November
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CHOPIN’S DIARIES The Secret Life of Frédéric Chopin through his Music and Letters: A Journey through Warsaw, Vienna, Paris and Majorca When: Saturday, November 7, 2026 | starting time: 19:00 Where: Pierce
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CHOPIN’S DIARIES
The Secret Life of Frédéric Chopin through his Music and Letters: A Journey through Warsaw, Vienna, Paris and Majorca
When:
Saturday, November 7, 2026 | starting time: 19:00
Where:
Pierce Theater, The American College of Greece (6 Gravias str., Aghia Paraskevi, GR 153 42)
Organized by:
Panhellenic Association of Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients “Skytali”, on the occasion of the National Organ Donation and Transplantation Day.
Supported by:
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Deree – The American College of Greece
About the event
A captivating music-theatre performance celebrating the life and music of Frédéric Chopin, the legendary Romantic composer, whose extraordinary gift transformed the piano into a voice of profound beauty and emotional depth. Through melodies of exquisite sensitivity and timeless grace, Chopin gave musical expression to the innermost depths of the human soul, creating masterpieces that continue to enchant, inspire, and move audiences across generations.
Blending the arts of theatre and music, this extraordinary production brings Chopin’s world to life through his diaries, personal notes, travels, artistic journey, passionate love affairs, turbulent life experiences, and the inspirations behind his timeless music.
The production has earned critical acclaim as a ‘jewel of theatrical and musical artistry’, tracing “a compelling journey from the melancholic compositions and extraordinary life of Romanticism’s foremost musical voice to a hybrid, multimedia performance that explores the power of collective memory” (To Vima, 2026).
The story begins in Warsaw, where a young Frédéric Chopin is forced to flee a city engulfed in flames and subsequently occupied by Russian forces. With little more than his handwritten scores and his father’s blessing, he sets out on a journey that will shape both his life and art. Boarding a train bound first for Vienna and ultimately for Paris, Chopin ventures into the great musical capitals of Europe, spreading his wings in pursuit of artistic freedom, creative fulfilment, and a dream that reaches far beyond his homeland. It is the beginning of a remarkable journey of discovery and transformation, as a gifted young composer seeks his place in the world and dares to give voice to the music within him.
With his dreams as his compass and music as his voice, Chopin ventures into the vibrant cultural capitals of Europe, where his extraordinary talent will soon captivate the world. His extraordinary talent soon mesmerizes the most prestigious musical circles and aristocratic salons of Paris, where music, art, and ideas converged and the great minds of the age gathered. There he encounters some of the era’s most influential intellectuals and artists, including Victor Hugo, Eugène Delacroix, Honoré de Balzac, Hector Berlioz, Heinrich Heine, George Sand, and Franz Liszt. But behind the rise of a musical genius lies a deeply human story of longing, passion, exile, and the relentless pursuit of a dream. Beyond the applause, the admiration, and the glittering salons, lay a more intimate story… What secrets, passions, and inner struggles shaped the man whose music would touch the soul of the world?
About the artists
Acclaimed actor Andreas Constantinou embodies Frédéric Chopin in a powerful and deeply evocative performance. A distinguished presence in Greek theatre and cinema, Andreas Constantinou is widely recognized for his roles in films directed by Pantelis Voulgaris, including Little England and The Last Note, as well as in ERT television productions such as The Last Island and The Great Chimera. Now, in the world of one of classical music’s most celebrated figures, Constantinou delivers a performance that promises to capture the spirit and depth of Chopin’s extraordinary life. Following a highly successful run in this role, Constantinou has earned widespread critical acclaim, with reviewers praising his performance as “profoundly moving and masterfully accomplished, capturing with exquisite sensitivity and delicate precision the genius and melancholy that defined Chopin’s soul”.
Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou, renowned pianist and music professor at Deree – ACG, is the creator of Chopin’s Diaries. An accomplished soloist with a profound affinity for the Romantic repertoire, she brings Frédéric Chopin’s music to life through her expressive interpretation, revealing its emotional depth, poetic sensitivity and extraordinary beauty. Her artistic vision is enriched by extensive research into Chopin’s legacy in Warsaw, where she explored archival materials relating to the composer’s life and work – a research that became the foundation for the script of the production. She has also created original orchestrations of Chopin’s iconic works for piano, violin, and violoncello, bringing new dimensions to his timeless music and allowing it to unfold within a captivating theatrical atmosphere imbued with magic and emotion. Dr. Papageorgiou has presented numerous performances of Chopin’s extensive repertoire at prestigious venues such as the Herodes Atticus Theatre, the Athens Concert Hall and the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, as well as appearances as piano soloist in his concertos with orchestras, including the Athens State Symphony and the Warsaw National Opera Symphony Orchestra.
Having completed more than twenty performances to critical acclaim, her Chopin project has been hailed by To Vima as a “jewel of theatrical and musical artistry”—”an exquisitely crafted production in which every element unfolds in harmony, like the notes of a Chopin score. The Polish composer’s celebrated works are brought to life through the masterful performances of pianist Tatiana Papageorgiou, violinist George Panagiotopoulos, and cellist Alexandros Botinis”.
Distinguished violinist George Panagiotopoulos is currently Principal Violinist of the National Symphony Orchestra of ERT, a member of KAMERATA / Armonia Atenea, and a soloist with Tangarto Quintet, specializing also in the music of Astor Piazzolla. Alongside his performing career, he has been teaching at the Athens College Music Conservatoire and the Académie des Jeunes Solistes in France.
George Panagiotopoulos is a graduate of the Athens Conservatoire, the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid (studied with renowned violinist Zakhar Bron), and the École Normale de Musique de Paris, from where he earned the Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste de Violon in 2000. He was been also awarded the First Prize of the City of Paris. As a soloist, he has collaborated with numerous orchestras and performed in Greece and abroad.
Born in Moscow, cellist Alexandros Botinis is a graduate of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, and the Conservatoire National de Région de Versailles in France. He has developed a rich and multifaceted musical career, collaborating regularly with a diverse range of artists and performing extensively in Greece and abroad. His appearances include renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Théâtre National de Paris, and the Mannheim National Theatre.
A member of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), Botinis embraces a broad repertoire spanning classical and contemporary music, both as an orchestral musician and as a soloist. His concert and recording activities reflect his versatility and wide-ranging artistic interests.
Join us for an unforgettable journey through music and theatre, time and emotion; Discover the man behind the genius and the experiences, passions, and struggles that shaped Chopin’s extraordinary life and timeless music.
The event is held in support of Skytali, the Panhellenic Association of Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients, in recognition of National Organ Donation and Transplantation Day. The choice of Chopin’s Diaries carries particular significance for the Association, as the composer’s life was cut tragically short at the age of just 39 due to a cardiopulmonary illness.
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HEIDI BUCHER CENTENNIAL EVENTS A two-part exhibition program in Athens celebrates the centenary of Swiss artist Heidi Bucher The American College of Greece in collaboration with Parasol unit foundation
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HEIDI BUCHER CENTENNIAL EVENTS
A two-part exhibition program in Athens celebrates the centenary of Swiss artist Heidi Bucher
The American College of Greece in collaboration with Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art
Curated by Dr Ziba Ardalan
Athens, Greece | September 26 – November 15, 2026 | Admission Free and open to the public
Heidi Bucher: Oraío Spíti (Beautiful House)
ACG Plaka Building
17b Ipitou Street, Athens, GR 105 57
Opening reception: Friday September 25, 18:00-21:00
Bodyshells performance at 20:15
Opening hours in Plaka:
Wednesday-Friday: 12:00-19:00
Saturdays 12:00-17:00
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences of The American College of Greece and Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, in collaboration with The Demos Center of The American College of Greece, present Heidi Bucher Centennial Events, a major two-part exhibition program marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Swiss artist Heidi Bucher (1926-1993). The program takes place across two ACG venues in Athens from September 26 to November 15, 2026. Together, the two exhibitions explore the lasting influence of Bucher’s time in Greece —a relatively underexplored chapter of her life— through the themes of transience and metamorphosis.
Titled “Heidi Bucher: Oraío Spíti”, the exhibition at The ACG Plaka Building hosts smaller works connected to Bucher’s time on Mykonos in the summers of 1960 and 1961 and explores the lasting influence of Cycladic architecture on her practice. While on Mykonos, Bucher often referred in her notebooks to the startlingly white, cube-shaped Cycladic houses as ‘Spiti Oreo’ [oraío spíti], Greek words which translate to ”beautiful house”. Having grown up in a patriarchal environment, Bucher became to see the house as a complex symbol of isolation, submission, and a reason for rebellion. As she explored the house as a site of transformation and metamorphosis, it developed into a recurring motif in her oeuvre. Her iconic sculptural work, Bodyshells, are among her most innovative interpretations of the house. With her family, Bucher wore these large enclosures on Venice Beach in Los Angeles to create a performance. Made of synthetic foam, Bodyshells may have been inspired by the moon-landings of the late sixties and were made to signal a home, a protective barrier between the body and its surroundings. Their iridescent mother-of-pearl coating further emphasized themes of transience and metamorphosis, which recur in Bucher’s work. At both exhibition previews, Bodyshells will be activated through performances by students of The American College of Greece.
Heidi Bucher: An Encounter with Maro Fasouli, Ismini Samanidou, Kleopatra Tsali and Paky Vlassopoulou
The ACG Art Gallery
6 Gravias Street, Aghia Paraskevi, GR 15342
Opening reception:
Saturday September 26, 11:00-15:00
Bodyshells performance at 12:00
Opening hours in Aghia Paraskevi:
Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00
Saturdays: 12:00-16:00
Titled “Heidi Bucher: An Encounter with Maro Fasouli; Ismini Samanidou; Kleopatra Tsali and Paky Vlassopoulou”, the exhibition at The ACG Art Gallery presents larger works by Bucher, including Häutungen (skinnings), Bodyshells and their performance videos, alongside works by four contemporary Greek women artists responding to key themes in Bucher’s oeuvre. Drawing on lived traditions from the island of Tinos, Maro Fasouli brings together three textile works that explore dwelling and the memory of domestic space and anonymous custom art. Responding to Bucher’s exploration of the home as a temporal condition and a site of transformation, as well as to the color blue (indigo) prominent in her watercolors, Ismini Samanidou creates an installation across multiple media, informed by memories of childhood spent on various Cycladic islands. Kleopatra Tsali’s soft fabric structure, dyed by hand with Naxian emery, evoke Bucher’s skinnings, while her other works explore shelter, embodied forms of protection, and moments of transformation. Paky Vlassopoulou also employs her memories from the island of Tinos, in a magnetising minimalist Cycladic inverted figure, made of clay and straw, which references the female body as space, skin, nature and finally as home.
Participating artists: Maro Fasouli, Ismini Samanidou, Kleopatra Tsali,Paky Vlassopoulou
The ACG Αrt Collection & Gallery team: Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Music performance during the opening: Korina Samourkasidou (Pianist – Soloist) and Stella Arabatzoglou (Saxophone)
Dance performance during the openings: ACG students
Choreography: Dr. Daphne Mourelou (Program Coordinator, Dance Area, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art Team
Founding Director and Curator: Dr Ziba Ardalan
Assistant to the Director and PR Coordinator: Judith Lignières
Exhibition Assistant and Editorial Coordinator: Lynn Ha
Specialist Technician: Jonathan Kelly
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Dr Mary Cardaras, Ioanna Papapavlou, Ms. Niki Kladakis, Dr. Daphne Mourelou of the Dance Area. Thanks to Vivian Giannopoulou, Nicky Theodorou and Georgia Dassyra from the Events team, Marinos Klouras, Nasia Ntinopoulou, George Papastogiannoudis, Nikolas Fronimos, Nefeli Alexandraki for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, Nassos Sopilis, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos and Christos Papadopoulos as well as Georgia, Fevranoglou, Rene Fragkou, Antonis Kontopoulos, Haris Gialelis, Stavros Theofilou, Dimitris Fakinos, Christos Matzios, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical assistance.
