What's the contribution of private museums and institutions in contemporary art?

Director of Culture of the Onassis Foundation, Afroditi Panagiotakou in Art Athina 2019

Let's talk about Art. The 24th art fair Art Athina, returns with a series of talks with people behind large organizations and foundation based in Athens; people who know the arts and everything that comes with it, curated by Katerina Nikou.

In the framework of the annual art fair, on Sunday 25th September at 19:30 Afroditi Panagiotakou, Director of Culture of the Onassis Foundation, will participate in an open talk about the contribution of private museums and institutions in the contemporary art scene, next to Afroditi Gonou (Advisor of contemporary art program, Museum of Cycladic Art) and George Tzirtzilakis (Associate professor of Architecture at the University of Thessaly and Artistic advisor to DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art).

ART ATHINA 2019

The 24th Art Athina, finds every art lover in a new venue in the heart of Athens. The biggest art fair in Greece returns on Saturday 14th until Monday 16th September at Zappeion Megaron, as the artistic program unfolds another 40 solo activities.

While galleries of the world try to adjust into new models, art fairs must change to the same direction. This year, Art Athina had 36 gallery participants from Greece and abroad, but also the production teams offers a series of performances, workshops for children, talks and video art, at the oldest working open air cinema in Athens, Aigli Zappeiou.