On Saturday, June 3, a special hall dedicated to Giorgos Gounaropoulos will be inaugurated in the Sozopol Municipal Art Gallery, in Bulgaria, to permanently house a generous donation by the artist’s granddaughters, Maria and Despoina Gounaropoulos, to the municipality of Sozopol. The donation includes nine paintings, preparatory drawings, and some of the painter’s personal items.
The opening of the exhibition will be accompanied by the presentation of a special publication focusing on the painter’s relationship with Sozopol, written by Art Historian Elisaveta Stantcheva. On the same day, a statue of Gounaropoulos by the Bulgarian sculptor Mitko Galabov will be unveiled in the old town of Sozopol.
Friday 14th of October 2022, 15:00-16:00
at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition space at the Athens School of Fine Arts
Discussion panel organised by G. Gounaropoulos Museum:
“Inspired by Gounaro: Revisiting the universe of modernist painter G. Gounaropoulos” (panel in Greek)
Speakers:
Babis Alexiadis, animator/illustrator
Natalia Gerakis, flautist
Katerina Damvoglou, actress/director (Fly Theatre)
Chrysanthi Badeka, choreographer/cinematographer/ editor
Christina Sotiropoulou, fashion and costume designer
Nicolas Stefadouros (Stef), comic artist/illustrator
Coordination: Dionissia Giakoumi, art historian, PhD/curator (G. Gounaropoulos Museum)
The G. Gounaropoulos Museum will be closed from 5 – 18 August.
Happy Summer Holidays in Greece!
The museum will be closed on Saturday, 14 August.
The parallel events that accompanied the exhibition Dialogues and interactions: The Greek-French archive of Demosthenes Agrafiotis will be available online until 7 May 2021 on the events page.
Additionally, a guided tour to the exhibition by the museum curators and the artist Demosthenes Agrafiotis will be available online on the exhibition page for the same period.
All videos are in Greek.
The G. Gounaropoulos Museum participates in the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Therefore, it has joined the “Greece 2021” national initiative for free entry to the museums on the 21st of every month throughout the year.
#greece2021, #drasi21
Additionally, the Museum will present a series of art history lectures on the theme “The Greek Revolution of 1821 through the visual arts” (in Greek).
Happy New Year from the G. Gounaropoulos Museum!
We would like to announce that the restauration, renovation and conservation works that the Museum undertook last summer have now been completed. The Museum is, therefore, ready to receive the public as soon as the measures implemented by the Greek Government to safeguard public health are lifted.
In the meantime, you can follow the Museum’s activity through Facebook and the website www.gounaropoulos.gr
The late 2020s will mark the centennial of Gounaropoulos’s house-studio. In order to maintain this important old building in the best possible condition for future generations, the Museum will undertake a series of restauration, renovation and conservation works over the summer break. These will be supplemented by conservation of the collection.
Therefore, the museum will be closed to the public from 23 June and will reopen in autumn 2020 with the launch of its new season program. In the meantime, it can be contacted by telephone or e-mail.
The G. Gounaropoulos Museum is temporarily closed to the public, in line with the measures implemented by the Greek Government to safeguard public health.
You can contact the museum by telephone or e-mail and stay in touch through Facebook and the website www.gounaropoulos.gr.
Line. Hommage à Gounaro ΙΙ, Parallel event.
Wednesday 29 January, 18:30-19:30
Mindfulness workshop by Lamprini-Lydia Petropoulou (art historian, art educator, mindfulness coach) based on paintings by G. Gounaropoulos.
Very limited number of participants. Bookings by phone on 210-7777601 from 15 January.
Line. Hommage à Gounaro ΙΙ, Parallel event.
Saturday 11 January
11:00-12:00 «Line. A historical overview» Lecture by the exhibition’s curator, Dionissia Giakoumi.
12:30-13:30 Artists’ talks: Nikos Exarhos, Voula Koukkou
Line. Hommage à Gounaro ΙΙ, Parallel event.
Wednesday 18 December, 18:30-19:30
Mindfulness workshop by Lamprini-Lydia Petropoulou (art historian, art educator, mindfulness coach) based on paintings by G. Gounaropoulos.
Very limited number of participants. Bookings by phone on 210-7777601 from 4 December.