Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
Archaeological museum in Athens, Greece
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The Nikolaos P. Goulandris Foundation - Museum of Cycladic Art (Greek: Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής τέχνης) is a museum in Athens that houses a notable collection of artifacts of Cycladic art.
Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης | |
 The Stathatos Mansion houses the temporary exhibits of the Museum of Cycladic Art | |
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| Established | 1986 |
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| Location | 4, Neophytou Douka str., Athens, Greece |
| Coordinates | 37°58′33″N 23°44′32″E |
Collections | artifacts of Cycladic art |
| Founders | Nikolaos and Dolly Goulandris |
| President | Sandra Marinopoulou |
Public transit access |   Evangelismos station bus |
| Website | www |
The museum was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art belonging to Nikolaos and Dolly Goulandris.[1] Starting in the early 1960s, the couple collected Greek antiquities, with special interest in the prehistoric art from the Cyclades islands of the Aegean Sea.[2] The museum's main building, erected in the centre of Athens in 1985, was designed by the Greek architect Ioannis Vikelas.[3] In 1991, the Museum acquired a new building, the neo-classical Stathatos Mansion at the corner of Vassilissis Sofias Avenue and Herodotou Street.[4]
The museum's permanent collection includes over 3,000 items, and was described in The New York Times as "one of the world's most significant privately assembled collections of Cycladic antiquities."[3][5]
Exhibitions
Temporary exhibits are housed in the Stathatos Mansion.[3] The museum's temporary exhibitions have included some of the most important Greek and international modern and contemporary artists.[6]
- October 2002 – February 2003: Salvador Dalí - Myth and Singularity
- April–July 2006: Caravaggio - Caravaggio and the 17th Century
- November 2006 – January 2007: Opy Zouni - Itineraries through light and colour
- October 2007 – January 2008: El Greco - El Greco and his Workshop/El Greco y su taller
- June–September 2009: Thomas Struth
- September–October 2009: Palle Nielsen Man, Dream and Fear - Orpheus and Eurydice Through the Eyes of Palle Nielsen
- May–September 2010: Louise Bourgeois - Personages
- April–September 2012: Jannis Kounellis
- May–October 2012: Ugo Rondinone - Nude
- October 2013 – January 2014: Martin Kippenberger - Martin Kippenberger: A cry for freedom
- October 2015 – January 2016: Mario Merz - Numbers are prehistoric
- March–May 2016: Wols and Eileen Quinlan - Always stars with encounter | Wols / Eileen Quinlan
- May–October 2016: Ai Weiwei - Ai Weiwei at Cycladic
- May–September 2017: Cy Twombly and Greek antiquity. Part of the Divine Dialogues exhibition series.
- November 2017 – February 2018: Mike Kelley - Mike Kelley: Fortress of Solitude
- June–October 2018: George Condo - George Condo at Cycladic
- July–October 2018: Paul Chan - Paul Chan | Odysseus and the Bathers
- June–October 2019 : Picasso and Antiquity - Line and clay. Part of the Divine Dialogues exhibition series
- November 2019 – March 2020: Lynda Benglis – Lynda Benglis: In the Realm of the Senses
- May–November 2024: Cindy Sherman at Cycladic: Early Works[7]
Gallery
Museum interior; near the beginning of the Early Cycladic part of the exposition.
Museum interior; display case of Early Cycladic II findings
Display case of pottery and jewelry from the Protogeometric period
Cycladic figurine on display at the museum
Head and neck of a figurine attributed to the Schuster Master
Zintilis Idol
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