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The National Gallery of Athens has announced an exhibition titled 'The World of the Avant-Garde. City, Nature, Universe, Human' at its Central Building’s Temporary Exhibitions Hall. The show, which the museum introduced on social media with the phrase “chasing color,” is scheduled to run from 22 July to 27 September 2026.
According to the gallery’s post, the exhibition is framed around the role of color within the world of the avant-garde and modernist art. The title suggests a broad thematic approach, grouping together ideas of city, nature, universe and human experience under a single curatorial umbrella. The available source material does not provide the names of participating artists, nor does it offer a curatorial statement or checklist of works, so the gallery’s announcement remains the clearest verified description of the project.
The exhibition is set in the Temporary Exhibitions Hall of the National Gallery of Athens’ Central Building, identified in the announcement as the floor -2 space. The museum’s social media post positions the presentation as part of its ongoing exhibition programme, with the hashtag #OurNationalGallery accompanying the announcement.
The gallery’s wording in Greek, “Κυνηγώντας το χρώμα στον Κόσμο της Πρωτοπορίας,” translates roughly as “Chasing color in the world of the avant-garde,” underscoring color as the central thread of the display. Beyond that thematic emphasis, the source material does not specify which modernist movements, periods or geographies are included, and it gives no further interpretation of the exhibition’s structure.
What is verified is the exhibition’s full title, 'The World of the Avant-Garde. City, Nature, Universe, Human', and its duration at the National Gallery of Athens from 22 July through 27 September 2026. The announcement was posted on 22 July 2026, the same day the exhibition opening date began.
