Thursday, March 26, 2015
E X H I B I T I O N
- Cosmas Xenakis Retrospective @ Benaki Museum
Cosmas Xenakis was one of the pioneers of Greek post-war art, who took interest not only in painting but also in sculpture, architecture and urban planning. Combining painting and sculpture with theatre and dance, he created avant-garde performances that he called Polytechna.
- Digital El Greco Museum @ National Glyptoteque
El Greco’s masterpieces in Toledo and Escorial will open at the National Glyptoteque in Goudi, on March 31.
The exhibition titled Imaginary Digital Museum will use state-of-art digital technology to reproduce some of El Greco’s landmark compositions that are too large to travel or are placed in churches or religious institutions around the globe.
The high definition installations will allow the visitor to appreciate even minor details, under the sounds of Vangelis Papathasiou’s music and Spanish liturgical music and enjoy an audiovisual presentation based on texts by National Gallery director Marina Lampraki-Plaka.
The exhibition titled Imaginary Digital Museum will use state-of-art digital technology to reproduce some of El Greco’s landmark compositions that are too large to travel or are placed in churches or religious institutions around the globe.
The high definition installations will allow the visitor to appreciate even minor details, under the sounds of Vangelis Papathasiou’s music and Spanish liturgical music and enjoy an audiovisual presentation based on texts by National Gallery director Marina Lampraki-Plaka.
- 100 Years of Greek Tourism Architecture
F E S T I V A L
- 10th Athens Animation Festival
The 10th Athens Animation Festival (Animfest) will run at various cinemas across Athens on March 26 to April 1. This year’s programme includes feature and short animated movies, tributes and movie marathons.
Cinephiles will enjoy recent creations of great artists and students of animation as well, the latter of which convey the freshness and the troubles of their generation through their work.
Cinephiles will enjoy recent creations of great artists and students of animation as well, the latter of which convey the freshness and the troubles of their generation through their work.