Panhellenic Art Exhibition

The Panhellenic Art Exhibition was a periodic art exhibit in the 20th century Greece that passed through four ditinct phases:

at the beginning of the century, under the name Panhellenic Exhibition of the Association of Greek Artists,
from 1938 to 1940, the first annual Panhellenic Exhibition organized by the Ministry of Education, but due to World War II, the exhibition resumed post-war,
from 1948 to 1975, as the "quintessential post-war art event".
In 1987, during the tenure of Melina Mercouri as minister of culture.

The exhibition took place at the Zappeion Hall in Athens and was organized by the Greek state, while the 1987 exhibition was held at the Piraeus Port Authority Exhibition Center.

The exhibitions

Pre-war

1st Panhellenic Art Exhibition, 1938, President of the Organizing and Judging Committee was G. Oikonomou, vice-president was Kostis Bastias, and general secretary was P. Prevelakis
2nd Panhellenic Art Exhibition, President of the Organizing and Judging Committee was Kostis Bastias and general secretary was P. Prevelakis
3rd Panhellenic Art Exhibition, May 1940

Post-war

1948 1st Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1952 4th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1957 5th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1960 6th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1963 7th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1965 8th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1967 9th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1969 10th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1971 11th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1973 12th Panhellenic Art Exhibition
1975 13th Panhellenic Art Exhibition

The institution was discontinued after the Metapolitefsi period.
A similar exhibition was organized in 1987 during the tenure of Melina Mercouri:

1987 Panhellenic Art Exhibition '87 at the Piraeus Port Authority Exhibition Center

A revival of the institution was announced for the organization of a Panhellenic Visual Arts Exhibition in 2008.