An Homage to C. P. Cavafy on the Onassis Foundation Youtube Channel 157 years after his birth

Visit the Onassis Foundation Digital Channel on YouTube and watch Daniel Mendelsohn in a thrilling discussion about the Alexandrian poet with Dimitris Papanikolaou; see how the Cavafy Archive intersects with other literary archives of the interwar period in the seminar “The Cavafy Archive and the Literary Scene of the Interwar Period”; discover original visual artworks by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige (“Waiting for the Barbarians”), Rick Myers (“An Excavation / A Reading – Before the Statue of Endymion”), Maria Varela (“And So Much Intensity in Greek Phraseology”), Yorgos Taxiarchopoulos (“Oracle”), and Bill Psarras (“Urban Halo”), all inspired by Cavafy’s work and presented as part of Visual Dialogues 2013; be inspired yourself by the educational program “Cavafy Goes to School”; download the Cavafy typeface; and take a deep dive into the world of this poet from Alexandria.

Visual Dialogues 2013

In honor of the Year of Cavafy in 2013, Onassis Stegi invited the public into Plato’s Academy Park to wander around digital works of art created by contemporary Greek and international artists, pieces concerned with the ancient Greek modes of thought that pervade the work of C. P. Cavafy. A journey through art works created using new technologies that negotiate ancient Greek concepts that appear in Cavafy’s poetry.

The Cavafy Archive was acquired by the Onassis Foundation at the end of 2012. In 2019, the Onassis Foundation released the Cavafy Archive Digital Collection, making the entire contents of the archive openly available and freely accessible to all, with the aim of further extending the reach of the poet’s work and highlighting the international nature and appeal of his poetry. A dive into this digital archive brings us closer to his oeuvre, and allows us to uncover particular moments in his life. Discover the Cavafy Archive Digital Collection here.