Curator Dimitris Antonitsis presents the fourteenth consecutive year of the Hydra School Projects (HSP), this year’s event titled p ȯ (-) i-trē (“Poetry”), at the Paleo Gymnasio, or “old school” on Lignou Street. The building itself is historic, having played an important role during the Greek revolution. This year’s exhibition commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of poet C. P. Cavafy.

The exhibition will run until September 30, 2013, and features works of artists from Greece and abroad. Artists include:

Ghada Amer,
Assume Vivid Astro Focus,
Pio Diaz & Hilda Thyren,
Phillipa Horan,
Rene Ricard,
Ugo Rondinone,
Mirabelle Marden,
Josh Smith,
Thanos Veloudios,
Dionysis Kavellieratos,
Katerina Zacharopoulou

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Background of the Hydra School Projects

Established in 2000 by Greek artist and curator Dimitrios Antonitsis, the Hydra School Project is a nonprofit foundation that organizes exhibitions and supports publications that explore the relationship between contemporary art and culture. The venture is conceived as a means of introducing young and upcoming artists as well as more established ones to both a Greek and an international audience.

Prominent artists who have exhibited at the HSP, often for the first time in Greece, include Brice Marden, Helen Marden, Robert Wilson, Allan McCollum, Michael Craig-Martin, Francesco Vezzoli, Cosima von Bonin, Nate Lowman, Hanna Liden, Kim Sooja, Candida Hoefer, Tony Oursler, and Aaron Young.

The Hydra School Project is funded primarily by the DEMERGON-Daskalopoulos Foundation for Culture and Development.