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

Catalogue of the exhibition Auguste Rodin - Camille Claudel held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 7 July to 22 September 1996.

While placing emphasis on Rodin's work, the exhibition was aimed at presenting aspects from all phases of the artists' œuvre, including works created during their long relationship, which reveal the mutual influence that each one's sculpture exerted on the other's.

18 watercolours and 55 sculptures by Auguste Rodin, alongside 10 sculptures by Camille Claudel, from museums, foundations and private collections abroad - mainly from France and Switzerland - are included in this fully illustrated, bilingual catalogue (Greek, French), accompanied by bibliography and illustrated chronology for both artists, entries of the works, anthology, the testament of Rodin (advise to new artists), as well as a text by him dedicated to the Venus of Milos.

Essays contributed by:
- Marina Lambraki-Plaka, Director of the National Gallery of Greece
- Paul Claudel, Camille Claudel’s brother
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Bilingual edition (Greek, French)

Catalogue of the exhibition Balthus held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 30 June to 17 September 1990.

A total of 121 of the artist’s works (oil paintings, watercolours, gouaches and drawings) were presented, brought together from various private collections and galleries abroad. After Andros, the Balthus exhibition travelled to Villa Medici, Rome, in co-operation with the French Academy in Rome.

All the works are included in this fully illustrated, bilingual catalogue (Greek, French). The essay of the catalogue is written by 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)

Catalogue of the exhibition "Chronis Botsoglou - The Uncompromising Sincerity of Empathy" held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 2 July to 1 October 2023.

*Βilingual edition (Greek, English)

12-page colouring book with paintings from the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Collection.

A colouring adventure at the Museum!

*Quadrilingual edtion (Greek, English, French, Chinese)