The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (ΕΜΣΤ) celebrates with This Is Athens-City Festival 24 on Thursday May 30.
This is Athens – City Festival closes a festive month with a tour of the ΕΜΣΤ exhibitions with free admission for the public from 11.00 to 23.00 and a music night curated by Voice Radio 102,5 producers George Mouchtaridis, Rafaella Ralli and DJ Snatch from 19.00 to 23.00 on the rooftop and the terrace of the Museum Restaurant NYN ESTI, with spectacular views of the Acropolis and the city.
THIS IS ATHENS-CITY FESTIVAL
The This is Athens – City Festival was created by the City of Athens to celebrate spring in the city we all love. This May, Athenians and visitors will discover Athens in full bloom at more than 250 events including street parties, park picnics, concerts, museum nights, and fun events for all ages.
The development and organization of the This is Athens – City Festival is the result of the close collaboration of the Athens Development and Destination Management Agency with official bodies, organizations, cultural and creative groups of the city.
WHAT IF WOMEN RULED THE WORLD?
From December 2023 to November 2024, the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMΣT) presents a cycle of exhibitions, in four parts, exclusively dedicated to the work of women artists or artists who identify as female, under the broader umbrella title, What if Women Ruled the World? Initiated by EMΣT artistic director Katerina Gregos and inspired by Yael Bartana’s 2017 neon work of the same name – which is now on display on the North and South façades of the EMΣT building – this cycle of exhibitions is based on an often-repeated hypothetical question: What would happen if governance was characterised by female traits?
Would there be less violence? Would we observe more justice in leadership? Would this mean the end of wars, armed conflicts and stalemates? Would there be more human rights? Would economic policy be more equitable and with greater concern for the environment and minorities? Or would there be the same obsession with profit, regardless of the human and environmental costs, and the same selfish anthropocentrism that has led us to our current impasses? Would we see more considered discussion and compromise? And, ultimately, would there be more care and empathy? These questions are posed not because we argue in favour of the establishment of a matriarchy, but because the programme aims to invite reflection on whether there is an alternative to the dominant patriarchal paradigm that is seemingly leading the world to climate meltdown, environmental degradation and war-induced destruction. At the same time, it is also a reconsideration of art history, especially in country like Greece, which for years has marginalised or rendered invisible so many women artists.
COLLABORATION
