Art Athina annual exhibition opening at Zappeion Hall on September 9

This year, the exhibit will use more spaces at Zappeion and expand into the space outside and to the nearby 'Egli' summer cinema. A total of 71 Greek art galleries and 10 foreign countries will participate.

Art Athina is organized by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association and BeBest events company, and is under the aegis of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Its general manager is Antonis Kourkoulos, while each section is curated on a rotation basis of every year. 

The exhibitions will include objects of modern design, projects by nonprofits and independent art spaces, talks, video screenings, performances, and educational programs for children.

For the third year, the Art Athina prize will be awarded to a young artist in collaboration with the MOMus-Alex Mylona Museum, one of the Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus) museums: four based in Thessaloniki and the Mylona Museum. Last year's award recipient, Stefania Strouza (a.antonopoulou.art Gallery), will show her work at the Mylona Museum (Sept. 12-Oct. 13).

Art Athina has been included in the funding for the 'Attica 2021-2027' Regional Program.

For more information, see http://www.aavirtual.gr (Web), https://www.facebook.com/artathina.gr (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/art_athina (Instagram).

The art galleries participating in the Art Athina this year include the following:

a.antonopoulou.art, agathi kartalos, Alibi, Allouche Benias Gallery, Alma Gallery, Argo Gallery, Art Zone 42, Artower Agora, Artshot - Sophia Gaitani, Artworx, Arusha Gallery (UK), ASTROLAVOS art galleries, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Callirrhoë, Citronne Gallery, Crux Gallerie, Depo Darm, Dio Horia, ekfrasi - yianna grammatopoulou, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Enari Gallery (Netherlands), EPsilon Art Gallery, Françoise Heitsch (Germany), Gallery ArtPrisma, Gallery Ersi, GALERIE LJ (France), Gallery 7, Gallery LTECGallery/MAMA CONTEMPORARY (Cyprus), genesis gallery, IAGA Contemporary Art SRL (Romania, Italy), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Kalfayan Galleries, Kourd Gallery, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Marginalia Gallery (Cyprus), Mazi projects_Razem Pamoja Foundation (Poland), META Spatiu (Romania), Mihalarias Art, Nil Gallery (France), Nitra Gallery, Papatzikou Gallery, Peritechnon Karteris Art Gallery, Rebecca Camhi Gallery, ROMA Gallery, Shazar Gallery (Italy), Sianti Gallery, Skoufa Gallery, Spazio b5 (Italy), Sylvia Kouvali, Technohoros Art Gallery, The Blender Gallery, THE BREEDER, THE EDIT GALLERY (Cyprus), Wilhelmina's, XIPPAS (France--Switzerland-Uruguay), zina athanassiadou gallery.