About The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences offers a dynamic curriculum designed to cultivate the student’s critical mind and creative potential, while preparing them for success in the social and professional arenas. At a time of global unrest, marked by economic inequalities, the rise of artificial intelligence, and climate change, arts, humanities and social sciences education takes center stage in any higher education institution that caters to the present while looking to the future. In line with our vision and mission, our humanities and social sciences programs offer a broad as well as in-depth exposure to knowledge that fosters refined understanding, global consciousness, and ability to deploy creative synthesis, which is the foundation of critical, innovative thought. Our arts programs, run by distinguished academics and practitioners, offer a well-rounded arts education that blends theoretical knowledge with practical training and rich opportunities for creative self-expression.
About Demos Center
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece is a place where we strengthen democracy by encouraging active citizenship. This is reflected in its mission, partnerships and programing. Located in the heart of Plaka, the Center hosts exhibitions, debates, and cultural programs that strengthen democratic values and active citizenship. Through diverse programming and community partnerships, Demos creates space for cross-cultural exchange and civic participation. The Demos’s motto is “devote the rest of your life to making progress” and in that sentiment encourage the youth of Athens to come to The Demos Center to be inspired and energized.
About Parasol unit
Founded in 2004 by art historian and curator Dr Ziba Ardalan, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art is a non-profit organisation that operates purely for the public benefit. Central to the Parasol unit philosophy is its pledge to support artists and their creative endeavours, an attitude which leads to lasting relationships between each exhibiting artist and the foundation.
October
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HEIDI BUCHER CENTENNIAL EVENTS A two-part exhibition program in Athens celebrates the centenary of Swiss artist Heidi Bucher The American College of Greece in collaboration with Parasol unit foundation
Event Details
HEIDI BUCHER CENTENNIAL EVENTS
A two-part exhibition program in Athens celebrates the centenary of Swiss artist Heidi Bucher
The American College of Greece in collaboration with Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art
Curated by Dr Ziba Ardalan
Athens, Greece | September 26 – November 15, 2026 | Admission Free and open to the public
Heidi Bucher: Oraío Spíti (Beautiful House)
ACG Plaka Building
17b Ipitou Street, Athens, GR 105 57
Opening reception: Friday September 25, 18:00-21:00
Bodyshells performance at 20:15
Opening hours in Plaka:
Wednesday-Friday: 12:00-19:00
Saturdays 12:00-17:00
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences of The American College of Greece and Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, in collaboration with The Demos Center of The American College of Greece, present Heidi Bucher Centennial Events, a major two-part exhibition program marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Swiss artist Heidi Bucher (1926-1993). The program takes place across two ACG venues in Athens from September 26 to November 15, 2026. Together, the two exhibitions explore the lasting influence of Bucher’s time in Greece —a relatively underexplored chapter of her life— through the themes of transience and metamorphosis.
Titled “Heidi Bucher: Oraío Spíti”, the exhibition at The ACG Plaka Building hosts smaller works connected to Bucher’s time on Mykonos in the summers of 1960 and 1961 and explores the lasting influence of Cycladic architecture on her practice. While on Mykonos, Bucher often referred in her notebooks to the startlingly white, cube-shaped Cycladic houses as ‘Spiti Oreo’ [oraío spíti], Greek words which translate to ”beautiful house”. Having grown up in a patriarchal environment, Bucher became to see the house as a complex symbol of isolation, submission, and a reason for rebellion. As she explored the house as a site of transformation and metamorphosis, it developed into a recurring motif in her oeuvre. Her iconic sculptural work, Bodyshells, are among her most innovative interpretations of the house. With her family, Bucher wore these large enclosures on Venice Beach in Los Angeles to create a performance. Made of synthetic foam, Bodyshells may have been inspired by the moon-landings of the late sixties and were made to signal a home, a protective barrier between the body and its surroundings. Their iridescent mother-of-pearl coating further emphasized themes of transience and metamorphosis, which recur in Bucher’s work. At both exhibition previews, Bodyshells will be activated through performances by students of The American College of Greece.
Heidi Bucher: An Encounter with Maro Fasouli, Ismini Samanidou, Kleopatra Tsali and Paky Vlassopoulou
The ACG Art Gallery
6 Gravias Street, Aghia Paraskevi, GR 15342
Opening reception:
Saturday September 26, 11:00-15:00
Bodyshells performance at 12:00
Opening hours in Aghia Paraskevi:
Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00
Saturdays: 12:00-16:00
Titled “Heidi Bucher: An Encounter with Maro Fasouli; Ismini Samanidou; Kleopatra Tsali and Paky Vlassopoulou”, the exhibition at The ACG Art Gallery presents larger works by Bucher, including Häutungen (skinnings), Bodyshells and their performance videos, alongside works by four contemporary Greek women artists responding to key themes in Bucher’s oeuvre. Drawing on lived traditions from the island of Tinos, Maro Fasouli brings together three textile works that explore dwelling and the memory of domestic space and anonymous custom art. Responding to Bucher’s exploration of the home as a temporal condition and a site of transformation, as well as to the color blue (indigo) prominent in her watercolors, Ismini Samanidou creates an installation across multiple media, informed by memories of childhood spent on various Cycladic islands. Kleopatra Tsali’s soft fabric structure, dyed by hand with Naxian emery, evoke Bucher’s skinnings, while her other works explore shelter, embodied forms of protection, and moments of transformation. Paky Vlassopoulou also employs her memories from the island of Tinos, in a magnetising minimalist Cycladic inverted figure, made of clay and straw, which references the female body as space, skin, nature and finally as home.
Participating artists: Maro Fasouli, Ismini Samanidou, Kleopatra Tsali,Paky Vlassopoulou
The ACG Αrt Collection & Gallery team: Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Music performance during the opening: Korina Samourkasidou (Pianist – Soloist) and Stella Arabatzoglou (Saxophone)
Dance performance during the openings: ACG students
Choreography: Dr. Daphne Mourelou (Program Coordinator, Dance Area, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art Team
Founding Director and Curator: Dr Ziba Ardalan
Assistant to the Director and PR Coordinator: Judith Lignières
Exhibition Assistant and Editorial Coordinator: Lynn Ha
Specialist Technician: Jonathan Kelly
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Dr Mary Cardaras, Ioanna Papapavlou, Ms. Niki Kladakis, Dr. Daphne Mourelou of the Dance Area. Thanks to Vivian Giannopoulou, Nicky Theodorou and Georgia Dassyra from the Events team, Marinos Klouras, Nasia Ntinopoulou, George Papastogiannoudis, Nikolas Fronimos, Nefeli Alexandraki for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, Nassos Sopilis, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos and Christos Papadopoulos as well as Georgia, Fevranoglou, Rene Fragkou, Antonis Kontopoulos, Haris Gialelis, Stavros Theofilou, Dimitris Fakinos, Christos Matzios, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical assistance.
About The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences offers a dynamic curriculum designed to cultivate the student’s critical mind and creative potential, while preparing them for success in the social and professional arenas. At a time of global unrest, marked by economic inequalities, the rise of artificial intelligence, and climate change, arts, humanities and social sciences education takes center stage in any higher education institution that caters to the present while looking to the future. In line with our vision and mission, our humanities and social sciences programs offer a broad as well as in-depth exposure to knowledge that fosters refined understanding, global consciousness, and ability to deploy creative synthesis, which is the foundation of critical, innovative thought. Our arts programs, run by distinguished academics and practitioners, offer a well-rounded arts education that blends theoretical knowledge with practical training and rich opportunities for creative self-expression.
About Demos Center
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece is a place where we strengthen democracy by encouraging active citizenship. This is reflected in its mission, partnerships and programing. Located in the heart of Plaka, the Center hosts exhibitions, debates, and cultural programs that strengthen democratic values and active citizenship. Through diverse programming and community partnerships, Demos creates space for cross-cultural exchange and civic participation. The Demos’s motto is “devote the rest of your life to making progress” and in that sentiment encourage the youth of Athens to come to The Demos Center to be inspired and energized.
About Parasol unit
Founded in 2004 by art historian and curator Dr Ziba Ardalan, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art is a non-profit organisation that operates purely for the public benefit. Central to the Parasol unit philosophy is its pledge to support artists and their creative endeavours, an attitude which leads to lasting relationships between each exhibiting artist and the foundation.
September
202627Sep17:00El Sistema Greece FIESTA 2026Marking El Sistema Greece’s 10th anniversary17:00
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El Sistema Greece FIESTA 2026 Marking El Sistema Greece’s 10th anniversary When: Sunday, September 27, 2026 | arrival time 17:00 The musical promenade starts at 17.00 and the concert at 18:00 Where: Pierce Theater,
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El Sistema Greece FIESTA 2026
Marking El Sistema Greece’s 10th anniversary
When: Sunday, September 27, 2026 | arrival time 17:00
The musical promenade starts at 17.00 and the concert at 18:00
Where: Pierce Theater, The American College of Greece
[6 Gravias str., Aghia Paraskevi, GR 15342]
Organized by:
El Sistema Greece
Supported by:
Department of Music, Theater and Dance, Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece
Orchestra Conductor
Christian Vásquez
Artistic Director of the Juan José Landaeta Symphony Orchestra
Associate Conductor of the Simón Bolívar National Choir of Venezuela
Associate Conductor of the Orquestra de València
Choir Conductor
Lourdes Sánchez
Head of the Academic Choral Programme of El Sistema Venezuela
Director of the Simón Bolívar National Choir of Venezuela
About the concert
El Sistema Greece celebrates its 10th anniversary with El Sistema Greece FIESTA, a festival of collective music-making culminating in a public concert on Sunday, 27 September 2026 at The American College of Greece (ACG).
Taking place in Athens from 24 to 27 September, El Sistema Greece FIESTA is a four-day festival dedicated to collective musical creation. More than 250 musicians and choristers from different orchestras, choirs, and musical communities will come together to rehearse, exchange musical ideas, and collaboratively create a programme combining works from the symphonic repertoire with music from Latin America. For many participants, this will be the first time they perform together, and the outcome of this four-day creative process will be presented to the public for the first time on Sunday, September 27th.
At El Sistema Greece FIESTA, the concert begins long before the audience takes their seats. Through a musical promenade, small ensembles from El Sistema Greece will bring different areas of the campus to life, transforming the audience’s arrival into part of the celebration itself.
The festival brings together the El Sistema Greece Academy, El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra, Decibel Collective, Kypseli Orchestra, and the El Sistema Greece Youth Choir, and students participating from across all El Sistema Greece nucleos. They will be joined by the ACG Community Choir, the Intercultural Choir of the Greek National Opera, the Underground Youth Orchestra, the Underground Kids Orchestra, and additional musicians, presenting together the musical outcome of this four-day collaborative creative process.
In Spanish, fiesta means celebration. And this is precisely how El Sistema Greece has chosen to mark its first ten years: by bringing musicians, choristers, musical communities, and audiences together through music!
The event will be held in English and is free and open to the public. Registration is mandatory.
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HEIDI BUCHER CENTENNIAL EVENTS A two-part exhibition program in Athens celebrates the centenary of Swiss artist Heidi Bucher The American College of Greece in collaboration with Parasol unit foundation
Event Details
HEIDI BUCHER CENTENNIAL EVENTS
A two-part exhibition program in Athens celebrates the centenary of Swiss artist Heidi Bucher
The American College of Greece in collaboration with Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art
Curated by Dr Ziba Ardalan
Athens, Greece | September 26 – November 15, 2026 | Admission Free and open to the public
Heidi Bucher: Oraío Spíti (Beautiful House)
ACG Plaka Building
17b Ipitou Street, Athens, GR 105 57
Opening reception: Friday September 25, 18:00-21:00
Bodyshells performance at 20:15
Opening hours in Plaka:
Wednesday-Friday: 12:00-19:00
Saturdays 12:00-17:00
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences of The American College of Greece and Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, in collaboration with The Demos Center of The American College of Greece, present Heidi Bucher Centennial Events, a major two-part exhibition program marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Swiss artist Heidi Bucher (1926-1993). The program takes place across two ACG venues in Athens from September 26 to November 15, 2026. Together, the two exhibitions explore the lasting influence of Bucher’s time in Greece —a relatively underexplored chapter of her life— through the themes of transience and metamorphosis.
