Tip of the day – National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens!
Tip of the day – National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens! https://thecloudkeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-museum-emst-1024x921-1.jpg 1024 921 Cloudkeys https://thecloudkeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-museum-emst-1024x921-1.jpgNational Museum of Contemporary Art, the first and only modern art museum in Greece, is now fully operational and aims to be the leading institution of contemporary art and visual culture in the country. An extensive series of reforms, innovations and new exhibition practices are radically changing its character and its cultural, artistic and institutional identity.
The EMST collection includes Greek and international contemporary art. The Museum was founded in 2000 and has so far focused on 21st century art. Greek art from the wider post-war period, through which it has collected Greek art of the post-war period. The core of the collection consists primarily of works of conceptual art as well as works of socio-political orientation. Today the the collection has 1,400 works.
For the first time the Museum is operating in a multifaceted and complex collection, exhibition, publishing and educational activities to which should be added the major international and domestic communication and promotion campaign that has just begun, and the necessary architectural interventions in the spaces and the collection, in order to improve the museum and exhibition experience (e.g. design of the entrance, the shop, signage). The EMST now not only covers its operating costs and and its inelastic obligations but also presents and supports a programme of international standards.
Each summer, ΕΜΣT transforms its rooftop into one of the most impressive outdoor cinemas in Athens, CineFIX, recalling the name of the former brewery in which it is housed. With panoramic views of the entire city, including the Acropolis, Museum’s rooftop terrace provides ideal conditions for the screening of works in moving image.
EMΣT WINS EUROPEAN MUSEUM ACADEMY ART MUSEUM AWARD 2026
EMΣT receives major European award recognising the vital social role of art museums and their engagement with the defining issues of our time
EMΣT | National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens has won the European Museum Academy Art Museum Award 2026, a major European distinction recognising museums that place art in innovative and pioneering contexts to address contemporary societal issues.
The award was presented at the European Museum Academy Awards in Alicante, Spain, on Saturday 26 September. EMΣT was selected from six finalists, alongside FENIX Museum of Migration in the Netherlands, Hastings Contemporary in the UK, Museum Gugging in Austria, the National Gallery of Slovenia, and the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands.
The Art Museum Award places the social role of art museums at its centre, recognising institutions that engage with contemporary societal issues through values including social justice, participation, inclusion, equality, community building, sustainability and resilience, while championing new models for the role art museums can play in society today.
Read here more details about this important awards for the Greek museum.