The American College of Greece Art Collection is an organic part of the educational mission of the College and a sign of the College’s commitment to the study and promotion of the arts in Greece and abroad. It is an extensive Collection of fine and decorative arts which numbers approximately 5.000 artworks and objects from Antiquity to the present. The Collection expands to varied media such as painting, sculpture, drawing, print, contemporary and archival photography, video and includes pottery, furniture, glassware, textiles and artefacts. Works from the Collection have been presented in major exhibitions in Greece and worldwide.
The majority of works of the Collection are on permanent display at the interior and exterior spaces of the Campus in Aghia Paraskevi, forming a unique aesthetic background of incomparable diversity for students, faculty, staff and visitors alike. Art is integrated into the daily living environment of the College while temporary exhibitions take place at the ACG Art Gallery. The Collection is an irreplaceable and finite resource for study, aesthetic education and pleasure. It celebrates moments and themes in art throughout time and constitutes a research platform for art students and professionals. The Collection is accessible to both scholarly researchers and the public at large. The American College of Greece welcomes visitors interested in its Art Collection and offers private as well as group Campus tours throughout the year.
The American College of Greece Art Collection is the result of diligent support from emerging and established artists – the majority of them of Greek origin – donations and bequests from the artists themselves, alumni and other contributors, as well as from foundations and galleries. The Collection comprises also a large part of the work of the American sculptress Frances Rich, her personal art collection and studio equipment which she left to the College. The School of Fine and Performing Arts at Deree – The American College of Greece has been named after her.
ACG Art Walk – For ACG Art campus tours please contact: 210 600 9800, ext. 1456 | [email protected]
The ACG Gallery opened in the fall of 2008 with a mission of presenting exhibitions reflecting a variety of artistic and curatorial perspectives that engage contemporary aesthetic and social patterns with a focus on contemporary art. The ACG Gallery serves as an experimental and research platform for contemporary art practitioners as well as a distinctive educational venue for students and faculty based on the academic programs of the Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts. Though the ACG Collection is not permanently exhibited at the Gallery, invited artists and curators are encouraged to explore and utilize the ACG Collection.
The ACG Gallery, a 300 sq. meters open plan space that can be divided by modular panels, is located in the lower level of the John S. Bailey Library. The ACG Gallery is open to the public and invites diverse audiences to engage through art in contemporary cultural issues.
Annual Art Exhibitions
2024 | “And all our World is Dew.”
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Photo credit Pinelopi Gerasimou and Stathis Mamalakis
2023 | “A Scattering of Salts”
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Photo credit Athanasios Gatos
2022 | “Weaving Worlds”
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An exhibition curated by Daphne Dragona
Campus Novel (U.F.A) Urban Fauna Assembly, 2021-2022, Εγκατάσταση, (Ξύλο, Ψηφιακά τυπώματα σε ξύλο), 21x30εκ, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Weaving Worlds, Άποψη εγκατάστασης (από αριστερά προς τα δεξιά): Μιχάλης Λεκάκης, Untitled: Shapes, 1946, Metamorphosis of the Sun, 1947, Untitled: Grid, 1946; Μάρω Φασουλή, Behavioural strategies, 2021 ; Χρυσάνθη Κουμιανάκη, Maps like balloons, 2014-2021 ; ‘Αννα Λάσκαρη, Rattling Frames, 2020-2022 ; Δημήτρης Γαβαλάς, Μετάλλαξη, 1993 ; Πέτρος Τατσιόπουλος, Painting Mirror, 2019 ; διακρίνεται μέρος του έργου της Λίνα Θεοδώρου, Effective dreamer, 2021, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Weaving Worlds, Άποψη εγκατάστασης (από αριστερά προς τα δεξιά): Μιχάλης Λεκάκης, Untitled: Shapes, 1946, Metamorphosis of the Sun, 1947, Untitled: