Greek pavilion
The Greek pavilion houses Greece's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
Organisation and building
Architect Y. Papandréou designed the pavilion, which was built between 1933 and 1934. Brenno Del Giudice, who led the Biennale's Sant'Elena expansion, also collaborated on the project. The pavilion was built in a neo-Byzantine style, putting in focus the Byzantine dimension of Hellenism, a very engaging issue in Greece at that time. The building's simple layout includes a T-shaped hall. Greek and diamond patterns adorn the brickwork, and Greco-Byzantine round arches line the portico. The word "GRECIA" is written on marble above the entrance.The Greek pavilion is administered by the Greek Ministry of Culture, which is as well responsible for organising the Greek participation during the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition.
Pavilion location and accessibility
The Greek pavilion is located at the Giardini of the Venice Biennale. Visitors can reach the Greek pavilion either through the main entrance, making it one of the last pavilions in their walking route, or through the back entrance of the Giardini, with the Greek pavilion being the first in sight. The building is accessible either via its frontal main entrance, using the stairs, or through a ramp at the right side of the building that leads to the back entrance of the pavilion.Representation by year
Art
Source:- 1934 — Maria Anagnostopoulou–Vranica, Panos Aravantinos, Umberto Argyros, Constantinos Artemis, Nicolas Asprogerakas, Aginor Asteriadis, Michael Axelos, Koula Bekiari, Dimetrios Braessas, Periklis Byzantios, Pavlos Calligas, Alexandros Christofis, Dimitrios Cocotsis, Photis Kontoglou, George Cosmadopoulos, Dimitrios Davis, George Demetriadis, Dimitrios Dimas, Joséphine Dimas, Ector Ducas, Penelope Economidi, Thalia Flora–Karavia, Nicos Georgandis, Andreas Georgiadis, Vassilis Germenis, Dimitris Gheraniotis, Apostolos Gheralis, Lucas Gheralis, Dimitrios Ghianoukakis, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, George Gounaropoulos, Costas Heliades, Evanghelos Joannidis, Maria Kalari, Orestis Kanellis, Tryphon Kazakos, Nelly Kyriakou–Calliga, Sofia Lascaridi, Theodoros Lazaris, Periklis Lytras, Micky Matsakis, Yannis Mitarakis, Stelios Miliadis, Christophoros Natsios, Nicholaos Othoneos, Maria Zarpa–Panoutsou, Costas Pangalos, Aglae Papa, Efthimios Papadimitriou, Konstantinos Parthenis, Dimitrios Pelekassis, Odysseas Phocas, George Procopiou, Bella Raftopoulou, Pavlos Rodokanakis, George Sinnefas, Antonios Sochos, Cesare Sofianopulo, Anghelos Spahi, Anghelos Theodoropoulos, Dante Thomopoulos, Epaminondas Thomopoulos, Thomas Thomopoulos, Michalis Tombros, Maria Tsangri Bavavia, Spyros Vassiliou, Spyros Vikatos, Dimitris Vitsoris, Grigorios Zevgolis
- 1936 — Konstantinos Maleas, Nikolaos Lytras, C. Stefanopoulo Alessandridi, Umberto Argyros, Aglae Papa, Epaminondas Thomopoulos, Maria Tsangri Bavavia, Vrasidas Tsouclos, Cesare Sofianopulo, Spyros Vikatos, Emmanuel Zairis, Achilleas Varvaressos, Pavlos Calligas, Dimitrios Cocotsis, George Cosmadopoulos, Kostas Dimitriadis, Lycourgos Kogevinas, Eleni Kolokotroni Mania, Nicolas Leprince, Pavlos Mathiopoulos, Yannis Mitarakis, Nicos Nicolaou, Nicholaos Othoneos, Doris Papageorgiou, Nicolaos Perantinos, Kostas Plakotaris, Pavlos Rodokanakis, Marcos Zavitsianos
- 1938 — Constantin Parthenis, Michalis Tombros, Angelos Theodoropoulos
- 1940 — Aginor Asteriadis, Yannis Mitarakis, Pavlos Rodokanakis, Dimitris Vitsoris, Bella Raftopoulou, Costis Papachristopoulos, George Zongolopoulos, Dimitrios Ghianoukakis, Alexandros Korogiannakis, Efthimios Papadimitriou
- 1950 — Thanassis Apartis, George Bousianis, Andreas Georgiadis, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, Cesare Sofianopulo, Tassos, Emmanuel Zairis
- 1976 — Michael Michaeledes, Aglaia Liberaki
- 1978 — Yannis Pappas
- 1980 — Pavlos
- 1982 — Diamantis Diamantopoulos, Costas Coulentianos
- 1984 — Christos Caras, George Georgiadis
- 1986 — Costas Tsoclis
- 1988 — Vlassis Caniaris, Nikos Kessanlis
- 1990 — Georges Lappas, Yannis Bouteas
- 1993 — George Zongolopoulos
- 1995 — Takis
- 1997 — Dimitri Alithinos, Stephen Antonakos, Totsikas, Alexandros Psychoulis
- 1999 — Costas Varotsos,, Evanthia Tsantila
- 2001 — Nikos Navridis, Ilias Papailiakis, Ersi Chatziargyrou
- 2003 — Athanasia Kyriakakos, Dimitris Rotsios
- 2005 — George Hadjimichalis
- 2007 — Nikos Alexiou
- 2009 — Lucas Samaras
- 2011 — Diohandi
- 2013 — Stefanos Tsivopoulos
- 2015 — Maria Papadimitriou
- 2017 — George Drivas
- 2019 — Panos Charalambous, Eva Stefani, Zafos Xagoraris
- 2022 — Loukia Alavanou
- 2024 — Conceived by Thanasis Deligiannis and Yannis Michalopoulos, created along with Elia Kalogianni, Yorgos Kyvernitis, Kostas Chaikalis, Fotis Sagonas
Architecture
Source:- 1991 — S. and D. Antonakakis, N. Valsamaki, A. Tompazi, Dimitris Pikionis
- 1996 — Kyriakos Krokos
- 2000 — "The City: Less aesthetic, more ethical"
- 2002 — "Athens 2002: Absolute Realism"
- 2004 — "Examples"
- 2006 — "Aegean: a scattered city"
- 2008 — "Athens by Sound"
- 2010 — "The Ark. Old Seeds for New Cultures"
- 2012 — "Made in Athens"
- 2014 — "Tourism Landscapes: Remaking Greece"
- 2018 — "The School of Athens" Curators: Christina Argyros, Ryan Neiheiser
- 2021 — "Boulevard de la Société des Nations - The Well-Known Aristotle Axis in Thessaloniki" Nikos Kalogirou, Maria Dousi, Dimitris Thomopoulos, Dimitris Kontaxakis, Sofoklis Kotsopoulos, Themistoklis Hatzigiannopoulos
- 2023 — "Bodies of Water" Curators: Costis Paniyiris and Andreas Nikolovgenis