Titled “Heidi Bucher: Oraío Spíti”, the exhibition at The ACG Plaka Building hosts smaller works connected to Bucher’s time on Mykonos in the summers of 1960 and 1961 and explores the lasting influence of Cycladic architecture on her practice. While on Mykonos, Bucher often referred in her notebooks to the startlingly white, cube-shaped Cycladic houses as ‘Spiti Oreo’ [oraío spíti], Greek words which translate to ”beautiful house”. Having grown up in a patriarchal environment, Bucher became to see the house as a complex symbol of isolation, submission, and a reason for rebellion. As she explored the house as a site of transformation and metamorphosis, it developed into a recurring motif in her oeuvre. Her iconic sculptural work, Bodyshells, are among her most innovative interpretations of the house. With her family, Bucher wore these large enclosures on Venice Beach in Los Angeles to create a performance. Made of synthetic foam, Bodyshells may have been inspired by the moon-landings of the late sixties and were made to signal a home, a protective barrier between the body and its surroundings. Their iridescent mother-of-pearl coating further emphasized themes of transience and metamorphosis, which recur in Bucher’s work. At both exhibition previews, Bodyshells will be activated through performances by students of The American College of Greece.
Heidi Bucher: An Encounter with Maro Fasouli, Ismini Samanidou, Kleopatra Tsali and Paky Vlassopoulou
The ACG Art Gallery
6 Gravias Street, Aghia Paraskevi, GR 15342
Opening reception:
Saturday September 26, 11:00-15:00
Bodyshells performance at 12:00
Opening hours in Aghia Paraskevi:
Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00
Saturdays: 12:00-16:00
Titled “Heidi Bucher: An Encounter with Maro Fasouli; Ismini Samanidou; Kleopatra Tsali and Paky Vlassopoulou”, the exhibition at The ACG Art Gallery presents larger works by Bucher, including Häutungen (skinnings), Bodyshells and their performance videos, alongside works by four contemporary Greek women artists responding to key themes in Bucher’s oeuvre. Drawing on lived traditions from the island of Tinos, Maro Fasouli brings together three textile works that explore dwelling and the memory of domestic space and anonymous custom art. Responding to Bucher’s exploration of the home as a temporal condition and a site of transformation, as well as to the color blue (indigo) prominent in her watercolors, Ismini Samanidou creates an installation across multiple media, informed by memories of childhood spent on various Cycladic islands. Kleopatra Tsali’s soft fabric structure, dyed by hand with Naxian emery, evoke Bucher’s skinnings, while her other works explore shelter, embodied forms of protection, and moments of transformation. Paky Vlassopoulou also employs her memories from the island of Tinos, in a magnetising minimalist Cycladic inverted figure, made of clay and straw, which references the female body as space, skin, nature and finally as home.
Participating artists: Maro Fasouli, Ismini Samanidou, Kleopatra Tsali,Paky Vlassopoulou
The ACG Αrt Collection & Gallery team: Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Music performance during the opening: Korina Samourkasidou (Pianist – Soloist) and Stella Arabatzoglou (Saxophone)
Dance performance during the openings: ACG students
Choreography: Dr. Daphne Mourelou (Program Coordinator, Dance Area, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art Team
Founding Director and Curator: Dr Ziba Ardalan
Assistant to the Director and PR Coordinator: Judith Lignières
Exhibition Assistant and Editorial Coordinator: Lynn Ha
Specialist Technician: Jonathan Kelly
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Dr Mary Cardaras, Ioanna Papapavlou, Ms. Niki Kladakis, Dr. Daphne Mourelou of the Dance Area. Thanks to Vivian Giannopoulou, Nicky Theodorou and Georgia Dassyra from the Events team, Marinos Klouras, Nasia Ntinopoulou, George Papastogiannoudis, Nikolas Fronimos, Nefeli Alexandraki for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, Nassos Sopilis, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos and Christos Papadopoulos as well as Georgia, Fevranoglou, Rene Fragkou, Antonis Kontopoulos, Haris Gialelis, Stavros Theofilou, Dimitris Fakinos, Christos Matzios, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical assistance.
About The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences offers a dynamic curriculum designed to cultivate the student’s critical mind and creative potential, while preparing them for success in the social and professional arenas. At a time of global unrest, marked by economic inequalities, the rise of artificial intelligence, and climate change, arts, humanities and social sciences education takes center stage in any higher education institution that caters to the present while looking to the future. In line with our vision and mission, our humanities and social sciences programs offer a broad as well as in-depth exposure to knowledge that fosters refined understanding, global consciousness, and ability to deploy creative synthesis, which is the foundation of critical, innovative thought. Our arts programs, run by distinguished academics and practitioners, offer a well-rounded arts education that blends theoretical knowledge with practical training and rich opportunities for creative self-expression.
About Demos Center
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece is a place where we strengthen democracy by encouraging active citizenship. This is reflected in its mission, partnerships and programing. Located in the heart of Plaka, the Center hosts exhibitions, debates, and cultural programs that strengthen democratic values and active citizenship. Through diverse programming and community partnerships, Demos creates space for cross-cultural exchange and civic participation. The Demos’s motto is “devote the rest of your life to making progress” and in that sentiment encourage the youth of Athens to come to The Demos Center to be inspired and energized.
About Parasol unit
Founded in 2004 by art historian and curator Dr Ziba Ardalan, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art is a non-profit organisation that operates purely for the public benefit. Central to the Parasol unit philosophy is its pledge to support artists and their creative endeavours, an attitude which leads to lasting relationships between each exhibiting artist and the foundation.
July
202602Jul19:00Bunraku Lecture & DemonstrationTraditional Japanese Puppet Theatre19:00
Event Details
Bunraku Lecture & Demonstration Traditional Japanese Puppet Theatre When: Thursday, July 2, 2026 | 19:00 Where: Black Box Theater, The American College of Greece (6 Gravias str., Aghia Paraskevi, GR 15342) Staged by Coten-Goten
Event Details
Bunraku Lecture & Demonstration
Traditional Japanese Puppet Theatre
When:
Thursday, July 2, 2026 | 19:00
Where:
Black Box Theater,
The American College of Greece (6 Gravias str., Aghia Paraskevi, GR 15342)
Staged by Coten-Goten Co., Ltd.
About the event
The Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the Francis Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, cordially invite you to the lecture and demonstration of Bunraku, one of Japan’s representative traditional theatre arts for adults, inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Bunraku is a closely collaborative form which synchronizes narrative recitation, shamisen music and puppetry in performance. Originally referred to as Ningyō Jōruri, it was formed in around 1600. Jōruri is the art of narration, with shamisen coming into usage for the musical performance, and merged with puppetry that has existed since ancient times. Takemoto Gidayu, a master narrator, opened the Takemoto Takemoto-za theatre in Osaka. The theatre staged plays written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon that became highly popular, and formed Bunraku as we know it today.
Program
1. Opening Performance
“The Report of Utanosuke” (Utanosuke no Chūshin)
A scene from Keisei Hangonko
A characteristic excerpt is presented, clearly highlighting the movement of the puppet and offering the audience a comprehensive view of Bunraku (narrator, shamisen, puppet).
2. Introduction to Bunraku
3. Lecture & Demonstrations
▶ Gidayu-bushi Demonstration ▶ Puppetry Demonstration ▶ Hands-on Experience
4. Main Performance
“The Love Suicides of Osome and Hisamatsu” from Shinpan Utazaimon
Act: Nozaki Nozaki-mura (The Village of Nozaki)
An excerpt from the renowned work is presented, depicting the tragic love story and double suicide of Osome and Hisamatsu. A member of the audience will be invited to participate in the role of Hisamatsu.
5. Q&A Session
Performers
Tayu / Narrator: Toyotake Yoshihodayu
Shamisen: Tsuruzawa Tomonosuke
Puppeteers: Yoshida Tamasuke; Kiritake Monyoshi; Yoshida Tamaji; Yoshida Tamanobu
The event is free and open to the public, by registration only.
Parking on campus is provided, upon availability.
Event Details
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies Curated by Tina Pandi Opening: Thursday 28 May, 2026 18:00- 22:00 Exhibition duration: 28 May- 18 July, 2026 Opening hours: Wednesday- Friday: 15:00-
Event Details
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies
Curated by Tina Pandi
Opening: Thursday 28 May, 2026 18:00- 22:00
Exhibition duration: 28 May- 18 July, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday- Friday: 15:00- 20:00 Saturdays: 12:00-17:00
The exhibition is free and open to the public
Where:
ACG Art Gallery, 6 Gravias, Aghia Paraskevi
Organized by:
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Deree – The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies is conceived as a research-based curatorial project that focuses on artists who explore alternative educational frameworks and forms of knowledge, thereby tracing critical pedagogical approaches that question how knowledge is produced, mediated, and transmitted. The exhibition takes its title from the seminal film Zéro de Conduite (1933) by French director Jean Vigo, which serves as a point of reference for questioning the disciplinary structures of education. Within this framework, education is approached not as a neutral mechanism of knowledge transmission, but as a dynamic system that shapes subjectivities, behaviors, and social relations.
The exhibition places particular emphasis on the history of education in Greece during the 20th century, highlighting the tension between traditional modes of instruction and reformist pedagogical practices. Special attention is given to the role of language as a site of ideological conflict, where issues of identity, power, and politics are both constructed and contested. From the ideological and political debates surrounding the “language question” in early 20th-century Greece to artistic initiatives exploring new forms of participation in art and learning during the 1960s and the following decades, the exhibition examines education as a field of cultural, social, and ideological formation.
Through works that experiment with collective forms of learning, embodied knowledge, and participatory processes, Zero for Conduct brings together historical and contemporary artistic initiatives that approach education as a creative, critical, and potentially emancipatory process. Comprising existing works and new commissions, the exhibition is conceived as a space for critical reflection, where art becomes a means of questioning the conditions of the learning process. In this context, education emerges as a dynamic practice tied to the very right to knowledge—particularly at a moment when this right is once again being called into question.
Participating artists:
Dimitris Antonitsis, John Baldessari, Natasa Biza, Thanasis Chondros / Alexandra Katsiani, Anastasia Douka, Effie Halivopoulou x Nikos Falagas x Tim Ward x Maira Milolidaki x Michaela Ganelli x Alexia Anna Hoffnagle x Anna Kolaza x Athena Chi Mosenthal, Niki Kanagini’s archive, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Karolina Krasouli, Jennifer Nelson, Leda Papaconstantinou, Alexandros Psychoulis, Group for communication and education in art archive, Aspa Stassinopoulou, Jean Vigo
Performances:
Jennifer Nelson in collaboration with students of the department.
ACG Αrt Collection team: Ioanna Papapavlou, Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Production: Katerina Milesi, Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Ioanna Papapavlou
Mediation team: Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Merkouri, Katerina Milesi, Eva Ntampanli and Anthi Stergiou (Art History program, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Graphic Design: Theodosia Skoumpi (Graphic Design student, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Graphic Design supervisor: Melina Constantinides (Graphic Design Professor)
Exhibition design: Eva Ntampanli
Exhibition videography: Anna Livieratou, Tzouli Ampitmpol
Videography supervision: Artemis Athanasiadou (Cinema Studies Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor)
Contributors to Jennifer Nelson’s performance:
Readers: Christos Dielas, Evgenia Kentrou, Anna Giakoumakatou, Athena Chi Mosenthal, Natalia Zara
Librarian: Jennifer Nelson
Scribe: Elen Demirian
Trees courtesy of Giannis Gryllis – Gryllis Waterlillies
Production assistant – Fani Koulocheri
The exhibition is organized by the Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts in the context of the Arts Festival 2026, in collaboration and with the support of Art History, Visual Arts and Graphic Design programs as well as of the Dance Area of Deree – The American College of Greece.
