Extension of the exhibition Monument to Now until January 2005
DESTE Foundation
Installation View, Deste N.Ionia Maurizio Cattelan, ‘Untitled’, 2001 Jeff Koons, ‘One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank’, 1985 Photo: (c) Fanis Vlastaras & Rebecca Constantopoulou Monument to Now
The Dakis Joannou Collection
The DESTE Foundation announces the extension of the exhibition Monument to Now for one month, until the end of January 2005
Organized by the DESTE Foundation as an official part of the “ATHENS 2004 Culture”, the official Cultural Programme of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games
DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art,
Athens, Greece
Tel: + 30 210 6729460
Fax: + 30 210 6729470
Email:info [at] monument-to-now.gr www.monument-to-now.gr
Curated by:
Dan Cameron
Jeffrey Deitch
Alison Gingeras
Massimiliano Gioni
Nancy Spector
Participating Artists: Franz Ackermann, Amy Adler, Ghada Amer, Laurie Anderson, Janine Antoni, Kutlug Ataman, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Michael Bevilacqua, Ashley Bickerton, Maurizio Cattelan, Nigel Cooke, Verne Dawson, Rineke Dijkstra, Olafur Eliasson, Urs Fischer, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Anna Gaskell, Gilbert & George, Robert Gober, Jack Goldstein, Douglas Gordon, Andreas Gursky, Brad Kahlhamer, Kurt Kauper, Mike Kelley, William Kentridge, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, George Lappas, Liza Lou, Paul McCarthy,Barry McGee & Margaret Kilgallen, Mariko Mori, Takashi Murakami, Nikos Navridis, Shirin Neshat, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Cady Noland, Chris Ofili, Gabriel Orozco, Charles Ray, Pipilotti Rist, Matthew Ritchie, Tom Sachs, Gregor Schneider, Cindy Sherman,Yinka Shonibare, Andreas Slominski, Kiki Smith, Lina Theodorou, Wolfgang Tillmans, Fred Tomaselli, Kara Walker, Nari Ward, Gillian Wearing,Christopher Wool, Chen Zhen.
The Monument to Now catalogue is a 450-page lavishly illustrated publication featuring the Dakis Joannou collection as well as illustrated essays by the exhibition curators.
Catalogue distribution: D.A.P/Distributed Art Publishers, www.artbook.com (North America), Thames and Hudson Ltd, London tel: +44 (0)207 845 5000 (Outside the Unites Sates and Canada).The catalogue is also available in both exhibition venues, major bookstores in Athens and selected bookstores worldwide.
NEW FEATURE!
Visit the Monument to Now website for a virtual, floor by floor, exhibition tour at www.monument-to-now.gr/tour
Venues:
DESTE – NEA IONIA
E. Pappa & Filellinon Street,
Nea Ionia, Athens 142 43, Greece
Tuesday – Saturday, 12:00 – 20:00 Sunday, Monday closed Free Guided Tours: Thursdays 19.00- 20.00 & Saturdays 13.00- 14.00
DESTE – PSYCHICO
8 Omirou Street, Athens 154 51, Greece
Monday – Friday, 10:00 – 18:00
Saturday, 12:00 – 16:00
Sunday closed
OPENING HOURS NOTICE:
During Christmas both exhibition venues will be closed
on the following dates:
Friday 24/12, Saturday 25/12,
Friday 31/12, Saturday 1/1, Monday 3/1 and Thursday 6/1
Monument to Now is sponsored by Heineken.
Communication sponsor: ERT, the national television channel.
