Books

Catalogue of the retrospective exhibition Alberto Giacometti held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 28 June to 6 September 1992.

110 works (sculptures, oil paintings and drawings), from museums, foundations, galleries and private collections from Switzerland, France, England and the U.S.A, are included in this fully illustrated, bilingual catalogue (Greek, French), accompanied by comments about the artist, an interview by Balthus to K. Koutsomallis on Giacometti’s work, chronology, as well as selected bibliography.

Essays contributed by:
- Herbert A. Cahn, Professor at the University of Heidelberg
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Bilingual edition (Greek, French)

Catalogue of the exhibition "Alexandra Athanassiades - Shaping the Intangible" held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 3 July to 2 October 2022.

*Βilingual edition (Greek, English)

Catalogue of the exhibition Ancient Greece and André Masson held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 1 July to 30 September 2007.

The aim of the exhibition was to investigate and highlight the references to Ancient Greece and its civilization in the work of this dynamic artist and the iconographic associations revealed between the two.

This catalogue contains 83 of the artist’s works (oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, sculptures, etc.) as well as bibliography and detailed illustrated chronology.

Essays contributed by:
- Dr Didier Ottinger, Senior Curator at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
- Dr William Jeffett, Curator of Exhibitions, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A.
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Edition in English

Εdition accompanying the exhibition "Approaches to Abstraction by Greek Artists of the Diaspora - Works from the B&E Goulandris Foundation Collection", held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, from 1 July 2020 to 27 September 2020.

*Bilingual edition (Greek, English)

Catalogue of the group exhibition Approaching Surrealism held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 1 July to 30 September 2012.

The exhibition featured more than 100 exhibits, including collages, paintings, and sculptures, constructions, prints, and photographs, as well as highly relevant archival material, by 30 international and Greek artists:
Jean Arp, Hans Bellmer, Victor Brauner, André Breton, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí, Paul Delvaux, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, André Masson, Roberto Matta, Joan Miró, Méret Oppenheim, Wolfgang Paalen, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Wifredo Lam, René Magritte, Mayo, Kurt Schwitters, Yves Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, Marie Wilson, Nanos Valaoritis, Nikos Engonopoulos, Odysseus Elytis, Andreas Embiricos, Nicolas Calas, Mario Prassinos, Yerassimos Steris.

Colour reproductions of all the works are included in this bilingual catalogue (Greek, English), accompanied by essays by:
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation
- Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, Byzantinologist - Vice-President of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation
- Niki Loizidi, Art Historian
- Nanos Valaoritis, Poet
- Alekos Fassianos, Painter
- Ioulita Iliopoulou, Poet
- Nandja Argyropoulou, Art Historian

*Bilingual edition (Greek, 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 English