Articles of ‘National Museum of Contemporary Art EMST’

The Shadow of History and the Simulacrum in the Art of Andreas Angelidakis

The Shadow of History and the Simulacrum in the Art of Andreas Angelidakis

“Do we even need architecture anymore?”
Andreas Angelidakis

By Alexandria Pierce

Andreas Angelidakis’s body of work, inspired by the city of Athens, continues to signify the shadow of history and the simulacrum in works like Vessel (2016), which is both a sculpture and an animated video. Humorously, it features a pithos, a [...]



documenta 14

documenta 14

Various locations - Athens, Greece
By Santa Nastro
documenta 14 opened in 47 locations in Athens on April 8, shining a light on almost 200 artists. This edition, curated by Adam Szymczyk and a team of 18 other curators, chose the Greek capital as host city for the first time as a prologue to the [...]