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Catalogue of the exhibition Toulouse-Lautrec, Woman as Myth held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 24 June to 23 September 2001.

The exhibition was curated around the central and multifaceted role the female figure played in the œuvre of Toulouse-Lautrec. The exhibits were on loan from museums, foundations, galleries and private collections in France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

In total, this catalogue includes 135 works (oil paintings, drawings and prints), entries of the works, illustrated chronology, an index of the artistic life of the French fin-de-siècle, as well as a bibliography.

Essays have been contributed by:
- Bertrand du Vignaud de Villefort, great-nephew of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Co-Presidents of Christie’s, France
- Daniel Devynck, Director of the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, Albi, France
- Götz Adriani, Director of the Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Edition in English

Catalogue of the exhibition Henry Moore, In the Light of Greece held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 25 June to 17 September 2000.

The exhibition presented various aspects of Moore's œuvre, related to Ancient Greek Art (Cycladic, Archaic, and Classical) and the immense impact that this contact had on the work and thought of the great British sculptor. The exhibits, mainly lent by the Henry Moore Foundation, as well as the Ferens Art Gallery, the Huddersfield Art Gallery, the Ashmolean Museum and private collections, included 45 sculptures, 26 drawings, 3 graphics, 5 albums, 2 tapestries and many maquettes and objects from the sculptor's studio.

In total, this catalogue includes 81 works, entries of works by Roger Cardinal, a chronicle of Henry Moore’s exhibitions in Athens, illustrated chronology and selected bibliography.

Essays contributed by:
- Roger Cardinal, Professor of Literary and Visual Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury
- Anita Feldman Bennet, Curator of the Henry Moore Foundation
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Edition in Greek

Catalogue of the exhibition Henry Moore, In the Light of Greece held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 25 June to 17 September 2000.

The exhibition presented various aspects of Moore's œuvre, related to Ancient Greek Art (Cycladic, Archaic, and Classical) and the immense impact that this contact had on the work and thought of the great British sculptor. The exhibits, mainly lent by the Henry Moore Foundation, as well as the Ferens Art Gallery, the Huddersfield Art Gallery, the Ashmolean Museum and private collections, included 45 sculptures, 26 drawings, 3 graphics, 5 albums, 2 tapestries and many maquettes and objects from the sculptor's studio.

In total, this catalogue includes 81 works, entries of works by Roger Cardinal, a chronicle of Henry Moore’s exhibitions in Athens, illustrated chronology and selected bibliography.

Essays contributed by:
- Roger Cardinal, Professor of Literary and Visual Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury
- Anita Feldman Bennet, Curator of the Henry Moore Foundation
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Edition in English

Catalogue of the group exhibition Lines of Sight, Milestones in the History of Photography held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation from 29 June to 21 September 1997.

The exhibition presented the history of photography through the works of the best-known representatives of the various photographic genres (landscape, portrait, war photography, ethnographic photography, science and experimental photography, photojournalism, fashion), including pictures by pioneers of the Greek photography scene.

130 photographs by 26 famous photographers (Nadar, Beato, Marey, Atget, Demachy, the Lumière brothers, Curtis, Casasola, Ghisoland, Rodtchenko, Kertész, Lartigue, Sudek, Cartier-Bresson,Doisneau, Capa, Smith, Giacomelli, Moon, Salgado, Papaioannou, Nelly's, Meletzis, Harissiadis, Balafas, Manos) are included in this fully illustrated, trilingual catalogue (Greek, English, French), accompanied by short introductory texts for each photographer, biographies of all artists, chronology of important turning points in the history of photography and a glossary of photographic terms.

Essays contributed by:
- Robert Delpire, Former Director of the French National Centre of Photography
- Fanny Constantinidou, Curator of the photographic archives of the Benaki Museum
- Kyriakos Koutsomallis, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

*Trilingual edition (Greek, English, 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 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)