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Katerina Gregos appointed Artistic Director of National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens Katerina Gregos is an art historian, curator, and writer. Photo: Panos Kokkinias. ATHENS .- The Greek-born internationally recognized curator, art historian and educator will take up her post as Artistic Director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, on July 1st this year, marking a new era for the museum. Also on Artdaily EMST, which was founded twenty years ago, reopens its doors today May 14, after being closed for several weeks due to the pandemic, with an extensive presentation of its collection and the exhibition Ubuntu: Five Rooms from the Harry David Collection of contemporary African art. ....
Katerina Gregos was the founding director of Greek collector Dakis Joannou’s Athens-based Deste Foundation and has organised a number of international exhibitions Katerina Gregos, a Greek-born writer and curator who has worked at a number of major international biennials and organisations, has been appointed the artistic director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens. The museum reopens today after an extended shutdown due to pandemic restrictions, which are being eased with the aim of opening the country to much-needed tourism. Gregos takes up her post on 1 July. “After working 15 years abroad, it is a great honour for me to take over this position,” Gregos said in statement, adding by email that she is “looking forward to this challenge and to be able to contribute to the discussion on what a contemporary art institution can meaningfully contribute to society today, in these challenging times.” ....