Opening day announced for new Goulandris art museum

As announced in a recent press conference by Fleurette Karadontis, niece of the late Elise Goulandris and president of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, the much awaited Goulandris museum will open in just a few months, on October 1, with a series of celebratory events.
Shipowner Basil Goulandris and his wife Elise were active members of the art scene in Athens, as well as in their second hometown, Paris. In the latter, they were both awarded with the title Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, in honor of their contributions to the arts.
Through their dedication to the arts and their travels, they met and formed relationships with other art collectors and artists, and over the years they accumulated an incredible contemporary art collection - one that includes masterpieces by artists accepted as part of the canon of art history, such as Pablo Picasso,...