Special thanks to the Collection of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (ΕΜΣΤ) and the Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection. Also to Dean Helena Maragou, Ms. Niki Kladakis, Dr. Daphne Mourelou of the Dance Area.
Thanks to Vivian Giannopoulou, Nicky Theodorou and Georgia Dassyra from the Events team, Marinos Klouras, Nasia Ntinopoulou, George Papastogiannoudis, Virna Vrettou, Nefeli Alexandraki, Nikolaos Fronimos and Alexis Tsironis for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, Nassos Sopilis, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos and Christos Papadopoulos as well as Rene Fragkou, Antonis Kontopoulos, Haris Gialelis, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Christos Matzios, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical assistance.
June
Event Details
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies Curated by Tina Pandi Opening: Thursday 28 May, 2026 18:00- 22:00 Exhibition duration: 28 May- 18 July, 2026 Opening hours: Wednesday- Friday: 15:00-
Event Details
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies
Curated by Tina Pandi
Opening: Thursday 28 May, 2026 18:00- 22:00
Exhibition duration: 28 May- 18 July, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday- Friday: 15:00- 20:00 Saturdays: 12:00-17:00
The exhibition is free and open to the public
Where:
ACG Art Gallery, 6 Gravias, Aghia Paraskevi
Organized by:
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Deree – The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies is conceived as a research-based curatorial project that focuses on artists who explore alternative educational frameworks and forms of knowledge, thereby tracing critical pedagogical approaches that question how knowledge is produced, mediated, and transmitted. The exhibition takes its title from the seminal film Zéro de Conduite (1933) by French director Jean Vigo, which serves as a point of reference for questioning the disciplinary structures of education. Within this framework, education is approached not as a neutral mechanism of knowledge transmission, but as a dynamic system that shapes subjectivities, behaviors, and social relations.
The exhibition places particular emphasis on the history of education in Greece during the 20th century, highlighting the tension between traditional modes of instruction and reformist pedagogical practices. Special attention is given to the role of language as a site of ideological conflict, where issues of identity, power, and politics are both constructed and contested. From the ideological and political debates surrounding the “language question” in early 20th-century Greece to artistic initiatives exploring new forms of participation in art and learning during the 1960s and the following decades, the exhibition examines education as a field of cultural, social, and ideological formation.
Through works that experiment with collective forms of learning, embodied knowledge, and participatory processes, Zero for Conduct brings together historical and contemporary artistic initiatives that approach education as a creative, critical, and potentially emancipatory process. Comprising existing works and new commissions, the exhibition is conceived as a space for critical reflection, where art becomes a means of questioning the conditions of the learning process. In this context, education emerges as a dynamic practice tied to the very right to knowledge—particularly at a moment when this right is once again being called into question.
Participating artists:
Dimitris Antonitsis, John Baldessari, Natasa Biza, Thanasis Chondros / Alexandra Katsiani, Anastasia Douka, Effie Halivopoulou x Nikos Falagas x Tim Ward x Maira Milolidaki x Michaela Ganelli x Alexia Anna Hoffnagle x Anna Kolaza x Athena Chi Mosenthal, Niki Kanagini’s archive, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Karolina Krasouli, Jennifer Nelson, Leda Papaconstantinou, Alexandros Psychoulis, Group for communication and education in art archive, Aspa Stassinopoulou, Jean Vigo
Performances:
Jennifer Nelson in collaboration with students of the department.
ACG Αrt Collection team: Ioanna Papapavlou, Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Production: Katerina Milesi, Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Ioanna Papapavlou
Mediation team: Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Merkouri, Katerina Milesi, Eva Ntampanli and Anthi Stergiou (Art History program, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Graphic Design: Theodosia Skoumpi (Graphic Design student, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Graphic Design supervisor: Melina Constantinides (Graphic Design Professor)
Exhibition design: Eva Ntampanli
Exhibition videography: Anna Livieratou, Tzouli Ampitmpol
Videography supervision: Artemis Athanasiadou (Cinema Studies Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor)
Contributors to Jennifer Nelson’s performance:
Readers: Christos Dielas, Evgenia Kentrou, Anna Giakoumakatou, Athena Chi Mosenthal, Natalia Zara
Librarian: Jennifer Nelson
Scribe: Elen Demirian
Trees courtesy of Giannis Gryllis – Gryllis Waterlillies
Production assistant – Fani Koulocheri
The exhibition is organized by the Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts in the context of the Arts Festival 2026, in collaboration and with the support of Art History, Visual Arts and Graphic Design programs as well as of the Dance Area of Deree – The American College of Greece.
Special thanks to the Collection of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (ΕΜΣΤ) and the Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection. Also to Dean Helena Maragou, Ms. Niki Kladakis, Dr. Daphne Mourelou of the Dance Area.
Thanks to Vivian Giannopoulou, Nicky Theodorou and Georgia Dassyra from the Events team, Marinos Klouras, Nasia Ntinopoulou, George Papastogiannoudis, Virna Vrettou, Nefeli Alexandraki, Nikolaos Fronimos and Alexis Tsironis for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, Nassos Sopilis, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos and Christos Papadopoulos as well as Rene Fragkou, Antonis Kontopoulos, Haris Gialelis, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Christos Matzios, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical assistance.
May
Event Details
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies Curated by Tina Pandi Opening: Thursday 28 May, 2026 18:00- 22:00 Exhibition duration: 28 May- 18 July, 2026 Opening hours: Wednesday- Friday: 15:00-
Event Details
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies
Curated by Tina Pandi
Opening: Thursday 28 May, 2026 18:00- 22:00
Exhibition duration: 28 May- 18 July, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday- Friday: 15:00- 20:00 Saturdays: 12:00-17:00
The exhibition is free and open to the public
Where:
ACG Art Gallery, 6 Gravias, Aghia Paraskevi
Organized by:
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Deree – The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies is conceived as a research-based curatorial project that focuses on artists who explore alternative educational frameworks and forms of knowledge, thereby tracing critical pedagogical approaches that question how knowledge is produced, mediated, and transmitted. The exhibition takes its title from the seminal film Zéro de Conduite (1933) by French director Jean Vigo, which serves as a point of reference for questioning the disciplinary structures of education. Within this framework, education is approached not as a neutral mechanism of knowledge transmission, but as a dynamic system that shapes subjectivities, behaviors, and social relations.
The exhibition places particular emphasis on the history of education in Greece during the 20th century, highlighting the tension between traditional modes of instruction and reformist pedagogical practices. Special attention is given to the role of language as a site of ideological conflict, where issues of identity, power, and politics are both constructed and contested. From the ideological and political debates surrounding the “language question” in early 20th-century Greece to artistic initiatives exploring new forms of participation in art and learning during the 1960s and the following decades, the exhibition examines education as a field of cultural, social, and ideological formation.
Through works that experiment with collective forms of learning, embodied knowledge, and participatory processes, Zero for Conduct brings together historical and contemporary artistic initiatives that approach education as a creative, critical, and potentially emancipatory process. Comprising existing works and new commissions, the exhibition is conceived as a space for critical reflection, where art becomes a means of questioning the conditions of the learning process. In this context, education emerges as a dynamic practice tied to the very right to knowledge—particularly at a moment when this right is once again being called into question.
Participating artists:
Dimitris Antonitsis, John Baldessari, Natasa Biza, Thanasis Chondros / Alexandra Katsiani, Anastasia Douka, Effie Halivopoulou x Nikos Falagas x Tim Ward x Maira Milolidaki x Michaela Ganelli x Alexia Anna Hoffnagle x Anna Kolaza x Athena Chi Mosenthal, Niki Kanagini’s archive, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Karolina Krasouli, Jennifer Nelson, Leda Papaconstantinou, Alexandros Psychoulis, Group for communication and education in art archive, Aspa Stassinopoulou, Jean Vigo
Performances:
Jennifer Nelson in collaboration with students of the department.
ACG Αrt Collection team: Ioanna Papapavlou, Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Production: Katerina Milesi, Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Ioanna Papapavlou
Mediation team: Dr. Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Merkouri, Katerina Milesi, Eva Ntampanli and Anthi Stergiou (Art History program, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Graphic Design: Theodosia Skoumpi (Graphic Design student, Deree – The American College of Greece)
Graphic Design supervisor: Melina Constantinides (Graphic Design Professor)
Exhibition design: Eva Ntampanli
Exhibition videography: Anna Livieratou, Tzouli Ampitmpol
Videography supervision: Artemis Athanasiadou (Cinema Studies Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor)
Contributors to Jennifer Nelson’s performance:
Readers: Christos Dielas, Evgenia Kentrou, Anna Giakoumakatou, Athena Chi Mosenthal, Natalia Zara
Librarian: Jennifer Nelson
Scribe: Elen Demirian
Trees courtesy of Giannis Gryllis – Gryllis Waterlillies
Production assistant – Fani Koulocheri
The exhibition is organized by the Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts in the context of the Arts Festival 2026, in collaboration and with the support of Art History, Visual Arts and Graphic Design programs as well as of the Dance Area of Deree – The American College of Greece.
Special thanks to the Collection of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (ΕΜΣΤ) and the Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection. Also to Dean Helena Maragou, Ms. Niki Kladakis, Dr. Daphne Mourelou of the Dance Area.
Thanks to Vivian Giannopoulou, Nicky Theodorou and Georgia Dassyra from the Events team, Marinos Klouras, Nasia Ntinopoulou, George Papastogiannoudis, Virna Vrettou, Nefeli Alexandraki, Nikolaos Fronimos and Alexis Tsironis for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, Nassos Sopilis, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos and Christos Papadopoulos as well as Rene Fragkou, Antonis Kontopoulos, Haris Gialelis, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Christos Matzios, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical assistance.
Event Details
Exhibition: Permanent Temporality Exhibition duration: Saturday 25 April - Friday 8 May, 2026 Opening hours: M-F 15:00-18:00, Saturdays 12:00-16:00, closed May 1st Where: ACG Art Gallery – The
Event Details
Exhibition: Permanent Temporality
Exhibition duration: Saturday 25 April – Friday 8 May, 2026
Opening hours: M-F 15:00-18:00, Saturdays 12:00-16:00, closed May 1st
Where:
ACG Art Gallery – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias Street, 15342 Aghia Paraskevi
The Visual Arts Program of the Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts of Deree – The American College of Greece, is very pleased to present its Senior exhibition 2026 in the ACG Gallery, opening on April 24th at 18:30.
About the exhibition
Students completing the Visual Arts program have spent a full academic year to research and realize a project related to their specific interests as emerging visual artists. Graduating students Anna Giakoumakatou, Maria-Luisa Dollete, Konstantina Chatzouli, Phoebe Kainourgiou, and Natalia Zara present the exhibition Permanent Temporality. Please join us at the opening to see their work and meet the artists.
We are living in a state of Permanent Temporality. As old as the earth and as new as the disruptive technologies that change our world by the millisecond, Permanent Temporality speaks to both an enduring philosophy of impermanence, and to a rupture in the timeline. Constant change characterizes the human condition, but for our graduating students, the accelerated existential threats and destabilization of norms manifest psychically through visual hallucinations, dysmorphia and escapist mechanisms which the artists interrogate and engage with. Their sustained acts to see the world explicitly blend their interior mental filters with memory and its errors, forging a subjective and authentic way forward. The exhibition invites viewers into their daily quest to navigate a disorienting present and make meaning of it.
