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As one of the city’s largest cultural events calendar reaches its final days, select art galleries are offering free entry before ThisIsAthens City festival wraps up.

Organizers invite anyone who’s in the Greek capital this week to “make the most of your final festival days and discover a different side of Athens through art, photography and culture around every corner.”.

It is advised you contact any individual museum you’re interested in visiting prior and check their opening hours and free entry days.

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Which galleries are participating?

  • Municipal Gallery of Athens
    Nikolas Klironomos: A Retrospective (1985–2025)
    Also showing: Giorgos Tserionis: AFTER. Excellent if you want a substantial museum-scale contemporary show. Open Fri–Sun.

  • Citronne Gallery Athens
    Panos Charalambous: COLUMBIA
    A standout sound-and-memory installation inspired by old Athens recording culture.

  • Ersi Gallery
    Constantine Xenakis – Dimitris Chiotopoulos: Writing and Trace
    One of the strongest intellectually driven exhibitions in the programme.

  • Crux Galerie
    Dimitris Rentoumis solo presentation
    Contemporary abstraction and sculptural experimentation.

  • CAN Christina Androulidaki gallery
    Festival-linked contemporary programme focused on emerging Greek and international artists.

  • Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre
    Contemporary conceptual and multimedia exhibitions from established Greek artists.

  • A.Antonopoulou Art
    Experimental contemporary art exhibitions in Psyrri, often politically and socially engaged.

  • Gallery Genesis
    Contemporary Greek figurative and painting exhibitions during the festival programme.

  • Technohoros Art Gallery
    Mixed-media and sculpture-oriented contemporary exhibitions near Koukaki/Acropolis.

  • Art Project Space
    Independent artist-led contemporary exhibitions and experimental projects.

  • Art Zone 42
    Group and solo contemporary exhibitions featuring younger Greek artists.

  • Artshot-Sophia Gaitani
    Contemporary visual arts presentations with a strong photography and mixed-media focus.

  • Nezer Collective
    Alternative contemporary artist-run space participating in neighbourhood festival programming.

In addition to galleries, these museums/art institutions are also participating with free-entry exhibition events and guided tours:

  • Benaki Museum
  • Benaki Museum – The Ghika Gallery
  • MOMus – Museum Alex Mylona
  • National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST) — free-entry festival evening and curator-led tours this weekend.