KUNSTHALLE ATHENA

Kunsthalle Athena is committed to making the most of the opportunities for radical curating that present themselves locally and globally. Curating is understood as a living relationship between art practice, experimentation and the transformative act of a socially engaged, non-didactic pedagogy. Provisional interpretation, open communication, but also contestation, inform the curatorial practice favoured by Kunsthalle Athena. When exhibitions, short or long-term projects, talks, conferences, presentations, screenings and workshops on contemporary art meet alternative domains of creative practice based, for example, on Athens' popular and youth cultures, ‘culture' unfolds as a living and indispensable part of everyday life. Contemporary art becomes everybody's asset and an application field for those who claim their right to creativity against all odds. Yet Kunsthalle Athena has no illusions. Building on the traditions of auto-critique, it will inevitably operate within the limits of..

Primary location: Athens Greece