Anna Giakoumakatou
Giakoumakatou’s Anemoessa is a multi-projection installation that reconstructs memory as a spatial, immersive environment. Drawing from personal and archival material, the work transforms fragments of lived experience into a unified, inhabitable space. Past and present coexist in shifting, layered images, revealing memory not as a fixed record, but as a living condition. Giakoumakatou’s practice explores memory, identity, and notions of home. As visitors navigate the space, they enter a state of recollection where absence and presence converge—where memory is not only revisited, but physically and emotionally experienced.
Maria-Luisa Dollete
How do you truly feel right now? Dollete’s immersive audiovisual installation Lunaris offers viewers the opportunity to honestly reflect on this vital question. Using the Moon as a vehicle for reconnecting to the Self and the natural world, Dollete’s installation consists of a large-scale moon projection and its watery reflection, 28 self-reflective questions, and a personal monologue. The resulting liminal and introspective space, inspired by Dollete’s own meditation and journaling practices, provides a pause from our fast-paced, technologically-driven, contemporary lives.
Konstantina Chatzouli
In Fluctuations, the artist creates a self portrait through depictions of a glitched urban landscape. In an attempt to explore distorted perception and confusion, Chatzouli translates the visual results of accidental digital errors into paintings and woven pieces. The labor intensive practices and purposeful detailings clash with the idea and speed of accidental digital distortion in a process similar to the artist’s own struggle to locate their analog self within the moving technological landscape.
Phoebe Kainourgiou
Kainourgiou’s process-based installation, Uniquely Yours, is formed through a practice of committed looking at and within herself. Over the course of 8 months, Kainourgiou made daily self-portraits accompanied by short diary entries in an attempt to know her ever-changing self. The installation consists of a long hallway of selected portraits and a video in which drawings of her face pass across her actual face. Inspired by her childhood practice of drawing in school notebooks as a means of escapism, she now makes a more personal and mature visual diary, to promote self-awareness instead. With her attempt to capture her genuine expressions, Kainougiou also comments on harmful societal ideologies about appearance. She explores themes of honesty, filtering, self-image, femininity, mental health, and the only true stability of this world, change.
Natalia Zara
With the installation Αστεροσκοπείο [Observatory], Natalia Zara explores the human need to revisit childhood experiences as a source of comfort and security. Inspired by the intuitive practices of child-play, the work evokes an innocent curiosity. The audience is faced with the installation’s exterior created by cluttered blankets and bedsheets forming a tent-like construction, a kind of pillow fort. Only through play will they discover the interior of the intimate, soft space, which operates as a shelter. Ultimately, Αστεροσκοπείο considers refuge and escapism at a time when global sociopolitical upheaval inevitably leads us to seek safety.
For more information please contact Ms. Niki Kladakis 210 600 9800, ext. 1456 or at [email protected]
ACG Art Gallery – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias Street, 15342 Aghia Paraskevi
April
Event Details
Exhibition: Permanent Temporality Exhibition duration: Saturday 25 April - Friday 8 May, 2026 Opening hours: M-F 15:00-18:00, Saturdays 12:00-16:00, closed May 1st Where: ACG Art Gallery – The
Event Details
Exhibition: Permanent Temporality
Exhibition duration: Saturday 25 April – Friday 8 May, 2026
Opening hours: M-F 15:00-18:00, Saturdays 12:00-16:00, closed May 1st
Where:
ACG Art Gallery – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias Street, 15342 Aghia Paraskevi
The Visual Arts Program of the Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts of Deree – The American College of Greece, is very pleased to present its Senior exhibition 2026 in the ACG Gallery, opening on April 24th at 18:30.
About the exhibition
Students completing the Visual Arts program have spent a full academic year to research and realize a project related to their specific interests as emerging visual artists. Graduating students Anna Giakoumakatou, Maria-Luisa Dollete, Konstantina Chatzouli, Phoebe Kainourgiou, and Natalia Zara present the exhibition Permanent Temporality. Please join us at the opening to see their work and meet the artists.
We are living in a state of Permanent Temporality. As old as the earth and as new as the disruptive technologies that change our world by the millisecond, Permanent Temporality speaks to both an enduring philosophy of impermanence, and to a rupture in the timeline. Constant change characterizes the human condition, but for our graduating students, the accelerated existential threats and destabilization of norms manifest psychically through visual hallucinations, dysmorphia and escapist mechanisms which the artists interrogate and engage with. Their sustained acts to see the world explicitly blend their interior mental filters with memory and its errors, forging a subjective and authentic way forward. The exhibition invites viewers into their daily quest to navigate a disorienting present and make meaning of it.
Anna Giakoumakatou
Giakoumakatou’s Anemoessa is a multi-projection installation that reconstructs memory as a spatial, immersive environment. Drawing from personal and archival material, the work transforms fragments of lived experience into a unified, inhabitable space. Past and present coexist in shifting, layered images, revealing memory not as a fixed record, but as a living condition. Giakoumakatou’s practice explores memory, identity, and notions of home. As visitors navigate the space, they enter a state of recollection where absence and presence converge—where memory is not only revisited, but physically and emotionally experienced.
Maria-Luisa Dollete
How do you truly feel right now? Dollete’s immersive audiovisual installation Lunaris offers viewers the opportunity to honestly reflect on this vital question. Using the Moon as a vehicle for reconnecting to the Self and the natural world, Dollete’s installation consists of a large-scale moon projection and its watery reflection, 28 self-reflective questions, and a personal monologue. The resulting liminal and introspective space, inspired by Dollete’s own meditation and journaling practices, provides a pause from our fast-paced, technologically-driven, contemporary lives.
Konstantina Chatzouli
In Fluctuations, the artist creates a self portrait through depictions of a glitched urban landscape. In an attempt to explore distorted perception and confusion, Chatzouli translates the visual results of accidental digital errors into paintings and woven pieces. The labor intensive practices and purposeful detailings clash with the idea and speed of accidental digital distortion in a process similar to the artist’s own struggle to locate their analog self within the moving technological landscape.
Phoebe Kainourgiou
Kainourgiou’s process-based installation, Uniquely Yours, is formed through a practice of committed looking at and within herself. Over the course of 8 months, Kainourgiou made daily self-portraits accompanied by short diary entries in an attempt to know her ever-changing self. The installation consists of a long hallway of selected portraits and a video in which drawings of her face pass across her actual face. Inspired by her childhood practice of drawing in school notebooks as a means of escapism, she now makes a more personal and mature visual diary, to promote self-awareness instead. With her attempt to capture her genuine expressions, Kainougiou also comments on harmful societal ideologies about appearance. She explores themes of honesty, filtering, self-image, femininity, mental health, and the only true stability of this world, change.
Natalia Zara
With the installation Αστεροσκοπείο [Observatory], Natalia Zara explores the human need to revisit childhood experiences as a source of comfort and security. Inspired by the intuitive practices of child-play, the work evokes an innocent curiosity. The audience is faced with the installation’s exterior created by cluttered blankets and bedsheets forming a tent-like construction, a kind of pillow fort. Only through play will they discover the interior of the intimate, soft space, which operates as a shelter. Ultimately, Αστεροσκοπείο considers refuge and escapism at a time when global sociopolitical upheaval inevitably leads us to seek safety.
For more information please contact Ms. Niki Kladakis 210 600 9800, ext. 1456 or at [email protected]
ACG Art Gallery – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias Street, 15342 Aghia Paraskevi
202624Feb(Feb 24)18:0025Apr(Apr 25)16:00Not Third but Infinite(February 24) 18:00 - (April 25) 16:00
Event Details
Opening: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 18:00-21:00 When: February 25-April 25, 2026 Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00 & Saturday: 12:00-16:00 Closed between: April 4-19 for the Easter break Where: ACG Plaka Building,
Event Details
Opening: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 18:00-21:00
When: February 25-April 25, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00 & Saturday: 12:00-16:00
Closed between: April 4-19 for the Easter break
Where: ACG Plaka Building, 17 Ipitou St, Plaka, Athens
Curated by
ACG Art collection in collaboration with Díla
Co-organized by:
Díla
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
A new group exhibition brings together artists from diverse cross-cultural backgrounds to explore ideas of dislocation and possibility, alongside expressions of hybridity in relation to place, belonging, and selfhood.
Not Third but Infinite takes its title and conceptual framework from critical theorist Homi K. Bhabha’s notion of the “Third Space,” expanding his idea of a hybrid, imagined zone between cultures into a vision of infinite re-creation. This expansion evokes the psychological potency of utopia—a state defined by perpetual openness and possibility. Notably, the exhibition includes previously unexhibited notebooks and ephemera from the personal archive of the distinguished Greek-American artist Michael Lekakis (1907–1987). Lekakis’s work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and the Guggenheim, and is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Greece.
Featuring both established and posthumous artists alongside those at earlier stages of their careers, the exhibition presents poetry, painting, embroidery, works on paper, archival ephemera, and immersive installations. It collectively reflects on what it means not only to leave one’s roots behind, but also to continuously renegotiate versions of the self. These recalibrated identities are often constructed from visual fragments, memories, and sensory impressions tied to specific landscapes and physical touchpoints, which reassemble in unfamiliar yet generative ways. Greek-Egyptian painter Farida El Gazzar, continuing her evolving series of miniature paintings depicting city life, architecture, and foliage, presents scenes drawn from the urban landscapes of Athens and Alexandria, framed within kitsch decorative borders. Greek-Cypriot artist Vassia Adamou Vanezi, who describes her practice as involving “poetic gestures” and “visual poetry or concrete poetry,” engages with the contested terrain of her Cypriot homeland. Through botanicals mounted on handmade paper and layers of typed text rendered illegible through repetition, she enacts processes of confusion, re-creation, and re-meaning.
Of Korean-American origin and raised between Switzerland and Greece, multidisciplinary artist Iliodora Margellos brings her meditative stitch-based practice to her series Securities, presenting embroidered aphorisms such as A Star Is Brighter in the Clear Sky and The Sun Will Always Rise as gestures of reassurance for the untethered self. She also presents two lesser-known installations: a floor-based crochet and mirror sculpture of droplets and puddles, titled Long Quiet River—named after Étienne Chatiliez’s French comedy film “La Vie est un Long Fleuve Tranquille”—and a delicate handwoven mobile, Comforts (Very Knotty) IV, anchored by a textile knot that gestures toward entanglement and the quiet inner harmony one learns to cultivate within the layered complexities of familial identity. Kleitia Kokalari, born in Albania and raised in Athens, contributes paintings of uncanny landscapes suggestive of the subconscious, featuring border waters and a cave-like portal that appears to lead elsewhere. Zigzagging, geometrically carved sculptures by Swedish-born, Athens-based artist Andreas Kargsten punctuate corners and transitional spaces, marking thresholds between the exhibition’s rooms and corridors
Two contributions come from artists associated with Díla, a community offering mentorship to young refugee women pursuing work in the arts, which co-produced Not Third but Infinite. Upon entering the exhibition, visitors encounter a large-scale painting by Elen Demirian, a young Armenian artist currently studying Visual Arts at Deree. Her striking work 499, co-authored with her partner Aram Minassian—also of Armenian origin and now based in France—is densely layered with references to shared cultural memory, including excerpts from prayers, folk songs, and privately coded numerological symbols, together forming an intimate “third space” on the canvas. Further along the corridor, in a room of its own, visitors encounter Chink of Light, a poetry installation by Iran-born writer of Tajik origin Karima Qias, now based in Brussels. Previously installed at Pikionis’ pavilion on Philopappou Hill, the work features calligraphed pages from her handmade book lining the walls, accompanied by a video portrait and a Persian-language poetry audio track.
Text and lyrical language are among the exhibition’s defining elements. Lettering and literary forms appear across media—in collaborative painting, poetry installations, embroidery on paper and cloth, and most prominently in the poems, reflections, and jottings found in Lekakis’s notebooks. Spiritual references to the sky and the stars, with their inherently transnational and borderless qualities, recur throughout the exhibition. In one notebook poem, Lekakis writes:
“What happens to the stars at night?
