Books

Why can't we get up close to the works of art?
What is a collection?
What is a work of art used for?

More than 100 questions finally find their answers in this book dedicated to the Collection of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, and to museums in general as well!

Here's to curiosity, the most wonderful quality of all!

*Edition in French

Why can't we get up close to the works of art?
What is a collection?
What is a work of art used for?

More than 100 questions finally find their answers in this book dedicated to the Collection of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, and to museums in general as well!

Here's to curiosity, the most wonderful quality of all!

*Edition in English

Why can't we get up close to the works of art?
What is a collection?
What is a work of art used for?

More than 100 questions finally find their answers in this book dedicated to the Collection of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, and to museums in general as well!

Here's to curiosity, the most wonderful quality of all!

*Edition in Greek

Catalogue of the exhibition P. Tetsis, Thalassa held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 25 June to 24 September 2006.

This bilingual catalogue (Greek, English) includes 60 paintings (oil paintings and watercolours), accompanied by essays dedicated to Panayiotis Tetsis written by people from the field of the arts, as well as an extended chronology and relevant bibliography.

Essays have been contributed by:
- Giuliano Serafini, Art Critic and Historian of Art
- Haris Kambouridis, Art Critic - Semiologist
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Bilingual edition (Greek, English)

Catalogue of the thematic exhibition Giorgio de Chirico and Greek Myth held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 25 June to 17 September 1995. That autumn, the exhibition was transferred to Volos, the artist’s birthplace, at the Giorgio de Chirico gallery of the Municipality of Volos and the Nicholas and Helen Porfyrogenis Foundation in Agria, Volos.

114 works (oil paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures), from the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation, the Santa Filippa Mareri Foundation and private collections, are included in this fully illustrated bilingual catalogue (Greek, French), accompanied by excerpts from texts written by the artist, an interview, chronology, bibliography and informative essays and comments relating to the works exhibited.

Essays contributed by:
- Mario Ursino, Curator of the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation’s collection
- Roger Cardinal, Professor of Literary and Visual Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury
- Niki Loizidi, Professor of Art History
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Bilingual edition (Greek, French)

Catalogue of the thematic exhibition The Mediterranean Chagall held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 26 June to 18 September 1994.

The exhibition's main objective was to examine Marc Chagall's relationship with the Mediterranean, through 108 works of the artist’s work (oil paintings, watercolours, gouaches, pastels, drawings, prints as well as some maquettes of well-known stained glass pieces and mosaics), from the Musée National d'Art Moderne (ΜΝΑΜ) - Centre Georges Pompidou, the collection of Ida Chagall, the artist's daughter, as well as other private collections.

All the works are included in this fully illustrated, bilingual catalogue (Greek, French), accompanied by poems and excerpts from the artist’s writings and lectures, chronology and bibliography.

Essays contributed by:
- Ziva Amishai-Maisels, Professor at the University of Jerusalem
- Viviane Tarenne, Head of the Art Graphics section of Centre Georges Pompidou
- Sylvie Forestier, Director of the Musée National de Message Biblique, Nice, France
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Bilingual edition (Greek, French)