In the exhibition “From Monet to Warhol: Three Generations, One Collection, One Journey Through the Evolution of Modern Art,” the Goulandris Foundation invites the public to view 83 masterpieces by some of the most important artists of the late 19th century.

The exhibition features 83 works, part of a Swiss private collection that began two generations ago and continues to grow.

Visitors have the extremely rare opportunity to see a collection of works that marked the most decisive moments in art over the last 130 years, from Impressionism to Pop Art, with stops along the way at Post-Impressionism, fauvism, expressionism, cubism, abstraction, and surrealism. These works interact with those in the museum’s permanent collection.

The selection of works is not based on a particular theme or period of art, but on the personal taste of the collectors. This diversity is also reflected in the exhibition at the Goulandris Foundation. Works by 45 leading representatives of modern and contemporary art form a unique visual panorama spanning more than 12 artistic movements. Through a fascinating dialogue between works, the exhibition reconstructs the history of painting from Impressionism to the present day.

Iconic figures of art from the late 19th and 20th centuries, such as Bonnard, Chagall, De Kooning, Degas, Dufy, Ernst, Gauguin, Kandinsky, Lichtenstein, Magritte, Man Ray, Marquet, Matisse, Modigliani, Monet, Morisot, Munch, Picasso, Pissarro, Seurat, Signac, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard, and Warhol are all represented. They are accompanied by artists who are less well known to the general public but equally important and influential, such as Angrand, Anquetin, Denis, Feininger, Friesz, Hayet, Lacombe, Laugé, Pourtau, Ranson, Redon, Sérusier, Szafran, and Vallotton.

Works from this collection have been exhibited at major international exhibitions and museums, winning the admiration of the public and experts alike, such as at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA in New York, the Royal Academy of Art and Tate Modern in London, the Musée d’Orsay, the Grand Palais and the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and the Beyeler Foundation in Basel. However, this is only the second time—and the first time in Greece—that such an extensive and representative collection of her works has been presented to the public.

Curators:
Maria Koutsomalli-Moreau, Head of Collections, Goulandris Foundation

Marina Ferretti Bocquillon, Honorary Scientific Director of the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny

Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday& Sunday 10.00-18.00
Friday 10.00-20.00
Tuesday closed

Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation
Eratosthenous 13, Athens 11635
Τ: 210 725 2895
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Giannis Loukas