Γιώργος Ιωάννου / Giorgos Ioannou

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South by Southeast
EMST- National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens
From 22 June 2026

South by Southeast marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of EMΣT’s collection and its orientation. Drawing on recent acquisitions, donations, as well as existing works in the collection and donations, the exhibition foregrounds a new collection policy, begun in 2021, that looks beyond inherited Western canons and repositions Greece within a wider Mediterranean and south-eastern European cultural geography—one that extends through the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa. In doing so, it reframes Greece not as the periphery of Western Europe, but as a central node in South East Europe and the Middle or ‘Near’ East, a historically entangled region shaped by mobility, exchange, conflict, multilingualism, and layered identities. The exhibition includes 50 artists from more than 20 countries.

Art Basel
Kalfayan Galleries
Art Basel | Booth J1
16 – 21 June 2026

works by: Vlassis Caniaris, Antonis Donef, Farida El Gazzar, Maria Loizidou, Harm Gerdes, Angelos Merges, Giorgos Ioannou and Raed Yassin

‘Optimism, Despite Everything’ group show
Kalfayan Galleries, Athens
30 April – 6 June 2026

The group show titled ‘Optimism, Despite Everything’ with works by: Etel Adnan, Alexis Akrithakis, Sister Corita, Salvador Dalí, Farida El Gazzar, Dorothy Iannone, Giorgos Ioannou, Konstantin Kakanias, Vlassis Caniaris, Karolina Krasouli,Dimitris Neveskiotis, Panos Tsagaris and Raed Yassin.

Retrospectively: Selections from the Vorres Museum collection
Vorres Museum, Athens
25 April 2026 – 25 April 2027

Discovering the work of painter Giorgos Ioannou
Benaki Museum
25/04/2026, 14:00 – 15:00

A journey through the artistic path of Giorgos Ioannou, guided by his son, visual artist Dimitris Ioannou, beginning with the work presented in the exhibition 60 Years MIET: Readings of a Collection.