“Athens is feeling feisty,” Conde Nast Traveler notes in a recent article centered around the modern Greek capital and adds:
“It may be battling prolonged economic hardship and an unprecedented refugee crisis, but in terms of creativity, the Greek capital is busy bouncing back. Artists and curators are arriving thick and fast in anticipation of Documenta, a 100-day art show that’s been held every five years in the German city of Kassel, but which is co-hosted by Athens for the first time this year. For it, the city is becoming a canvas for more than 100 artists to create works in archaeological sites, university campuses and a former military prison. Even the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) has opened in its new permanent home after 15 years of false starts.
Set in a converted brewery, the museum occupies a block on Syngrou Avenue, which connects the city centre to the seafront. Once notorious for hookers and strip clubs, it’s now emerging as Athens’ Museum Mile. Halfway down Syngrou, the Onassis Cultural Centre – financed by the foundation of the late shipping magnate – has shaken up the art scene with a game-changing line-up of music, theatre, dance and design. ‘Everybody said it was a crazy idea to set it up during an economic crisis,’ says Afroditi Panagiotakou, deputy general manager of the centre. ‘But if there’s a light that never goes out here, it’s culture.”
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