They fly to Egypt
To crash at the feet of Ra
They pile so high
They slip over the ends of the earth.”
Many of the works seek either to zoom out from the earthly plane in search of broader perspective, or to capture fleeting moments as textures—through words, materials, and gestures—rendering experience tangible even as it slips away. In doing so, they register and commemorate earthly details as both anchors of belonging and points of departure. Despite their diversity of media and individual artistic languages, the works in Not Third but Infinite share an acute awareness of ephemerality and impermanence. Distributed across the ground-floor rooms of the beautifully preserved neoclassical villa of The American College of Greece (ACG) on Ipitou Street, the exhibition unfolds as a collective meditation on dislocation as both rupture and reconstitution. Particularly notable are the archival materials by Lekakis displayed in the main room: personal correspondence, photographs, and notebooks drawn from an archive held by the ACG Art Collection. Presented in traditional library display cases, these informal pages offer intimate insights into the New York–born artist’s life and imaginative world through his distinctive and evocative poetic voice.
Also of special note is a haunting basement installation by Sabri El Charif, a recent graduate of Deree’s Visual Arts Program and a young artist of Egyptian-Levantine origin. His floor-based work Under This Sky pays tribute to the tragedy of the ongoing genocide in Palestine, addressing in particular the mass graves in Gaza as a violent attempt to sever a people from their homeland.
Not Third but Infinite is co-organized by Díla, The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Demos Center of The American College of Greece. As a collaborative endeavor, the exhibition reflects the School’s commitment to offer a wide range of artistic activities and promote its students and graduates, The Demos Center’s mission to foster a sense of active citizenship—particularly among younger generations—as well as Díla’s dedication to supporting young refugee women on creative career paths.
For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]
Participating artists: Elen Demirian & Aram Minassian, Sabri El Charif, Farida El Gazzar, Andreas Kargsten, Kleitia Kokalari, Michael Lekakis, Iliodora Margellos, Karima Qias, Vassia Adamou Vanezi
Curated by: Ioanna Papapavlou and Díla
Exhibition production: Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Graphic Design: Elen Demirian
Gallery texts: Eliana Klathis, Katerina Merkouri, Katerina Milesi, Eva Ntampanli
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Niki Kladakis, and Dr. Mary Cardaras.
Thanks to Niky Theodorou for logistical assistance, Virna Vrettou, George Papastogiannoudis and Nikolaos Fronimos for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos, as well as Haris Gialelis, Christos Mantzios, Antonis Kontopoulos, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Vasilis Palaiogiannis, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical support.
March
202624Feb(Feb 24)18:0025Apr(Apr 25)16:00Not Third but Infinite(February 24) 18:00 - (April 25) 16:00
Event Details
Opening: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 18:00-21:00 When: February 25-April 25, 2026 Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00 & Saturday: 12:00-16:00 Closed between: April 4-19 for the Easter break Where: ACG Plaka Building,
Event Details
Opening: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 18:00-21:00
When: February 25-April 25, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00 & Saturday: 12:00-16:00
Closed between: April 4-19 for the Easter break
Where: ACG Plaka Building, 17 Ipitou St, Plaka, Athens
Curated by
ACG Art collection in collaboration with Díla
Co-organized by:
Díla
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
A new group exhibition brings together artists from diverse cross-cultural backgrounds to explore ideas of dislocation and possibility, alongside expressions of hybridity in relation to place, belonging, and selfhood.
Not Third but Infinite takes its title and conceptual framework from critical theorist Homi K. Bhabha’s notion of the “Third Space,” expanding his idea of a hybrid, imagined zone between cultures into a vision of infinite re-creation. This expansion evokes the psychological potency of utopia—a state defined by perpetual openness and possibility. Notably, the exhibition includes previously unexhibited notebooks and ephemera from the personal archive of the distinguished Greek-American artist Michael Lekakis (1907–1987). Lekakis’s work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and the Guggenheim, and is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Greece.
Featuring both established and posthumous artists alongside those at earlier stages of their careers, the exhibition presents poetry, painting, embroidery, works on paper, archival ephemera, and immersive installations. It collectively reflects on what it means not only to leave one’s roots behind, but also to continuously renegotiate versions of the self. These recalibrated identities are often constructed from visual fragments, memories, and sensory impressions tied to specific landscapes and physical touchpoints, which reassemble in unfamiliar yet generative ways. Greek-Egyptian painter Farida El Gazzar, continuing her evolving series of miniature paintings depicting city life, architecture, and foliage, presents scenes drawn from the urban landscapes of Athens and Alexandria, framed within kitsch decorative borders. Greek-Cypriot artist Vassia Adamou Vanezi, who describes her practice as involving “poetic gestures” and “visual poetry or concrete poetry,” engages with the contested terrain of her Cypriot homeland. Through botanicals mounted on handmade paper and layers of typed text rendered illegible through repetition, she enacts processes of confusion, re-creation, and re-meaning.
Of Korean-American origin and raised between Switzerland and Greece, multidisciplinary artist Iliodora Margellos brings her meditative stitch-based practice to her series Securities, presenting embroidered aphorisms such as A Star Is Brighter in the Clear Sky and The Sun Will Always Rise as gestures of reassurance for the untethered self. She also presents two lesser-known installations: a floor-based crochet and mirror sculpture of droplets and puddles, titled Long Quiet River—named after Étienne Chatiliez’s French comedy film “La Vie est un Long Fleuve Tranquille”—and a delicate handwoven mobile, Comforts (Very Knotty) IV, anchored by a textile knot that gestures toward entanglement and the quiet inner harmony one learns to cultivate within the layered complexities of familial identity. Kleitia Kokalari, born in Albania and raised in Athens, contributes paintings of uncanny landscapes suggestive of the subconscious, featuring border waters and a cave-like portal that appears to lead elsewhere. Zigzagging, geometrically carved sculptures by Swedish-born, Athens-based artist Andreas Kargsten punctuate corners and transitional spaces, marking thresholds between the exhibition’s rooms and corridors
Two contributions come from artists associated with Díla, a community offering mentorship to young refugee women pursuing work in the arts, which co-produced Not Third but Infinite. Upon entering the exhibition, visitors encounter a large-scale painting by Elen Demirian, a young Armenian artist currently studying Visual Arts at Deree. Her striking work 499, co-authored with her partner Aram Minassian—also of Armenian origin and now based in France—is densely layered with references to shared cultural memory, including excerpts from prayers, folk songs, and privately coded numerological symbols, together forming an intimate “third space” on the canvas. Further along the corridor, in a room of its own, visitors encounter Chink of Light, a poetry installation by Iran-born writer of Tajik origin Karima Qias, now based in Brussels. Previously installed at Pikionis’ pavilion on Philopappou Hill, the work features calligraphed pages from her handmade book lining the walls, accompanied by a video portrait and a Persian-language poetry audio track.
Text and lyrical language are among the exhibition’s defining elements. Lettering and literary forms appear across media—in collaborative painting, poetry installations, embroidery on paper and cloth, and most prominently in the poems, reflections, and jottings found in Lekakis’s notebooks. Spiritual references to the sky and the stars, with their inherently transnational and borderless qualities, recur throughout the exhibition. In one notebook poem, Lekakis writes:
“What happens to the stars at night?
They fly to Egypt
To crash at the feet of Ra
They pile so high
They slip over the ends of the earth.”
Many of the works seek either to zoom out from the earthly plane in search of broader perspective, or to capture fleeting moments as textures—through words, materials, and gestures—rendering experience tangible even as it slips away. In doing so, they register and commemorate earthly details as both anchors of belonging and points of departure. Despite their diversity of media and individual artistic languages, the works in Not Third but Infinite share an acute awareness of ephemerality and impermanence. Distributed across the ground-floor rooms of the beautifully preserved neoclassical villa of The American College of Greece (ACG) on Ipitou Street, the exhibition unfolds as a collective meditation on dislocation as both rupture and reconstitution. Particularly notable are the archival materials by Lekakis displayed in the main room: personal correspondence, photographs, and notebooks drawn from an archive held by the ACG Art Collection. Presented in traditional library display cases, these informal pages offer intimate insights into the New York–born artist’s life and imaginative world through his distinctive and evocative poetic voice.
Also of special note is a haunting basement installation by Sabri El Charif, a recent graduate of Deree’s Visual Arts Program and a young artist of Egyptian-Levantine origin. His floor-based work Under This Sky pays tribute to the tragedy of the ongoing genocide in Palestine, addressing in particular the mass graves in Gaza as a violent attempt to sever a people from their homeland.
Not Third but Infinite is co-organized by Díla, The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Demos Center of The American College of Greece. As a collaborative endeavor, the exhibition reflects the School’s commitment to offer a wide range of artistic activities and promote its students and graduates, The Demos Center’s mission to foster a sense of active citizenship—particularly among younger generations—as well as Díla’s dedication to supporting young refugee women on creative career paths.
For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]
Participating artists: Elen Demirian & Aram Minassian, Sabri El Charif, Farida El Gazzar, Andreas Kargsten, Kleitia Kokalari, Michael Lekakis, Iliodora Margellos, Karima Qias, Vassia Adamou Vanezi
Curated by: Ioanna Papapavlou and Díla
Exhibition production: Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Graphic Design: Elen Demirian
Gallery texts: Eliana Klathis, Katerina Merkouri, Katerina Milesi, Eva Ntampanli
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Niki Kladakis, and Dr. Mary Cardaras.
Thanks to Niky Theodorou for logistical assistance, Virna Vrettou, George Papastogiannoudis and Nikolaos Fronimos for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos, as well as Haris Gialelis, Christos Mantzios, Antonis Kontopoulos, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Vasilis Palaiogiannis, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical support.
February
202624Feb(Feb 24)18:0025Apr(Apr 25)16:00Not Third but Infinite18:00 - (April 25) 16:00
Event Details
Opening: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 18:00-21:00 When: February 25-April 25, 2026 Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00 & Saturday: 12:00-16:00 Closed between: April 4-19 for the Easter break Where: ACG Plaka Building,
Event Details
Opening: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 18:00-21:00
When: February 25-April 25, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00 & Saturday: 12:00-16:00
Closed between: April 4-19 for the Easter break
Where: ACG Plaka Building, 17 Ipitou St, Plaka, Athens
Curated by
ACG Art collection in collaboration with Díla
Co-organized by:
Díla
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
A new group exhibition brings together artists from diverse cross-cultural backgrounds to explore ideas of dislocation and possibility, alongside expressions of hybridity in relation to place, belonging, and selfhood.
Not Third but Infinite takes its title and conceptual framework from critical theorist Homi K. Bhabha’s notion of the “Third Space,” expanding his idea of a hybrid, imagined zone between cultures into a vision of infinite re-creation. This expansion evokes the psychological potency of utopia—a state defined by perpetual openness and possibility. Notably, the exhibition includes previously unexhibited notebooks and ephemera from the personal archive of the distinguished Greek-American artist Michael Lekakis (1907–1987). Lekakis’s work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and the Guggenheim, and is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Greece.
Featuring both established and posthumous artists alongside those at earlier stages of their careers, the exhibition presents poetry, painting, embroidery, works on paper, archival ephemera, and immersive installations. It collectively reflects on what it means not only to leave one’s roots behind, but also to continuously renegotiate versions of the self. These recalibrated identities are often constructed from visual fragments, memories, and sensory impressions tied to specific landscapes and physical touchpoints, which reassemble in unfamiliar yet generative ways. Greek-Egyptian painter Farida El Gazzar, continuing her evolving series of miniature paintings depicting city life, architecture, and foliage, presents scenes drawn from the urban landscapes of Athens and Alexandria, framed within kitsch decorative borders. Greek-Cypriot artist Vassia Adamou Vanezi, who describes her practice as involving “poetic gestures” and “visual poetry or concrete poetry,” engages with the contested terrain of her Cypriot homeland. Through botanicals mounted on handmade paper and layers of typed text rendered illegible through repetition, she enacts processes of confusion, re-creation, and re-meaning.
