Elise Goulandris

The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation's Museum of Contemporary Art (13 Eratosthenous), in collaboration with art historian, art educator and mindfulness instructor Lydia Petropoulou, presents "Mindfulness at the Museum." In this specially designed activity, participants will have the opportunity to practice mindfulness while studying selected works of art from the Foundation's collection.

The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation's modern art museum (13 Eratosthenous, Pangrati) is organizing a pottery workshop for people over 15 years old, in collaboration with ceramist Elpida Kourtzi, which will span three Fridays in February. Participants will make unique ceramic pieces inspired by the works of the B&E Goulandris Foundation Collection.

The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation (goulandris.gr) has joined forces with major European museums and is presenting, for the first time in Greece, a tribute to the Neo-Impressionism art movement, with a focus on the Mediterranean region, at its art museum in Pangrati.

The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation has collaborated with major European museums to present, for the first time in Greece, a comprehensive tribute to the Neo-Impressionist art movement, with a focus on the Mediterranean region. The exhibition, titled "Neo-Impressionism in the Colors of the Mediterranean (1891-1914)," will be on display from January 10 to April 7.

The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation is getting ready to unveil "two different worlds," as collections director Marie Koutsomallis-Moreau described it at a recent press conference on the two shows being prepared for its Athens and Andros premises.

The Basil & Elise Goulandris Museum (goulandris.gr) wraps up its tribute to poetry and jazz with a performance centered on 15 poems by Dimitris Kataleifos. The award-winning poet and actor joins forces with the Dimitris Tsakas jazz quartet for this program, which has been titled "Body and Dreams." Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets can be purchased online at viva.gr or by phone at 11876.

The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation has announced its donation of 50,000 protective masks to the Health Ministry.
According to the Goulandris Foundation, the gesture is a small token of gratitude and support for the work performed by National Health System doctors and nurses to combat Covid-19.
The masks will be used at five 24-hour health centers in Attica.

The Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation will launch a series of jazz concerts on the premises of its recently opened modern art museum in Pangrati on October 18 with a tribute to the great Thelonious Monk by the George Kontrafouris Trio.

"Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting, people have to understand," Pablo Picasso once said.

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.