Past Exhibitions

1. TRANSITION TO CHRISTIANITY Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd – 7th Century AD December 7, 2011 – May 14, 2012 The vibrant and complex life of the Eastern Mediterranean during a time of reinvention and renewal will be the subject of a major new exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center in Midtown Manhattan.

2. Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece October 5, 2010 - January 3, 2011 The age-old figures of Herakles, Odysseus, Achilles and Helen continue to fire the popular imagination today—and so does the concept of heroes, which began with the stories and images of these and other fabled Greek characters...

1. The Origins of El Greco: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete November 17, 2009 - February 27, 2010 The Onassis Cultural Center presented an extraordinary group of 15th and 16th century paintings, including early works by El Greco...

2. Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens. December 10, 2008, - May 9, 2009 The galleries of the Onassis Cultural Center in New York are transformed into evocations of ancient Greek sanctuaries, each filled with artistic masterpieces assembled from international collections,

3. From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C. In collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Archaeological Museums of Crete March 13 - September 13, 2008 The exhibition presents more than 280 artifacts and works of art from the ancient land of Crete, most of which have never been shown outside Greece. These fascinating objects seen together bring to life the story of Crete's luminous Minoan culture...

4. Giorgio de Chirico and Greece: A Voyage Through Memory October 31, 2007-January 6, 2008 "Greece has inspired artists through the ages, but there are some things so beautiful they can only be imagined."

5. Athens-Sparta NEW EXHIBITION BRINGS LACONIC AND ATTIC ARTIFACTS TO THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME December 6, 2006 - May 12, 2007 Athens-Sparta, an exhibition of rare archaeological artifacts and works of art from Athens and Sparta, Greece, opened at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York City on December 6, 2006.

6. From Byzantium to Modern Greece: Hellenic Art in Adversity, 1453-1830 December 15, 2005 - May 6, 2006 "From Byzantium to Modern Greece: Hellenic Art in Adversity, 1453-1830," an exhibition of treasures from the Benaki Museum examines the evolution of Hellenic art and culture during four centuries of tumultuous change under Venetian and Ottoman occupation.

7. Alexander the Great: Treasures from an Epic Era of Hellenism December 10, 2004 - May 28, 2005 From December 10, 2004 until May 28, 2005, the Onassis Cultural Center presented Alexander the Great: Treasures from an Epic Era of Hellenism, an exhibition featuring a variety of rare Macedonian artifacts including portraits of the legendary Greek king...

8. Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past January 22 - April 15, 2004 With the special supplement to the exhibition STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE: ANCIENT GREEK CHILDHOOD AND THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT The Onassis Cultural Center will present Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past...

9. From Ishtar to Aphrodite UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS October 23, 2003 - January 3, 2004 Highlights Hellenic Influence on the Island's Cultural Development New York, NY, August 7, 2003 - From Ishtar to Aphrodite: 3200 Years of Cypriot Hellenism, an exhibition presenting art and artifacts from the island of Cyprus spanning the Late Bronze Age (circa 1400 B.C.) to the end of the Hellenistic period (circa 100 B.C.) ...

10. DESIGN & ORIGINAL EXHIBITS FROM THE ACROPOLIS COLLECTION March 6, 2003 Beginning on March 6, 2003, the Onassis Cultural Center will present The New Acropolis Museum, a multi-media exhibition on the new museum designed by Bernard Tschumi. The Museum is being built to house all the archaeological findings from the Acropolis

11. Post-Byzantium: The Greek Renaissance November 6, 2002 - February 19, 2003 15th - 18th Century Treasures from The Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens Post-Byzantium: The Greek Renaissance, an exhibition of rare treasures from The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens opens at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York on November 6, the first exhibition in the United States to focus on this area of art history.

12. SILENT WITNESSES EARLY CYCLADIC ART OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BC April 9 - June 15, 2002 In collaboration with The Hellenic Ministry of Culture The exhibition brings together selected objects from the collections of major American and Greek museums, and other groups of artifacts found in the context of systematically excavated cemeteries in the Cyclades...

13. "ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW TEN YEARS OF DIAKONEIA 1991-2001" TRIBUTE TO THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW March 8 - March 11, 2002 His All Holiness The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew honored the official opening with His Presence

14. Micro-Sculptures November 1, 2001 - February 10, 2002 IDOLS OF THE STONE AGE TO THE HELIX OF CONTEMPORARY GENETICS, from the permanent collections of the ILIAS LALAOUNIS JEWELRY MUSEUM, Athens Over 200 objects have been chosen from the permanent collections of the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum to display the work of the Academician Ilias Lalaounis.

15. Classical Memories in Modern Greek Art October 24, 2000 - March 26, 2001 Organized by The National Gallery of Greece under the Auspices of The Hellenic Ministry of Culture In one of the most important cultural events of this kind outside Greece, 52 paintings and sculptures of major modern and contemporary Greek artists....