Description
| Product ID: | 9781785513480 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CZ |
| Series: | Director's Choice |
| Title: | Benaki Museum |
| Subtitle: | Director's Choice |
| Authors: | Author: George Manganis |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Europe |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Across its network of venues, and merging cultures from all historical periods with contemporary art movements, the Benaki Museum offers a uniquely diverse addition to the Director’s Choice series. The Benaki Museum was founded by Antonis Benakis, a visionary collector and cosmopolitan Greek patriot born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. Since opening to the public in April 1931, the museum has grown into one of the most innovative cultural organisations in Europe, and today includes several branches: a museum dedicated to Greek culture from prehistory to the 1940s; a gallery on modernism in Greece; a museum of Islamic art; a 20th-century sculptor''s studio; a collector''s home; a museum of toys from around the world; a celebrated writer''s seaside retreat; a passementerie factory; and an exhibitions centre. Across this network of venues all over Athens – and beyond – diverse cultures from all historical periods meet contemporary art movements, enabling ''the Benaki'' to situate the Greek world within a global context. |
| Imprint Name: | Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-08-09 |
