1997199819992000

Vivante Icone, Icones grecques de la collection Velimezis
Nice, France, Musee Archeologique de Nice-Cimiez
20/01/2000 - 20/03/2000

A travelling exhibition of post-Byzantine icons from the private collection of Aimilios Velimezis. The exhibition was complemented by a series of academic catalogues and guides, as well as by a CD-Rom illustrating the conservation of icons.

Organization:
Benaki Museum and Musee Archeologique de Nice-Cimiez

Publication:
Vivante Icone: icones grecques de la Collection Velimezi

 


Barkoff in Greece
Athens, Benaki Museum, room of Spyridon and Euridike Costopoulou
04/02/2000 - 05/03/2000

This exhibition was devoted to works by the painter Alexander Barkoff, who lived and died in Greece during the interwar period. His works are for the most part small and medium-sized watercolours showing views and everyday life in the streets of Athens and Piraeus during the period 1927-1942.

Organization:
Hellenic Literature Historical Archive (H.L.H.A) and Benaki Museum

Sponsored by:
Costopoulos Foundation

Publication:
Barkoff in Greece

 





Nelly's: Body and Dance
Patra, National Bank Cultural Foundation of Patras
16/02/2000 - 02/04/2000

This exhibition was devoted to the work of Nelly's, the celebrated Greek photographer. The photographs on display comprised 21 original prints made in Dresden, Switzerland and Athens, 51 recent prints from original negatives taken in Germany and Athens, and 22 recent prints from negatives showing the Delphic Festivals.

Organization:
Benaki Museum - Photographic Archive and National Bank Cultural Foundation and International Dance Centre of Kalamata

Publication:
Nelly's : Σώμα και Χορός (Nelly's: Body and Dance) 2000 (greek)

 


Andreas Vourloumis
Patra, Municipal Gallery of Patra
28/02/2000 - 31/03/2000

This retrospective exhibition included 100 works by the painter Andreas Vourloumis (1910-1999), created between 1923 and the 1990s, and derived from public institutions and private collections.

Organization:
Benaki Museum and Cultural Organization of Municipality of Patra

Publication:
Andreas Vourloumis

 

Ai Stratis : photographs from 1940-1970
Athens, Benaki Museum, room of Spyridon and Euridike Costopoulou
09/03/2000 - 02/04/2000

An exhibition of photographs by Vassilis Manikakis illustrating the public and private lives of the inhabitants of Ai Stratis, a small island in the southeastern Aegean, from a period when many major historical events were taking place (1940-1970).

Organization:
Ministry of Aegean

Publication:
Άη Στράτης : φωτογραφικά ίχνη 1940-1970 (Ai Stratis : photographs from 1940-1970) 1999 (greek)

 



Icons in the Velimezis Collection (Event)
Venice, Fondazione Scientifica Querini-Stampalia
31/03/2000 - 25/06/2000

Presentation of the CD-Rom : The Conservation of Icons in the Velimezis Collection

Organization:
Benaki Museum and Fondazione Scientifica Querini-Stampalia and Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini

Publication:
CD Rom - PC: The Conservation of Icons of the Velimezis Collection

 


Figurare l' Invisible, Le icone greche della collezione Velimezis a Venezia
Venice, Fondazione Scientifica Querini-Stampalia
31/03/2000 - 25/06/2000

A travelling exhibition of post-Byzantine icons from the private collection of Aimilios Velimezis. The exhibition was complemented by a series of academic catalogues and guides, as well as by a CD-Rom illustrating the conservation of icons.

Organization:
Benaki Museum and Fondazione Scientifica Querini-Stampalia and Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini

Publication:
Figurare l' Invisible 2000 (italian)

 


Nelly's: Body and Dance
Athens, Eynard Building
08/05/2000 - 09/06/2000

This exhibition was devoted to the work of Nelly's, the celebrated Greek photographer. The photographs on display comprised 21 original prints made in Dresden, Switzerland and Athens, 51 recent prints from original negatives taken in Germany and Athens, and 22 recent prints from negatives showing the Delphic Festivals.

Organization:
Benaki Museum - Photographic Archive and National Bank Cultural Foundation and International Dance Centre of Kalamata

Publication:
Nelly's : Σώμα και Χορός (Nelly's: Body and Dance) 2000 ( greek)

 


The Neoclassical Athens of Pavlos Mylonas. Measured drawings 1941-1955
Athens, Benaki Museum, room of Spyridon and Euridike Costopoulou
30/05/2000 - 24/07/2000

This is the first exhibition of architectural plans, sketches showing 19th and 20th century neoclassical buildings in Athens, and photographs, from the collection of the professor and Academician Pavlos Mylonas.

Organization:
Benaki Museum - Centre of Documentation of Neohellenic Architecture

Publication:
The Neoclassical Athens of Pavlos Mylonas. Measured Drawings 1941-1955

 



 

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