to Tate Liverpool, England); “Assembly Hall”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2019); and “Black Chapel”, Haus der Kunst, Munich (2019–20), “China Cabinet”, Prada Rong Zhai, Shanghai (2021); “Bad Neon”, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, (2021); and “A Clay Sermon”, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2021). Gates participated in the Whitney Biennial, New York (2010); Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany (2012); the 56th Biennale di Venezia (2015); and the Chicago Architecture Biennial (2015 and 2019). He is the recipient of the twelfth Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts (2021); the Crystal Award (2020); the J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development (2018); the Nasher Sculpture Prize (2018); the Sprengel Museum Kurt Schwitters Prize (2017); and the Artes Mundi 6 prize (2015). In April 2018 Gates was appointed the first distinguished visiting artist and Director of Artist Initiatives at the Lunder Institute for American Art, Colby College, Waterville, Maine and received an honorary doctorate from the University of the Arts London in 2018. In 2022, Gates will design the Serpentine Pavilion as the first non-architect commission.

Venue: 
Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
Language: 
Greek, English
Duration: 
04/02 - 30/04/2022
Hours: 
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday:10:00-18:00 Thursday:10:00-00:00 Sunday:10:00-16:00 Closed on Tuesday
Tickets: 
Entry to the exhibition is included in the standard ticket for the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture: € 12, € 9 Tickets can be bought in advance at tickets.benaki.org or by attending the Museum on the day of the visit.
Special remarks: 
Reservations are accepted
Credit cards are accepted
Wheelchair accessible
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04/02/2022 to 30/04/2022
 
Amazonomachy

Amazonomachy

Exhibition

Amazonomachy (“Battle of the Amazons”) is a project by Clara Carvajal that proposes a reassessment of the myth of the amazons within its historical framework.
The exhibition is under the auspices of the Embassy of Spain in Athens.

2 March, 2022 to 29 May, 2022
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Based on recent scientific discoveries that confirm the existence of these female warriors (the Amazons) during the 6th cent. B.C., the artist creates a contemporary amazonomachy. The exhibition is curated by Carmen Fernandez Ortiz and comprises 30 works.
Clara Carvajal begins with the reproductions of the fourteen metopes of the western side of the Parthenon, with photographs she took in the new Acropolis Museum of Athens. She adds texts and images to adapt them to the historical evidence, painting phrases on the protective acrylic sheet using a font that she herself has designed. The narration is complemented by a 12-minute video that shows the survival of women today in domains forbidden to them.

Hours: 
Wednesday to Sunday, 13:00 - 17:00
Tickets: 
With the museum ticket
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02/03/2022 to 29/05/2022