The Ulysses Elytis House is a new museum housed in the old neoclassical building at 4 Dioskouron and Polygnotou Streets. The museum was inaugurated one day before the poet’s birthday (November 2) but will officially open to the public on Thursday, November 7.
The private collection of Ioulita Iliopoulou, Elytis’s former partner, which includes artwork, objects, books, and archival material related to Odysseas Elytis, is now preserved in a modern, specially designed museum.
The City of Athens, through the Organization of Culture, Sports, and Youth of the City of Athens (OPANDA), presents the exhibition “Drawings, Woodcuts, and Pebbles” by Vasso Katraki at the Athens Municipality Arts Center from November 7. Vasso Katraki, one of the most important engravers of the 20th century, left her mark on the postwar engraving style in Greece with her endless pursuits and innovative techniques. The exhibition showcases a significant, though lesser-known, part of the inspiration and early stages of Katraki’s work up to its realization.
The Revekka Kamhi Gallery presents the retrospective exhibition of her collaborator and friend, Konstantinos Kakanias, curated by both the artist himself and the gallery owner, Revekka Kamhi. The exhibition design was created by the architectural firm AKA-APOSTOLOU COLAKI. The title, “Divine Personality Disorder,” refers to the multifaceted work of Konstantin Kakanias, who lives and works between Greece and California. The exhibition will feature paintings, magazine illustrations, sculptures, photographs, and audio recordings spanning from 1996 to the present day.
The 30th anniversary of the Athens International Film Festival (October 2-14) is lighting up the screens at cinemas Astor, Asty, Danaos 1 & 2, Cinobo Opera 1 & 2, as well as at the French Institute, the Athens Concert Hall, and Pallas Theatre. The festival welcomes cinephiles to the city’s grand cinematic celebration, offering a diverse program of films and events to mark the occasion.
The Trocks, the group of male dancers who skillfully and delightfully blend classical ballet, comedy, and drag show elements, are returning to Athens to celebrate fifty years of a unique career. Officially known as Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, but popularly called the Trocks, the troupe was born in New York in 1974, formed by dancers who had performed as soloists in major ballet companies worldwide. We have four unique opportunities to experience this at the Pallas Theatre (October 2-5), where the masterful dancers promise to deliver a spectacular, hilarious, and subversive performance. The show pays homage to the tradition of classical ballet while simultaneously deconstructing its seriousness.
This season, major international artists and emerging Greek creators will direct the theatrical productions at the Onassis Foundation, which are part of a broader program dedicated to the human need for connection and love. The season kicks off dynamically with the 24-hour project “The Second Woman” (October 5), an internationally acclaimed theatrical, sociological, and psychological experiment conceived and directed by Nat Randall and Anna Breckon, two rising Australian creators showcasing their work in Greece for the first time. Following this is another intercultural project: the collaboration with internationally renowned Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues, who will direct Greek actors for the first time. One of the most talked-about directors of the new generation, Giorgos Koutlis, will direct Oxygen by Ivan Vyrypaev (from November 21). Vyrypaev’s “Oxygen,” a manifesto from the 2000s, is presented as an antidote to the “psychopolitical suffocation” of Generation Z, with a cast of 25 performers in a spiritual rave experience. In his first collaboration with Stegi, Marios Banousis, a promising new director who made a splash with “Goodbye, Lindita” at the National Theatre’s Experimental Stage, will present Mami (from February 6, 2025). This production is a tribute to all the women who raised us, a performance honoring the women who nourished us, and a visual poem about the mother-child relationship. Romeo Castellucci returns to Stegi with Berenice (March 26-30), a production loosely inspired by the classical drama of the same name by Racine. The renowned Italian iconoclast directs Isabelle Huppert and 14 men in a work exploring the madness, truth, and lies of loving and being loved.
Telenova are returning to Athens for a headline show on Friday, October 4, at “Fuzz Live Music Club.” The Australian pop trio has already built a loyal fanbase in Greece, which grew even larger after their exciting performance at this year’s Release Athens Festival, where they shared the stage with Parov Stelar and Jain.
After an impressive public response and a now sold-out show of Cigarettes After Sex in Athens on Friday, October 25, a second date has been added on Saturday, October 26. Cigarettes After Sex, one of the most distinctive and sensual bands in the world, are coming to Athens as part of their global tour to create an atmosphere filled with eroticism, emotion, and romance. This marks the first major live concert of the fall season, taking place at the indoor basketball arena of OAKA.
The new exhibition by NEON at the Drama School of the National Theatre, which is opening at the historic industrial complex on Pireos Street, reexamines our history. The group exhibition “space of togetherness,” curated by Elina Kountouri, opens on September 9 and brings to the forefront some of the most pressing questions we face today. These questions concern the movement of people, cultures, and ideas, and how these elements shape Europe as a space of flows through interaction and the exchange of cultural differences.
