Institute for Mediterranean Studies

PanArtExh

The Institution of Panhellenic Art Exhibitions, 1938-1987

The proposed research project aims at the systematic documentation and critical analysis of the fifteenth Panhellenic Art Exhibitions, which were organised between 1938 and 1987 and were the most important periodical large-scale art exhibition in 20th century Greece. This study based on extensive research in state and private archives, state and private art collections, as well as in the daily and periodical press, shall provide us with essential information about the artistic production of each era (e.g. the dominant artistic trends), the means of State intervention in the arts and the trends within the art market. Finally, it will look at the art criticisms, which formed the dominant aesthetic canon, by promoting certain artistic criteria and consequently influencing the reception of the artworks by the public and the direction of the artistic production in Greece.

Project Team

Eugenios D. Matthiopoulos

Eugenios D. Matthiopoulos

Professor - History of Art
Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete
Curriculum vitae
Lefteris Spyrou

Lefteris Spyrou

Postdoctoral researcher
Curriculum vitae
Spyros Moschonas

Spyros Moschonas

Postdoctoral researcher
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Helen Vonorta

Helen Vonorta

Systems administrator, Computer engineer
Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI)
This project has received funding from the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI), under grant agreement No. 3320