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Article: Greece's Burgeoning Contemporary Art Scene.(National Museum of Contemporary Art and the Deste Foundation Center for Contemporary Art in Athens)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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In a country whose identity is closely tied to the art of antiquity, Greece's contemporary artists have had to work hard to earn even a modicum of attention. Lately, however, they have been receiving some help from two art institutions in Athens devoted to works by living artists, the Deste Foundation Center for Contemporary Art and the National Museum of Contemporary Art.
The privately funded Deste Center operates under the auspices of the Deste Foundation, established by Greek businessman and collector Dakis Joannou in 1983. Until recently, the Deste Center presented exhibitions in temporary spaces throughout Athens. Now it permanently occupies three floors of ...