The Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies ( el, Πινακοθήκη Εταιρείας Μακεδονικών Σπουδών) is a
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
in
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
,
Greece
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, founded in 1975.
[Greece Museum Guide] It was the first organised
visual art
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts ...
institution in the city of Thessaloniki, its purpose being to promote and disseminate
modern Greek art, mainly that of northern Greece. It occupies the top floor of the building that also houses the
State Theatre of Northern Greece. The building was designed by the architect
Vassilis Kassandras and stands directly opposite the
White Tower on the sea-front.
[Museums of Macedonia]
Exhibits
The collection comprises more than 400 works, mainly paintings, sculptures and engravings, mostly by artists from Thessaloniki and
Macedonia in general, though there are also works by major artists from the rest of Greece and other countries. Works by foreign artists are selected by virtue of their connection with the city, i.e. they depict monuments or landscapes of Thessaloniki. Most of the artwork has been donated, some purchased, and at one time quite a number of works were bequeathed to the gallery. Early in 1999, it was augmented by works from the Papanakos Collection.
There is space to display only 150 works, yet the exhibition presents an entirely satisfactory picture of the basic orientations of visual expression in
northern Greece
Northern Greece ( el, Βόρεια Ελλάδα, Voreia Ellada) is used to refer to the northern parts of Greece, and can have various definitions.
Administrative regions of Greece
Administrative term
The term "Northern Greece" is widely used ...
, as also of the development of
modern Greek art since 1850. A sample of the artists includes
Tassos Kyriazopoulos,
Spyros Vassiliou,
Thalia Flora-Karavia,
Nikos Sachinis,
Émile Gerlach,
Giorgos Apotsos,
Kostas Karanos,
Anna Christoforidou,
Kyriakos Kabadakis, and
Apostolos Kilessopoulos.
The gallery extends its interest to organizing solo and group periodic exhibitions to promote contemporary art.
Gallery
File:Macedonian_Museums-71-Pinakothiki_EMS-309.jpg, First room
File:Macedonian_Museums-71-Pinakothiki_EMS-310.jpg, Second room
File:Macedonian_Museums-71-Pinakothiki_EMS-311.jpg, Fourth room
References
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External links
Official Website
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Art museums and galleries in Greece
Museums in Thessaloniki
1975 establishments in Greece
Art galleries established in 1975