Ahead of Art Athina 2025, the city’s major cultural event, scheduled this year for September 18th-22nd at the Zappeion Mansion, a pop-up event is launched to enhance the experience: Art Athina Pop Up at the InterContinental Athenaeum Athens
This pop-up event will run from May 29th through June 29th, offering a preview of the upcoming Art Athina 2025. It will showcase contemporary art from a diverse group of Greek and international artists, providing an excellent opportunity to experience contemporary art in a more intimate setting.
Focusing on sculpture, 27 artworks will transform the space and challenge conventional exhibition settings. The exhibition aims to serve as an intervention in the city’s cultural map, extending the experience beyond established art spaces.
The visitors will have the opportunity to browse works by contemporary artists, selected by galleries that will be participating in the upcoming Art Athina 2025. These creations will be in dialogue with the artworks that belong to the permanent collection of the InterContinental Athens.
Art Athina Pop Up curator, Savvas Sagioglou, points out that “the exhibition is shaped by the materiality of the works, the straightforwardness of their construction and the way they define and are defined by space. The overall idea focuses on the autonomy of each sculpture, allowing its presence to develop freely and engage in dialogue with the viewer.”
With this pop-up project, Art Athina establishes its footprint beyond its major annual event taking place at Zappeion Hall. It reaffirms its role as a pillar of the contemporary art scene in Greece, creatively engages with city life and keeps the dialogue between works, arts and the public alive.
Art Athina, one of Europe’s longest-running contemporary art fairs, was established in 1993 by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association. Over the years, it has managed to reach broader audiences and serves as a significant platform for artists to showcase their work and actively engage in dialogue with the public.
Through a wide range of dynamic collaborations, synergies and diverse parallel activities, Art Athina brings together artists, galleries and art lovers, promoting Greek contemporary art and shaping the field of visual arts in Greece. It has significantly contributed to promoting contemporary artistic creation, creating bridges of communication for all the parties involved and establishing Athens as a leading cultural destination.
Participating art galleries at the Art Athina Pop Up @InterContinental Athens:
a.antonopoulou.art (Stefania Strouza), agathi kartalos (Thanasis Lalas), Argo Gallery (Marta Biagini), Art Zone 42 (Andreas Finch [Finch of Athens]), Artshot – Sophia Gaitani (Maritasa Tsimplaki), CITRONNE Gallery (Pantelis Chandris), Crux Galerie (Anestis Ioannou), CITRONNE Gallery (Pantelis Chandris), Crux Galerie (Anestis Ioannou), Dio Horia (Petros Efstathiadis), ekfrasi -yianna grammatopoulou (Giorgos Alexandridis), Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery (Vasilis Gerodimos), Eleni Koroneou Gallery (Nel Aerts), Epsilon Art Gallery (Panagiotis Nezis), Ersi Gallery (Konstantinos Xenakis), Gallery ArtPrisma (Francesco Moretti), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center (Zoe Sklepa), Kalfayan Galleries (Alexandros Tzannis), Kourd Gallery (Venia Dimitrakopoulou), MIHALARIAS ART (Takis), Rebecca Camhi Gallery (Dianna Magania), Roma Gallery (Marianna Lourba), Sianti Gallery (Dimitris Alithinos), Skoufa Gallery (Tasos Mantzavinos), Sylvia Kouvali (Tamara Henderson), Technohoros art gallery (Christina Douzeni), THE BREEDER (Dimitris Getsis), zina athanassiadou gallery (Rania Emmanouilidou), Zoumboulakis Galleries (Nikos Alexiou)
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