National Gallery

An exhibition of etchings and watercolors by Francisco Goya, a retrospective marking the centenary of the birth of painter Panagiotis Tetsis and an exhibition of Russian avant-garde works collected by Georgios Kostakis will be among the highlights of the 2025 program at the National Gallery in Athens, its director has announced.

The National Gallery in London announced on Thursday that it is strengthening security measures after becoming the target of protests by environmental and pro-Palestinian activists who have attacked works from its collection.

Two Just Stop Oil protesters in their twenties attacked the painting that suffragette Mary Richardson slashed in 1914, the group said in a statement.

"At around 10:45 a.m. Hanan, 22, and Harrison, 20, used safety hammers to smash the glass covering the Rokeby Venus," said the group, which is demanding a halt to all new oil and gas projects in the U.K.

The work of Karl Krazeisen (1794-1878), a Bavarian captain and self-taught artist who spent time in Greece in 1826 and is responsible for capturing images of the pantheon of 1821 War of Independence heroes, is the subject of a timely exhibition at the National Gallery.

The Greek National Gallery (nationalgallery.gr) presents 150 pieces from its comprehensive collection on post-impressionist pioneer Konstantinos Parthenis (1878-1967) in an ongoing show that has been extended due to popular demand.

Continuing its collaboration with the National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, the B&M Theocharakis Foundation presents another exhibition of masterpieces from the museum's vast collections which allows the viewer to observe the various transformations in 20th century Greek painting.

An old letter written by late British art historian Kenneth Clark reveals that the former British Museum Trustee had argued in favor of the return of the Parthenon sculptures.

Special themed museum tours begin this Saturday in "Square 500".

The permanent exhibition of the National Gallery presents, in principle, the most significant examples of Bulgarian fine art, as well as works by European masters, art from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The museum tours that start this Saturday are very different from anything that has been done so far.

In collaboration with the National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum, the B&M Theocharakis Foundation presents "Women in Neohellenic Painting," an exhibition of works mainly from the collections of the National Technical University of Athens.

In the summer of 1932, the Athens School of Fine Arts wrapped up the academic year with an exhibition of work by the first-year students in the class of acclaimed painter Oumbertos Argyros. Yiannis Moralis showed two self-portraits in the show, which earned him a positive review by influential art critic Dionysios Kokkinos in the magazine Nea Estia.