Alexander S. Onassis Foundation

“The amendment to the contract of donation for the construction of the new wing of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre will be debated tomorrow, Tuesday 19 November, in the plenary session of the Parliament. This amendment increases the amount of the donation to 82 million euros, from the originally planned amount of 70 million euros.

Created with the support of the Onassis Foundation - It is nominated in the "Health and Wellness" category

Catch "TACK" at the Onassis Cultural Center on April 23 at 8.30 p.m. Directed by Greek-British filmmaker Vania Turner, the documentary follows Olympic champion Sofia Bekatorou and young sailing champion Amalia Provelengiou in Greece's #MeToo movement. A Q&A with the director will follow. 

Patti Smith tapped into her roots as a poet and narrator at the Onassis Foundation's Stegi in Athens on Thursday and Friday, delivering a spellbinding performance on the devastating impact of climate change on our planet. 

With very few exceptions, Athens has by no means experienced the so-called "Bilbao phenomenon," which occurred in the Spanish city; namely a domino effect of changes that would improve the urban environment around its museums and large cultural sites.

"Upset" is perhaps the most apt and mild description of the emotion evoked by Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues' play "Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists: in the few days it has been staged in Athens by the Onassis Foundation. The controversial work, set in a dystopian future, raises the question of whether it is right to break the laws of democracy in order to defend it.

A view of Pedion tou Areos park in central Athens, in an image made available on Tuesday. As part of a series of interventions in public spaces, the Onassis Foundation has undertaken an initiative to revitalize the park.

A new playground created by the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation for the City of Athens stands out with its vivid colors in Avdi Square, in the downtown district of Metaxourgeio.

The Onassis Foundation is supporting the independent Greek music scene with a series of screenings of audience-free concerts from iconic venues like the AN Club and Gagarin 205 in Athens. On January 10, its YouTube channel will be showing a career-spanning set by stoner rock act Nightstalker, live from the Gagarin 205, at 9 p.m.

The Onassis Cultural Center's Movement Radio initiative is holding a special 24-hour tribute to German music pioneers Kraftwerk on the occasion of the Dusseldorf-based band's 50-year anniversary.