Breathtaking highlights

Athens is celebrating

at 3 main squares, in 17 neighborhoods and at 11 cultural centers, with 10 events and 700 artists for 30 days and 30 nights

CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S in Athens!

Program of events

Friday, December 9th 2011
Syntagma Square
11.00-13.00
Decoration of Syntagma Square
18.00
The lighting of Syntagma Square
Presentation: Larissa Vergou-Leonidas Antonopoulos
Philharmonic Orchestra of Athens Municipality

New artists revive with their work the empty shops of the City.

This Christmas season, Athens is reviving. Young people take action in bringing a sign of hope and participation to the City. The festive program that the City of Athens has prepared this year, concentrates on solidarity and joint efforts. For this reason, the artistic workforce of the City is giving an emphasis on giving life to the commercial center of Athens, which has lately been hit from the financial crisis, with lots of shops shutting down.

The 3rd Athens Biennale 2011 MONODROME opened to the public on 23 October and will last through 11 December. The international contemporary art festival of Athens takes place at Diplareios School (Theatre Square) and at the Arts Center and the Eleftherios Venizelos Museum (Eleftherias Park). More than 100 artists, art groups, curators and theorists participate in the exhibition and the events programme of MONODROME.

Athens Photo Festival is the annual festival of contemporary photography in Greece and a premiere cultural event in Athens, organized by the Hellenic Centre for Photography. It is the oldest festival in Greece and one of the five oldest international festivals for photography in the world.

ReMap3 starts on Monday, September 12th (17:00) in Athens, Greece with a dense and versatile international programme of exhibitions and events open to the public.
This year's event, the third one in the history of ReMap, further reinforces its international character, as it becomes a meeting point for more than 250 artists, art historians and curators from around the world. Within the 30 independent and the 25 gallery projects comprising this year's ReMap, the artistic community of Kerameikos - Metaxourgeio will also be represented.

The 10th International Fashion Week AXDW will take place on 22-25 October 2011
For the presentation of Spring-Summer 2012 Collections
«Keep Greek Fashion in your Hearts»

After five years and nine successful organizations, the 10th International Fashion Week, Athens Xclusive Designers Week will take place on 22-25 October 2011 at the Conference Center of Ethniki Asfalistiki.

MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC EVENTS IN THE CITY OF ATHENS FROM:
CYPRUS - LEBANON - SYRIA - JORDAN - EGYPT - PALESTINE - TUNISIA - IRAQ

The new trends in art and music from the Middle East. The young generation demonstrates its work and informs the Greek audience for its messages and its sensativities. The Arab generation of the internet and facebook in Athens. The all fresh creativity of the Arab people.

Don't miss the Athens International Film Festival Opening Nights Conn-x from 14-25 SEPT. 2011 at ATTIKON, APOLLON, DANAOS 1, DANAOS 2 and ASTOR Cinema.

The 17th Athens International Film Festival - Opening Nights Conn-x took place at the King George hotel and was attended by journalists and major figures of the film industry; among them, Mrs. Maria Bobola, chairwoman of the Athens Film Society and CINEMA magazine, which organizes the biggest film festival of the city for 17 consecutive years.

Following the success of the Info-Point at the Athens International Airport, two new Info-Points at the center of Athens, on Amalias Ave and Dionisiou Areopagitou conjunction, and the port of Piraeus are now open to the public.