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“ATHENS:AM Extended” at the new METACOSMOI space: An immersive installation narrating stories of the city after midnight

The exhibition “ATHENS:AM Extended” is presented from May 5 to May 20, 2026, at the new METACOSMOI space in the center of Athens, inviting the public into a contemporary, multimedia experience that combines photography, AI, AR, VR technologies, projections, and video. It is an immersive installation that transports visitors into the pulsating yet poetic world of the Athenian night. “ATHENS:AM Extended” marks the evolution of the photographic project “ATHENS:AM” by photographer Thanasis Karatzas and is realized in collaboration with director

“Al Zekra”: Imprints of Memory

The exhibition Al Zekra by Sofia Zarari at the Angelos and Leto Katakouzinos Foundation traces a journey through memory and the body. The Arabic word translated as “memory” transforms into a carrier of knowledge and an imprint that re-emerges through matter. Zarari’s practice unfolds through connections with individuals, genealogies, sea routes, and migrations. Different places and times are inscribed within a shared sphere, where Ancient Athens, Kasos, Suez, Egypt, and the present form successive layers of a unified inner horizon.

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Ecological Translation: Rethinking Our Relationship with the Living World

A new group exhibition titled Ecological Translation opens on April 28, 2026, at the Goethe-Institut Athen, inviting audiences to reconsider how we relate to, interpret, and coexist with the natural world. Curated by Asya Yaghmurian and conceived by Alexander Damianos, the exhibition brings together a diverse group of international artists, including Kyriaki Goni, Nona Inescu, Agata Ingarden, Bill Kouligas and Jenna Sutela, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, and Zoë Paul. Each artist approaches ecology not as a fixed subject, but as a

“Straining Against the Frame” by Yorgos Papafigos at CYPHER Gallery

The independent gallery CYPHER presents a solo exhibition by Yorgos Papafigos, curated by Dinos Chatzirafailidis. Titled “Straining Against the Frame,” the exhibition introduces a new body of work in which the artist constructs hybrid systems around conditions of confinement, protection, and control. In Papafigos’ practice, CGI, 3D scanning, and printing transform the digital realm into sculptural matter and spatial experience. The focus shifts from the body being constrained to the structures that make such constraint possible. Material oscillates between the
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