A special exhibition entitled “Silent Dialogues,” dedicated to two important artists who have left a strong mark on contemporary Greek art: painter and writer Nikos Chouliaras, (1940 – 2015) and sculptor Giorgos Chouliaras (1947), will be hosted by the Athens Municipal Gallery from February 3 to March 29, 2026, with the support of theA special exhibition entitled “Silent Dialogues,” dedicated to two important artists who have left a strong mark on contemporary Greek art: painter and writer Nikos Chouliaras, (1940 – 2015) and sculptor Giorgos Chouliaras (1947), will be hosted by the Athens Municipal Gallery from February 3 to March 29, 2026, with the support of the (OPANDA).

As noted by M. Sfendouraki, art historian and curator of the exhibition, “The case of Nikos and Giorgos Chouliaras constitutes a rare, perhaps unique example in Greek art. These are two great artists with common family and cultural backgrounds, parallel careers, and a strong lifelong brotherly bond. Although they diverge artistically, a common thread seems to run through their work, suggesting a silent dialogue between them. A dialogue that unfolds regardless of their physical presence. Attributing this current to a deeper experiential and spiritual harmony rather than a direct interaction between them, the exhibition draws on the common cultural, genealogical, and emotional foundation of their relationship to illuminate, through the selection of works, a common, perhaps, place: an inner space of convergence that transcends their aesthetic differences.

In the supplement marking 10 years since the death of Nikos Chouliaras, art historian Giorgos Mylonas writes: “The man from Ioannina did not simply move between different fields of expression; he attempted something more radical: to inscribe poetry and painting within the same body, as if they were two forms of the same, unified gesture. The image does not come after the text; nor does the text come after the image. His two forms of expression function in parallel, almost synchronously, as if they were designed by the same hand at the same time. Similar to Kontoglou in the way he experienced tradition, N. Chouliaras differs from Aivaliotis in that he never stopped experimenting… His material, often fragile, emphasizes the humble origins of his forms and his willingness to record not the extraordinary, but the remnants of memory.

Production designed by: Ε. Averof Art Gallery- Metsovo

The exhibition opened on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 6 p.m.

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Duration: 03 February– 29 March 2026

Athens Municipal Art Gallery: Leonidou & Myllerou, Metaxourgeio metro station, tel. 210 – 5202420

Opening hours:  Tuesday- Saturday  11:00-19:00, Sundays 10:00 – 16:00,  Mondays closed

Admission is free