Courtesy: The Benaki Museum: Ghika Gallery

The Benaki Museum: Ghika Gallery

Courtesy: The Benaki Museum: Ghika Gallery

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika is perhaps the most influential 20th-century Greek painter. The Ghika Gallery offers rare insight into his world and his work, spanning the period from 1930 to 1990.

When was it built

1932. This modernist structure was designed by the noted architect Konstantinos Kitsikis, who was tasked with creating a new urban plan for Thessaloniki after the city was destroyed by fire in 1917. Originally confined to his fourth-floor apartment and fifth-floor studio, the Ghika Gallery now occupies the entire building.

What's the story

Ghika’s works hang in London’s Tate Gallery, Paris’s Musee d’Art Moderne and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Why it's important

The museum’s holdings go beyond Ghika’s own work to showcase the cultural output of the influential ‘1930s Generation’ of Greek artists, poets and architects who were swept up in the modernist movement.

Must-see

Sneak a peek at the artist’s library for clues to his sources of inspiration.

Fun fact

Ghika illustrated numerous literary works, including poems by George Seferis and Constantine Cavafy.

Courtesy: The Benaki Museum: Ghika Gallery

Info

3 Kriezotou, Kolonaki, 106 71
Kolonaki
Wheelchair Accessible
+30 210 361 5702
Website
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The Benaki Museum: Ghika Gallery

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika is perhaps the most influential 20th-century Greek painter. The Ghika Gallery offers rare insight into his world and his work, spanning the period from 1930 to 1990.