30th anniversary

With a new structure and new staff, Art Athina 2023 is preparing for its 30th anniversary. The largest annual art event in Greece will take place under the patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

The new team of Art Athina 2023 consists of Antonis Kourkoulos (general coordinator), Marina Fokidis (artistic direction consultant), Olympia Tzortzi (curator of Projects), Danai Giannoglou (curator of Talks), Panos Giannikopoulos (curator of the Performance section), and Akis Kokkinos (curator of the Video section).

Main
A total of 59 art galleries from Greece and nine other countries: a.antonopoulou.art, agathi kartalos, ALIBI GALLERY, Allouche Benias Gallery, alma gallery, ARGO GALLERY, Art Appel Gallery, Art Zone 42 Gallery, ARTFORUM Gallery, Artshot—Sophia Gaitani, Arusha Gallery / Scotland, ASTROLAVOS Art Galleries, Athens Art Gallery, Batagianni Gallery, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, CITRONNE Gallery, Claas Reiss / London, UK, Crux Gallery, Dio Horia, ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, ELENI KORONEOU GALLERY, Enari Gallery / Netherlands, ENIA GALLERY, EPsilon Art Gallery, Ewa Opalka Gallery / Razem Pamoja Foundation/Poland, Fabienne Levy/Switzerland, FRANCOISE HEITSCH / Germany, Galerie “7, Galerie ArtPrisma, Ersi Gallery, LTECGallery Gallery / MAMA CONTEMPORARY / Cyprus, Genesis gallery, GRAMMA EPSILON GALLERΥ, IAGA Contemporary Art / Romania, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Kalfayan Galleries, Kappatos Gallery, , Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Mare studio, Marginalia Gallery /Cyprus, Michael Janssen Berlin /Germany,  Mihalarias Art, NIL GALLERY / France, Nitra Gallery, pal project / France, PAPATZIKOU GALLERY, PeritechnonKarteris, Rebecca Camhi gallery, Rodeo, ROMA GALLERY, Sianti Gallery, Skoufa Gallery, Technohoros art gallery, THE BREEDER, The Edit Gallery / Cyprus, Wilhelmina’s/Hydra, Luxembourg, XIPPAS / France, Switzerland, Uruguay, zina athanassiadou gallery

Project Spaces
Presenting independent art spaces, curated by Olympia Tzortzi: ALKINOIS,  igni, KORAI PROJECT SPACE, MISC, One Minute Space, Sealed Earth Gallery, Space52, Thermia Project

Talks
Discussions with distinguished guests, around four different thematic axes, curated by Danai Giannoglou.

Video
I miss you more than I remember you: curated by Akis Kokkinos, with the aim of bringing the audience in contact with innovative visual material.

Performance
Live Encounters: Contemporary artistic performative practices curated by Panos Giannikopoulos, with works and proposals presented for the first time to the audience of the Art Fair of Athens.

Design
“In Conversation with a Chair” by Mare Studio
The chair—an ordinary utilitarian object—is transformed into an exhibit that brings us closer to Greek tradition, design and craftsmanship, which summarizes more than 100 years of history and bears the signature of Greek artists.

“Zappeion Garden x BlueCycle”
The “secret” garden of the Zappeion Megaron is the backdrop for the project. As part of Art Athina, BlueCycle will design a complete garden project with furniture and objects that bear its visual and environmental stamp.

Art Athina’s 30th anniversary
A specially designed space will be dedicated to the 30th anniversary album of Art Athina, published by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association. Important moments, historical figures, artists and personalities of visual and political life that have been present during these three decades in which the Athens foire has taken its own and particularly important path, will be presented.

Art Athina Prize
In collaboration with the MOMus Museum Alex Mylona, the second Art Athina Prize will be given to a new artist, up to 45 years old, living and working in Greece, represented by a participating gallery.

Art Athina 2023 is organized by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association and is a production of BeBest. The event is about to be included in the Regional Program “Attica 2021–2027”.