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The Future is Now: Evolving Museum Strategy, Programming and Communication
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The Future is Now: Evolving Museum Strategy, Programming and Communication

The fourth installment of the Museum Conference co-organized by the Benaki Museum, the U.S. Embassy in Athens and the British Council, will examine the shifts – both internal and external – that museums and cultural institutions experience. Museum managers, curators and artists from Greece, the UK and U.S. will meet to discuss the future of the museum and the museum of the future.

More or less: International Public Art Festival
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More or less: International Public Art Festival

The exhibition More or Less examines the nature of work of the six artists, aiming to highlight their common characteristics and alongside, to provide adequate emphasis on their diverse aesthetic dimension. From September 28 till October 10 at the Benaki Museum.

Depression Era
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Depression Era

Depression Era is a group of artists, researchers, writers, architects, journalists and theoreticians based in Athens, who came together with the sole purpose of recording the crisis in Greece, through images and texts.

DESTEFASHIONCOLLECTION: 1 to 8
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DESTEFASHIONCOLLECTION: 1 to 8

From June 26 this exhibition marks the second collaboration between the DESTE Foundation and the Benaki Museum. Through a series of solo and group contemporary art exhibitions hosted at the Benaki Museum, this collaboration between the two institutions aims to promote new and radical developments in contemporary art practice, introduce upcoming artists and important artwork to a wider public, and help inspire novel curatorial approaches.

Documentary showing "From both sides of Aegean. Expulsion and Exchange of populations, Turkey - Greece, 1922-1924"
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Documentary showing "From both sides of Aegean. Expulsion and Exchange of populations, Turkey - Greece, 1922-1924"

Director Maria Iliou and historical consultant Alexander Kitroeff who, in 2012, presented the documentary SMYRNA THE DESTRUCTION OF A COSMOPOLITAN CITY 1900-1922 at the Benaki Museum as well as in movie theaters, now present Part II entitled FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AEGEAN, which deals with the Expulsion and Exchange of populations between Turkey and Greece in 1922-1924, once again bringing to audiences unpublished images forgotten in "locked" file cabinets in America and Europe as well as a new perspective.

Benaki Summer Festival
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Benaki Summer Festival

A new and exciting three week cultural event sees the atrium of the Benaki Museum - 138 Pireos transformed into an atmospheric and classy open air cinema and concert venue, lit by award winning Greek lighting designer Alekos Yiannaros.

BOOK BAZAAR at the Benaki Museum
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BOOK BAZAAR at the Benaki Museum

The Benaki Museum is organizing a Book Bazaar in the Pireos Annexe (Pireos Street 138) from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th April 2013, during the usual opening hours of the building. The bazaar will include 230 titles, all published by the Benaki, with a 50 and 70% discount on their sale price.

7th Biennale of Young Greek Architects
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7th Biennale of Young Greek Architects

The 7th Biennale of Young Greek Architects is characterized by a large number of submissions which include a considerable percentage of proposals of a high standard, in compositional and technical terms.

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Meet new U.S. Ambassador to Greece, David D. Pearce

Human Trafficking

Fourth of July, 2013!