Of Korean-American origin and raised between Switzerland and Greece, multidisciplinary artist Iliodora Margellos brings her meditative stitch-based practice to her series Securities, presenting embroidered aphorisms such as A Star Is Brighter in the Clear Sky and The Sun Will Always Rise as gestures of reassurance for the untethered self. She also presents two lesser-known installations: a floor-based crochet and mirror sculpture of droplets and puddles, titled Long Quiet River—named after Étienne Chatiliez’s French comedy film “La Vie est un Long Fleuve Tranquille”—and a delicate handwoven mobile, Comforts (Very Knotty) IV, anchored by a textile knot that gestures toward entanglement and the quiet inner harmony one learns to cultivate within the layered complexities of familial identity. Kleitia Kokalari, born in Albania and raised in Athens, contributes paintings of uncanny landscapes suggestive of the subconscious, featuring border waters and a cave-like portal that appears to lead elsewhere. Zigzagging, geometrically carved sculptures by Swedish-born, Athens-based artist Andreas Kargsten punctuate corners and transitional spaces, marking thresholds between the exhibition’s rooms and corridors
Two contributions come from artists associated with Díla, a community offering mentorship to young refugee women pursuing work in the arts, which co-produced Not Third but Infinite. Upon entering the exhibition, visitors encounter a large-scale painting by Elen Demirian, a young Armenian artist currently studying Visual Arts at Deree. Her striking work 499, co-authored with her partner Aram Minassian—also of Armenian origin and now based in France—is densely layered with references to shared cultural memory, including excerpts from prayers, folk songs, and privately coded numerological symbols, together forming an intimate “third space” on the canvas. Further along the corridor, in a room of its own, visitors encounter Chink of Light, a poetry installation by Iran-born writer of Tajik origin Karima Qias, now based in Brussels. Previously installed at Pikionis’ pavilion on Philopappou Hill, the work features calligraphed pages from her handmade book lining the walls, accompanied by a video portrait and a Persian-language poetry audio track.
Text and lyrical language are among the exhibition’s defining elements. Lettering and literary forms appear across media—in collaborative painting, poetry installations, embroidery on paper and cloth, and most prominently in the poems, reflections, and jottings found in Lekakis’s notebooks. Spiritual references to the sky and the stars, with their inherently transnational and borderless qualities, recur throughout the exhibition. In one notebook poem, Lekakis writes:
“What happens to the stars at night?
They fly to Egypt
To crash at the feet of Ra
They pile so high
They slip over the ends of the earth.”
Many of the works seek either to zoom out from the earthly plane in search of broader perspective, or to capture fleeting moments as textures—through words, materials, and gestures—rendering experience tangible even as it slips away. In doing so, they register and commemorate earthly details as both anchors of belonging and points of departure. Despite their diversity of media and individual artistic languages, the works in Not Third but Infinite share an acute awareness of ephemerality and impermanence. Distributed across the ground-floor rooms of the beautifully preserved neoclassical villa of The American College of Greece (ACG) on Ipitou Street, the exhibition unfolds as a collective meditation on dislocation as both rupture and reconstitution. Particularly notable are the archival materials by Lekakis displayed in the main room: personal correspondence, photographs, and notebooks drawn from an archive held by the ACG Art Collection. Presented in traditional library display cases, these informal pages offer intimate insights into the New York–born artist’s life and imaginative world through his distinctive and evocative poetic voice.
Also of special note is a haunting basement installation by Sabri El Charif, a recent graduate of Deree’s Visual Arts Program and a young artist of Egyptian-Levantine origin. His floor-based work Under This Sky pays tribute to the tragedy of the ongoing genocide in Palestine, addressing in particular the mass graves in Gaza as a violent attempt to sever a people from their homeland.
Not Third but Infinite is co-organized by Díla, The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Demos Center of The American College of Greece. As a collaborative endeavor, the exhibition reflects the School’s commitment to offer a wide range of artistic activities and promote its students and graduates, The Demos Center’s mission to foster a sense of active citizenship—particularly among younger generations—as well as Díla’s dedication to supporting young refugee women on creative career paths.
For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]
Participating artists: Elen Demirian & Aram Minassian, Sabri El Charif, Farida El Gazzar, Andreas Kargsten, Kleitia Kokalari, Michael Lekakis, Iliodora Margellos, Karima Qias, Vassia Adamou Vanezi
Curated by: Ioanna Papapavlou and Díla
Exhibition production: Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Graphic Design: Elen Demirian
Gallery texts: Eliana Klathis, Katerina Merkouri, Katerina Milesi, Eva Ntampanli
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Niki Kladakis, and Dr. Mary Cardaras.
Thanks to Niky Theodorou for logistical assistance, Virna Vrettou, George Papastogiannoudis and Nikolaos Fronimos for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos, as well as Haris Gialelis, Christos Mantzios, Antonis Kontopoulos, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Vasilis Palaiogiannis, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical support.
202613Feb13:3015:30The Heart in Music and Medicine13:30 - 15:30
Event Details
The Heart in Music and Medicine When: Friday, February 13, 2026 | 13:30 – 15:30 Where: ACG Events Hall, DC, Ag. Paraskevi Campus Organized by: Dr Tatiana Papageorgiou, Associate Professor, Deree Music Department,
Event Details
The Heart in Music and Medicine
When:
Friday, February 13, 2026 | 13:30 – 15:30
Where:
ACG Events Hall, DC, Ag. Paraskevi Campus
Organized by:
Dr Tatiana Papageorgiou, Associate Professor, Deree Music Department, FRSAHSS,
The American College of Greece
Supported by:
The Frances Riches School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
The American College of Greece
In collaboration with:
The Biomedical Sciences Program, Department of Science and Mathematics, and the Department of Psychology – School of Sciences and Technology, and the ACG Health & Wellness Center
About the event
On the occasion of the World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day, which symbolically coincides with Valentine’s Day, ACG will host a special interdisciplinary event of lectures and live music performances, titled “The Heart in Music and Medicine”. The event, which is organized by Associate Professor of Music Tatiana Papageorgiou and supported by the Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, features distinguished guest speakers from different disciplines to celebrate the enduring relationship between music, medicine, psychology and the biomedical sciences.
We are happy to announce that Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis will be able to attend in order to share his insights on the topic with Deree students, faculty and guests.
Interventional cardiologist, Dr. Spyros Papaioannou (Director of Cardiology Clinic at the Athens Naval Hospital, Director of the Hellenic Society of Athletic Cardiology, and member of the European and American Cardiology Societies), will speak on congenital heart defects and sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes, stressing the significance of prevention and proper treatment.
Dr. Paraskevi Papadopoulou, ACG Professor of Biomedical Sciences & Environmental Studies, a senior collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) network, will present important findings from the recent GBD cardiovascular study she has participated in as co-author, ‘Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors in 204 Countries and Territories’ (1990-2023), published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Ion Beratis, ACG Associate Professor of Psychology and Scientific Associate of the First Department of Neurology at ‘Aeginitio’ University Hospital, a clinical center of excellence for neurological diseases, will speak on the relationship between music and mental health and the bidirectional brain-heart connection.
Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou, ACG Associate Professor of Music and active performing musician, will share research findings about the effects of music and rhythm on heart rate, using musical examples, while referring to the development of music therapy as a formal health-care profession today.
Ms. Sophie Themelis, Executive Coordinator for Wellness at the ACG Health & Wellness Center, Pilates Instructor, and a passionate advocate for wellbeing and sustainability, dedicated to integrating eco-conscious practices into health and wellness initiatives, will share techniques of meditation with music, as a tool for improving emotional regulation and physical health.
The lectures will be interspersed with live music performances of iconic songs about the heart, presented by talented young artists from the Deree Music Program of the American College of Greece.
Join us for this unique interdisciplinary event featuring a series of insightful lectures and performances that bridge the realms of cardiology, biomedical research, psychology and music, while celebrating the heart – both as a vital organ for human life and wellbeing, and as a universal symbol of emotion and connection.
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued to student participants in recognition of their participation and engagement in this extracurricular event.
Speakers
Dr. Spyros Papaioannou, MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist, Director at the Athens Naval Hospital’s 2nd Cardiology Clinic, Director of the Hellenic Society of Athletic Cardiology.
Dr. Spyros Papaioannou is recognized as one of the leading cardiologists in the country. He has been Director of the Athens Naval Hospital’s 2nd Cardiology Clinic since 2017 and has served in all key positions within the healthcare sector of the Hellenic Navy. Dr Papaioannou has over 30 years of experience in clinical, consultative and interventional cardiology, having built a high reputation for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. He also specializes in athletic cardiology, the risk factors and prevention of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes, currently also serving as Director of the Hellenic Society of Athletic Cardiology. Dr Papaioannou graduated from the Military Medical School of Thessaloniki and continued his training at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He completed his specialty at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, and in 2003, he earned a Ph.D. from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). He specialized in interventional cardiology at Walsgrave Hospital in the United Kingdom and has, since then, performed over 1,000 invasive procedures. Dr Papaioannou has participated as a chairman and speaker in over 550 cardiology conferences in Greece and abroad and has published 80 scientific papers in national and international journals. In April 2022, he was appointed Professor of Cardiology at the European University of Cyprus. He is a member of both the European and American Cardiology Societies.
Dr. Paraskevi Papadopoulou, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Sciences & Environmental Studies at Deree – The American College of Greece
Dr. Paraskevi Papadopoulou is Professor in the Biomedical Sciences & Environmental Studies programs at Deree-The American College of Greece. She holds a BSc in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and BSc and PhD in Biology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Currently she is Strategic Research Advisor at the Digital Health Literacy and Policy Hub, an initiative of the Nanopoulos Foundation, Inc. Her expertise spans cell biology, structural biology, molecular biophysics and bioinformatics, digital health, STEM education, and sustainability. She has extensive experience in institutional leadership for over fifteen years, recently having served as Head of the Department of Science and Mathematics, and Program Director of the Biomedical Sciences Program at Deree (2020-2023), while coordinating curriculum development and innovation initiatives. She is also the Founder of the Biomedical Science Research (BMSR) Team and has served as Team Leader @ Research, Technology, & Innovation Network (RTIN) from Sep. 2021 to Aug. 2024. Prof. Papadopoulou is a Senior Collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Network and Associate Editor in Frontiers in Digital Health | Personalized Medicine. She has participated as co-PI of the ACGRC partner in the Erasmus+ project SDG4U and has authored over 70 scientific publications and co-edited multiple international volumes on AI, health, digital health and education.
Dr. Ion Beratis, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Deree – The American College of Greece
Dr. Ion Beratis is Associate Professor of Psychology at Deree-The American College of Greece, and Scientific Associate of the First Department of Neurology at the ‘Eginition’ University Hospital, a clinical center of excellence for neurological diseases and the largest one in the country. He is also External Supervisor of the Alzheimer Centre of the ‘Nestor’ Psychogeriatric Association. Dr. Beratis’s academic background includes a Psychology Degree from the Department of Psychology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Excellent), a Master of Science in the field of Neuropsychology from the University of Edinburgh (Excellent) and a PhD degree from the 1st Department of Psychiatry of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Excellent). Also, he has completed his clinical training in cognitive psychotherapy by the Hellenic Association of Cognitive Psychotherapies. Dr. Beratis has conducted research in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Patras, the University Mental Health Research Institute of Athens and the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Edinburgh, and the Department of Psychology of the American College of Greece. His research work has been published in international peer reviewed journals and has been presented in Hellenic and International Scientific Congresses. In addition, Dr Beratis has received several scientific awards and is serving as reviewer for peer-reviewed international journals in the field of Neuropsychology.
Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Music, Deree – The American College of Greece
Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou is a concert pianist, music theorist, orchestrator and scholar. She has maintained an active performing career with appearances on six continents and collaborations as piano soloist with prestigious orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Beijing Symphony, Moscow New Opera Symphony, Warsaw Opera Symphony, the Greek National Radio Symphony, the Athens and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestras. As orchestrator she has worked in a wide range of styles from Bach and Chopin to modern Greek music. Renowned orchestras, including the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the Sinfonia Varsovia, have performed her orchestrations, and her publishers include Schott Music in Mainz, Germany. Dr. Papageorgiou is a graduate of the Royal College and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and a recipient of prestigious awards as concert pianist. She also holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Birmingham City University, UK, having completed groundbreaking doctoral research into the piano-symphonic music of legendary Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis (1925-2021), part of which was pursued at Cornell University, New York, while a Fellow Researcher at the School of Mediterranean Studies. Recognized as one of the leading Theodorakis experts today, her research spans performance, editorial practice and scholarly writing, while her close, 23-year collaboration with the composer has resulted in the unearthing of several unpublished works for piano and orchestra, a complete discography and several world premiere performances with the composer himself on the podium. Dr Papageorgiou has been a member of the Deree Music Faculty since 1999, also serving as Coordinator of the Music Program (2000-2008), while contributing to curricular design and cultural initiatives. Her teaching and scholarly work focus on performance, music theory, cultural studies, Greek music and film music aesthetics. Her recent research explores the therapeutic function of music and creativity, as revealed in the cases of composers Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Mikis Theodorakis.
Sophie Themelis
Executive Coordinator, Wellness, Pilates Instructor, ACG Health and Wellness Center
Born and raised in Amman, Jordan. With a BA in Dance and a strong background in exercise, meditation and wellness, she has been working since 1990 at Deree as a group fitness instructor, faculty member, Recreational Sports Coordinator and finally Executive Coordinator, Wellness. Her expertise in group fitness and personal training enabled her to work in spas and sports clubs in Greece and Jordan and had a daily fitness program on Jordanian National Television. She has participated in congresses and seminars in Greece and abroad with the latest being: The Pilates Coach-Germany, The Physicalmind Institute/The Method Pilates -U.S.A, Grounding, Reiki, Biosynthesis, Pranic Healing Light- Greece. She has been a member of IDEA (The Health and Fitness Source) since 1998. Sophie speaks Arabic, English, French and Greek.
The event is free and open to the public.
For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]
January
Event Details
Pause, Fragment, Fold Curated by Dr. Giorgos Kontis Coordinated with Jennifer Nelson Opening: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | 18:00 - 21:00 Exhibition duration: 10 December, 2025 - 31 January, 2026 Opening
Event Details
Pause, Fragment, Fold
Curated by Dr. Giorgos Kontis
Coordinated with Jennifer Nelson
Opening: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | 18:00 – 21:00
Exhibition duration: 10 December, 2025 – 31 January, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15.00-19.00 Saturdays: 12.00-16.00
Closed between 22 December and 6 January
Where:
ACG Plaka Building, 17B Ipitou St, Plaka, Athens
Organized by:
The Visual Arts program at the Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Deree – The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
Pause, Fragment, Fold presents the outcome of a collaborative process between students from the Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at The American College of Greece, the Department of Fine Arts and Arts Sciences at the University of Ioannina, and the Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton. Through a series of workshops, the students examined authorship, collective work, and dialogic artistic practice while also engaging with the ACG Art Collection. The exhibition foregrounds the fragment as a conceptual locus for rethinking form, narrative, and the conditions under which meaning emerges.
Engaging with the Kantian notion of schematism—the process through which a schema (form, shape) enables a concept to become sensible—the exhibition probes the conventional understanding that the schema follows the concept, serving not as its representation but as its vehicle. Pause, Fragment, Fold proposes an inversion of this trajectory: What if form were to precede concept? What if a schema were to arise first, not as a product of thought but as an open entity awaiting association, narrative, or conceptual articulation? Within this reframed logic, the fragment functions as a remnant or trace—seemingly empty, yet resonant with latent meaning. It is a shard of suspended stories, a part that gestures toward a possible whole without ever fully resolving into it. The fragment remains paused: incomplete but not inert, provisional yet charged with the potential to host new narratives and new conceptual formulations.
The exhibition further draws on Deleuze’s notion of the fold, positioning the fragment not as a discrete or isolated piece but as a point of continuous inflection. Here, the fold marks a moment within an ongoing development of form, where part and whole are not fixed oppositions but states that twist into and out of one another. A fold embodies both pause and movement—a holding pattern on the threshold of transformation.
Through works that test these conceptual thresholds, Pause, Fragment, Fold invites critical reflection on how meaning is produced, deferred, or reconstituted within artistic practice. By foregrounding the fragment as both vessel and rupture, the exhibition opens a space in which to reconsider the temporal and material conditions that shape creative processes today.
This exhibition is free and open to the public.
For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]
Participating artists:
Maria Adamidou, Konstantina Chatzouli, Evi Chondri, Elen Demirian, Nefeli Dimou, Maria-Louisa Dollete, Anna Giakoumakatou, Margarita Giannakopoulou, Xenia Giannoulatou, Theodoros Gkolas, Foivi Kainourgiou, Aristi Kouri, Anna Livieratou, Martha Marinou, Katerina Milesi, , Kostas Papapetros, Ioannis Sarris, Konstantina Sidera, Georgios Theodorakakos, Aggeliki Tsantila, Christina Tsaprailis, Veronica Vergou, Natalia Zara, L2 & L3 Winchester School of Art Fine Art Students (Painting, Sculpture & Printmaking), and selected works from the ACG Art Collection.
Exhibition Production:
Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Graphic Design:
Katerina Milesi
Visual Arts assistant:
Ioannis Sarris
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Niki Kladakis, Dr. Mary Cardaras, Ioanna Papapavlou, Dr. Christina Mamakos, and Maria Lalou.
Thanks to Niky Theodorou for logistical assistance, Maria Petrou for artwork conservation, George Papastogiannoudis and Nikolaos Fronimos for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos, as well as Haris Gialelis, Christos Mantzios, Antonis Kontopoulos, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Vasilis Palaiogiannis, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical support.
December
Event Details
Pause, Fragment, Fold Curated by Dr. Giorgos Kontis Coordinated with Jennifer Nelson Opening: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | 18:00 - 21:00 Exhibition duration: 10 December, 2025 - 31 January, 2026 Opening
Event Details
Pause, Fragment, Fold
Curated by Dr. Giorgos Kontis
Coordinated with Jennifer Nelson
Opening: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | 18:00 – 21:00
Exhibition duration: 10 December, 2025 – 31 January, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15.00-19.00 Saturdays: 12.00-16.00
Closed between 22 December and 6 January
Where:
ACG Plaka Building, 17B Ipitou St, Plaka, Athens
Organized by:
The Visual Arts program at the Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Deree – The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
Pause, Fragment, Fold presents the outcome of a collaborative process between students from the Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at The American College of Greece, the Department of Fine Arts and Arts Sciences at the University of Ioannina, and the Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton. Through a series of workshops, the students examined authorship, collective work, and dialogic artistic practice while also engaging with the ACG Art Collection. The exhibition foregrounds the fragment as a conceptual locus for rethinking form, narrative, and the conditions under which meaning emerges.
Engaging with the Kantian notion of schematism—the process through which a schema (form, shape) enables a concept to become sensible—the exhibition probes the conventional understanding that the schema follows the concept, serving not as its representation but as its vehicle. Pause, Fragment, Fold proposes an inversion of this trajectory: What if form were to precede concept? What if a schema were to arise first, not as a product of thought but as an open entity awaiting association, narrative, or conceptual articulation? Within this reframed logic, the fragment functions as a remnant or trace—seemingly empty, yet resonant with latent meaning. It is a shard of suspended stories, a part that gestures toward a possible whole without ever fully resolving into it. The fragment remains paused: incomplete but not inert, provisional yet charged with the potential to host new narratives and new conceptual formulations.
The exhibition further draws on Deleuze’s notion of the fold, positioning the fragment not as a discrete or isolated piece but as a point of continuous inflection. Here, the fold marks a moment within an ongoing development of form, where part and whole are not fixed oppositions but states that twist into and out of one another. A fold embodies both pause and movement—a holding pattern on the threshold of transformation.
Through works that test these conceptual thresholds, Pause, Fragment, Fold invites critical reflection on how meaning is produced, deferred, or reconstituted within artistic practice. By foregrounding the fragment as both vessel and rupture, the exhibition opens a space in which to reconsider the temporal and material conditions that shape creative processes today.
This exhibition is free and open to the public.
For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]
Participating artists:
Maria Adamidou, Konstantina Chatzouli, Evi Chondri, Elen Demirian, Nefeli Dimou, Maria-Louisa Dollete, Anna Giakoumakatou, Margarita Giannakopoulou, Xenia Giannoulatou, Theodoros Gkolas, Foivi Kainourgiou, Aristi Kouri, Anna Livieratou, Martha Marinou, Katerina Milesi, , Kostas Papapetros, Ioannis Sarris, Konstantina Sidera, Georgios Theodorakakos, Aggeliki Tsantila, Christina Tsaprailis, Veronica Vergou, Natalia Zara, L2 & L3 Winchester School of Art Fine Art Students (Painting, Sculpture & Printmaking), and selected works from the ACG Art Collection.
Exhibition Production:
Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Graphic Design:
Katerina Milesi
Visual Arts assistant:
Ioannis Sarris
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Niki Kladakis, Dr. Mary Cardaras, Ioanna Papapavlou, Dr. Christina Mamakos, and Maria Lalou.
Thanks to Niky Theodorou for logistical assistance, Maria Petrou for artwork conservation, George Papastogiannoudis and Nikolaos Fronimos for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos, as well as Haris Gialelis, Christos Mantzios, Antonis Kontopoulos, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Vasilis Palaiogiannis, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical support.
202502Dec19:0021:30Mikis Theodorakis 100 Years | Homage Concert at ACGat Pierce Theater19:00 - 21:30
Event Details
When: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | 19:00-21:30 Where: Pierce Theater, The American College of Greece, 6 Gravias Str., Aghia Paraskevi, Athens Organized by: Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Deree
Event Details
When: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | 19:00-21:30
Where: Pierce Theater, The American College of Greece, 6 Gravias Str., Aghia Paraskevi, Athens
Organized by:
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece
Featuring:
Kostas Triantafyllidis (voice), Tatiana Papageorgiou (piano, musical direction), Thanassis Vassilas & Yannis Matsoukas (bouzouki), an orchestra of distinguished soloists, and young singers from the Deree Music Program. Choral and vocal coaching is by Effi Minakoulis and Maira Milolidaki.
About the event
In 2025, Greece commemorates the centenary of the illustrious composer Mikis Theodorakis, a pivotal figure in the country’s post-war cultural history, as highlighted by the Culture Ministry’s dedication of the year to him. The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences of the American College of Greece will host a Homage Concert honoring his legacy. The concert will showcase a blend of distinguished professional musicians and longtime collaborators of Theodorakis alongside talented young performers from the Deree Music Program. The renowned singer Kostas Triantafyllidis will lead the performance, accompanied by pianist Tatiana Papageorgiou and bouzouki soloists Thanassis Vassilas and Yannis Matsoukas—all three close artistic associates of Theodorakis. The program will feature a selection of Theodorakis’ renowned songs and film scores, demonstrating the global resonance of his work, with his melodies have been sung in dozens of languages worldwide by artists such as the Beatles, Edith Piaf, Shirley Bassey, Albano, Milva, Livaneli, Arja Saijonma and Joan Baez. The evening will be a moving celebration of Theodorakis’s universal messages of freedom, peace and solidarity through music.
The concert is open to the public with free admission.
Registration is recommended. Please register below to confirm your seat.
For further information, please contact [email protected]