Grid, 1946; Μάρω Φασουλή, Behavioural strategies, 2021 ; Χρυσάνθη Κουμιανάκη, Maps like balloons, 2014-2021 ; ‘Αννα Λάσκαρη, Rattling Frames, 2020-2022 ; Δημήτρης Γαβαλάς, Μετάλλαξη, 1993 ; Πέτρος Τατσιόπουλος, Painting Mirror, 2019 ; διακρίνεται μέρος του έργου της Λίνα Θεοδώρου, Effective dreamer, 2021, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Weaving Worlds, Άποψη εγκατάστασης Σοφία Ντώνα, Alternative Brennero, 2019 ; Χρυσάνθη Κουμιανάκη, Maps like balloons, 2014-2021 ; Ανδρέας Ράγκναρ Κασάπης, wave tootsie 1, wave tootsie 2, 2021 ; Μάρω Φασουλή, Behavioural strategies, 2021, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Weaving Worlds, Άποψη εγκατάστασης, Σοφία Ντώνα, Alternative Brennero, 2019 ; Χρυσάνθη Κουμιανάκη, Maps like balloons, 2014-2021 ; Ανδρέας Ράγκναρ Κασάπης, wave tootsie 1, wave tootsie 2, 2021, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
MAENADS (Anne Duffau, Eleni Ikoniadou, Afroditi Psarra), Hydra Polivocals, 2022, Ηχητική εγκατάσταση, 12ʼ19ʼʼ, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
‘Εφη Χαλυβοπούλου, Νίκος Φάλαγγας, Tim Ward, Weaving Wars and other Temporalities, 2022, (λεπτομέρεια εγκατάστασης),Weaving Worlds / Wars, 2022, βίντεο: στρογγυλή προβολή, 7ʼ53” , Fragmented Sky / Fifty Canceled Paintings,1991, ακρυλικά σε χαρτί, τελάρα, 150x25x25εκ., Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
WORDMORD {Onlaniatentacle} Manyfesto or how to dirtystruct the lexicon, 2022, (λεπτομέρεια εγκατάστασης), Βίντεο εγκατάσταση 42'11", βίντεο 5'21", ψηφιακή εκτύπωση, 190x150εκ, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Μάρω Φασουλή, Behavioural strategies, 2021, Νήμα, πανί, υφαντά, σπρέι, μπαμπού, 110x120x180εκ, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Μάρω Φασουλή, Behavioural strategies, 2021, Νήμα, πανί, υφαντά, σπρέι, μπαμπού, 110x120x180εκ, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Weaving Worlds, Άποψη εγκατάστασης Ανδρέας Ράγκναρ Κασάπης, wave tootsie 1, wave tootsie 2, 2021 ; Μάρω Φασουλή, Behavioural strategies, 2021, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Ανδρέας Ράγκναρ Κασάπης, wave tootsie 1, wave tootsie 2, Λάδι σε καμβά, 40x50εκ, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Δήμητρα Σκανδάλη (άποψη εγκατάστασης), a constant dialogue, 2022;...on the loom of my art weave story for you long for you to wear it...K.Palamas,2019-2020; knots and ties, 2019; what binds us,2013-202, Καλαμάκια, φύκια από τον Ειρηνικό Ωκεανό (Zostera marina), φύκια από το Αιγαίο (Posidonia oceanica) και βαμβακερές κλωστές, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Άννα Λάσκαρη, Rattling Frames, 2020-2022 (λεπτομέρεια εγκατάστασης), Μέταλλο, χαρτοπολτός, κορδόνι σατέν, μουσαμάς, βαφή 270x300x7εκ.
https://rattlingframes.net/ RattlingFrames, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Άννα Λάσκαρη, Rattling Frames, 2020-2022, Εγκατάσταση,
Μέταλλο, χαρτοπολτός, κορδόνι σατέν, μουσαμάς, βαφή 270x300x7εκ.
https://rattlingframes.net/ RattlingFrames, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Ζωή Χατζηγιαννάκη The Lonely Machine, 2022 & , Κωνσταντίνος Χατζηνικολάου
Sorry, we have no imagery here, 2022, 29 εικόνες 10x20εκ., έντυπο βιβλίο, εγκατάσταση, Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο της Ελλάδας, 2022
Photo credit George Charisis
Directed by George Charisis
2021 | “Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin”
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Online art exhibition curated by Nadja Argyropoulou:
Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin.
Online exhibition here
2020 | “Collectanea”
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Photo credit Nikos Alexopoulos
Directed by George Charisis
2019 | “The Collection as an Automaton”
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Photo credit Nikos Alexopoulos
Directed by George Charisis
2018 | “RAG TO RICH”
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2017 | “Keep on Keeping on. A visual meta-collection”
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2016 | “Overseas”
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2015 | “Beauty is the method”
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2014 | “SelfConscious”
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