STATE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTKolokotroni 21 – Moni Lazariston & Warehouse Β1 - Port
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The State Museum of Contemporary Art was founded in 1997 and has been steadily and dynamically developing, since then. Today, it is one of the most prominent foundations that hosts and projects works of modern and contemporary art, using planning tactics implemented in six basic thematic actions:
- the administration of the most significant Russian Avant-Garde Collection outside Russia, the Costakis Collection, by organizing original productions, co-productions and scientific research programmes in Greece and abroad,
- the record and promotion of the contemporary Greek art as well as the creation and support of common grounds for effective dialogue between Greek artists and artists from Europe and all over the world,
- the support of the synthesis of arts as well as the reinforcement of innovative and alternative artistic suggestions,
- the substantial cooperation and netting with cultural institutions in Greece, Europe and abroad,
- the usage of the most modern digital technologies in all its communication fields, the development of web applications as well as the creation of a web portal,
- the implementation of innovative educational programmes as well as access programmes for all social groups.
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Current exhibitions
| Exhibtion: “Beyond the limits of the gaze”The Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki (Greece), part of the State Museum of Contemporary Art, presents the new works of three contemporary greek female visual artists, Caroline May, Photini Papachatzi and Maria Paschalidou under the title “Beyond the limits of... | |
| Exhibition "The movements of the Russian Avant Garde (1900-1930)". Selections from the Costakis collecτιon of the State Museum of Contemporary ArtSelections from the Costakis collecτιon of the State Museum of Contemporary Art The State Museum of Contemporary Art presents part of its permanent collection with Russian Avant Garde artworks from the Costakis collection at its exhibition venue in Moni Lazariston,... | |
| Exhibition “Composition-Construction-Production”.The Russian Αvant-Garde and Contemporary Art”(Baumeister der Revolution. Sowjetische Kunst und Architektur 1915 – 1935)This exhibition will present for the first time the relationship between the unprecedented burst of artistic creativity in Russia from 1915 and Constructivist architecture, Russia’s contribution to the Modernist Movement. Drawing... |
Upcoming exhibitions
| Exhibition "It’s the Political Economy, Stupid"Today, the very idea of the modern nation state is in jeopardy as the deterritorialized flow of finance capital melts down all that was once solid into raw material for market speculation. This exhibition presents one response to this crisis.... |
From the Costakis Collection
| Malevich Kazimir, "Untitled" (undated) |
3rd C.S.F. - Operational Programme "Information Society"
PRIORITY - Education & Culture
MEASURE 1.3 - Documentation, Utilization and Promotion of the Greek Culture
Co-Financed By The European Union (ERDF) 80% And Public Spending 20%