City of Athens presents the exhibition “The Restoration of Optimism”, curated by Victoria Zygourou, Kostas Nikakis and Stacey Ventura, from 26 September to 3 November at the Athens City Gallery with works from its permanent collections.  The exhibition, brought by OPANDA, is part of the anniversary events of the Municipality of Athens “1974 & 1944: Athens celebrates its Freedom”, which also commemorates two important anniversaries for Athens, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the city from German occupation and the 50th anniversary of the restoration of democracy.

Rika Pana

The exhibition will be inaugurated by the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on Thursday 26 September at 18.30

Artists of permanent collections:

Andreiadou Julia / Anousi-Ilia Rena/ Argyrakis Minos / Vakirtzis Georgios Vlachopoulos Vrasidas /Voyatzis Georgis / Gavrilos Harrys / Gizeli Kleio/ Gounaropoulos Georgios/ Daniel (Panagopoulos)/ Dimitrakis Yannis / Drizos Giorgos / Zepos Emmanouil/ Theofilis Christos/ Theofylaktopoulos Makis/ Kanthos Tilemachos/ Kanistra Machi/ Kapralos Christos/ Karapanou Eva/ Katraki Vaso/ Kinduni Anna/Komianou Aria/ Korovesi-Kalantidi Angelika/ Kopsidis Rallis/ Lazaridis Anatolis/ Lamprou Yorgos/ Lytras Spyros/ Malamos Konstantinos/ Markidis Christos/ Mela Eva/ Moysidou – Exarchopoulou Mariora/ Megalidis Dimitris / Orfanos Lampros / Pana Rika / Papadogianni- Psarou Eleni / Papadopoulou Theodosia / Papaspyrou Rena / Paralis Nikos / Sarakatsianos Christos/ Sarafianos Panos/ Siaterli Dimitra/ Skoulikidi Aliki/ Stergios Stamos/ Tassos (Alevizos Anastasios)/ Triandafyllou Kostis/ Tsoulouchopoulou Efi/ Fasianos Alekos/ Charos Vassilis/ Christianou Aglaia.

Theodosia Papadopoulou

Participating Artists

Alexandros Georgiou / Dimitropoulou Martha/ Savvopoulou Katina (B612)/ Sduku Iphigenia/ Kanoglou Nikos/ Koumantaki Dimitra/ Koutava Efi/ Balos Georgios/ Papadopoulou Theodosia/ Papakonstantinou Nina/ Petrou Petros & Stella Hadjipanagiotou (BODARCH)/ Pontikakis Manos/ Pyromallis Nikolas/ Sklavenitis Nikos/ Stavropoulou Matina/ Tsounis Solon/ Chandrinou Theodora.

Eva Karapanou

The exhibition will be accompanied by an original musical composition written by the musician Markella Skourti.

Duration: 26 September through 3 November 2024

Opening Hours: Tuesday- Saturday 11:00 – 19:00, Sunday 10:00 – 16:00, Mondays closed

The admission is free

Municipality of Athens Gallery, Building B:

Leonidou & Myllerou, Avdi Square, Metaxourgion

Information: 210 5202420| www.opanda.gr