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M AY-J U L 2018
SUCCESS STORY
PERFECT
EIGHTY
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL collaborated with more than 100 institutions, COLLABORATION MATTERS
AIRPORT CONSTITUTES A among which the Athens Festival and the AIA has collaborated though its 17 years of its
CULTUR AL DESTI NATION I N National Archaeological Museum, the operation with more than 100 cultural institutions.
ITSELF. T H E 80 PER IODICA L National Opera House and the National Στα 17 χρόνια λειτουργίας του ο ΔΑΑ συνεργάστηκε
AND 4 PERMANENT Theatre, the Athens Concert Hall, the World με περισσότερους από 100 πολιτιστικούς
EXHIBITIONS HELD IN ITS Press Photo Foundation (namely the greatest οργανισμούς.
PR EMISES DU R I NG THIS 17 international photojournalism exhibition)
YEAR LONG JOURNEY BEAR and Documenta 14. This year AIA “Art & Culture” and “Art & Environment”
WIT NESS TO THAT. collaborated with the Municipality of Athens periodical exhibition areas, located in Arrivals
Ο ΔΙΕΘΝΉΣ ΑΕΡΟΛΙΜΈΝΑΣ for the promotion of Athens 2018 World and Departures level respectively.
ΑΘΗΝΏΝ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΊ ΈΝΑΝ Book Capital. The purpose of all of the above It was in the year 2001 when the first
ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΌ ΠΡΟΟΡΙΣΜΌ is to promote the cultural identity of Athens periodical exhibition under the title
ΣΤ Η Ν ΠΌΛ Η. ΟΙ ΟΓΔΌΝ ΤΑ while providing a unique experience to its “Byzantine Hours” was organized in
ΕΚΘΈΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΧΏΡΟΥΣ passengers and visitors. Thanks to its cultural collaboration with the Ministry of Culture.
ΤΟΥ, ΣΤΑ 17 Χ ΡΌΝ Ι Α Ζ Ω Ή Σ and artistic dimension, AIA is in the list of the There followed a number of exhibitions
ΤΟΥ, ΤΟ ΕΠ Ι ΒΕΒΑ Ι Ώ ΝΟΥ Ν! world’s leading airports, along with Heathrow that caused a stir. For instance, the
in London, Schiphol in Amsterdam, Incheon exhibition dedicated to the sculptor George
In a world of perpetual motion, airports in Seoul. Every year, more than 250,000 Zongolopoulos, the first after the death
transform into meeting places for people visitors admire the airport’s permanent of the significant artist in 2008, featuring
and cultures. Thus, AIA shapes the first and exhibitions at Departures. More specifically, original artworks placed both indoors and
last impression of Greece and its culture the Eleftherios Venizelos permanent outdoors. Two of the many AIA exhibitions
for millions of passengers. All the more exhibition, the exhibition of Archaeological have been awarded; namely, the exhibition
so, if you consider that Athens is a cultural findings discovered in the airport area, the “People on the Move: Yannis Behrakis-
attraction inextricably linked to the airport. exhibition under the title “Acropolis Museum Médecins Sans Frontières” received an
It is by no means a coincidence that in its - A Classic Destination”, and the exhibition honorary distinction at the Tourism Awards
17 years of operation AIA has become a in collaboration with the association The 2017, while the “#Post Future Journey”
cultural destination, since apart from its four Smile of the Child titled “Travelling around exhibition, organised in collaboration with
permanent exhibitions, it has also hosted the world with a Smile”. Also, approximately the Athens Digital Arts Festival, was also
eighty periodical ones. Indeed, AIA has 2.5 million passengers visit each year the
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SUCCESS STORY
PERFECT
EIGHTY
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL collaborated with more than 100 institutions, COLLABORATION MATTERS
AIRPORT CONSTITUTES A among which the Athens Festival and the AIA has collaborated though its 17 years of its
CULTUR AL DESTI NATION I N National Archaeological Museum, the operation with more than 100 cultural institutions.
ITSELF. T H E 80 PER IODICA L National Opera House and the National Στα 17 χρόνια λειτουργίας του ο ΔΑΑ συνεργάστηκε
AND 4 PERMANENT Theatre, the Athens Concert Hall, the World με περισσότερους από 100 πολιτιστικούς
EXHIBITIONS HELD IN ITS Press Photo Foundation (namely the greatest οργανισμούς.
PR EMISES DU R I NG THIS 17 international photojournalism exhibition)
YEAR LONG JOURNEY BEAR and Documenta 14. This year AIA “Art & Culture” and “Art & Environment”
WIT NESS TO THAT. collaborated with the Municipality of Athens periodical exhibition areas, located in Arrivals
Ο ΔΙΕΘΝΉΣ ΑΕΡΟΛΙΜΈΝΑΣ for the promotion of Athens 2018 World and Departures level respectively.
ΑΘΗΝΏΝ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΊ ΈΝΑΝ Book Capital. The purpose of all of the above It was in the year 2001 when the first
ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΌ ΠΡΟΟΡΙΣΜΌ is to promote the cultural identity of Athens periodical exhibition under the title
ΣΤ Η Ν ΠΌΛ Η. ΟΙ ΟΓΔΌΝ ΤΑ while providing a unique experience to its “Byzantine Hours” was organized in
ΕΚΘΈΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΧΏΡΟΥΣ passengers and visitors. Thanks to its cultural collaboration with the Ministry of Culture.
ΤΟΥ, ΣΤΑ 17 Χ ΡΌΝ Ι Α Ζ Ω Ή Σ and artistic dimension, AIA is in the list of the There followed a number of exhibitions
ΤΟΥ, ΤΟ ΕΠ Ι ΒΕΒΑ Ι Ώ ΝΟΥ Ν! world’s leading airports, along with Heathrow that caused a stir. For instance, the
in London, Schiphol in Amsterdam, Incheon exhibition dedicated to the sculptor George
In a world of perpetual motion, airports in Seoul. Every year, more than 250,000 Zongolopoulos, the first after the death
transform into meeting places for people visitors admire the airport’s permanent of the significant artist in 2008, featuring
and cultures. Thus, AIA shapes the first and exhibitions at Departures. More specifically, original artworks placed both indoors and
last impression of Greece and its culture the Eleftherios Venizelos permanent outdoors. Two of the many AIA exhibitions
for millions of passengers. All the more exhibition, the exhibition of Archaeological have been awarded; namely, the exhibition
so, if you consider that Athens is a cultural findings discovered in the airport area, the “People on the Move: Yannis Behrakis-
attraction inextricably linked to the airport. exhibition under the title “Acropolis Museum Médecins Sans Frontières” received an
It is by no means a coincidence that in its - A Classic Destination”, and the exhibition honorary distinction at the Tourism Awards
17 years of operation AIA has become a in collaboration with the association The 2017, while the “#Post Future Journey”
cultural destination, since apart from its four Smile of the Child titled “Travelling around exhibition, organised in collaboration with
permanent exhibitions, it has also hosted the world with a Smile”. Also, approximately the Athens Digital Arts Festival, was also
eighty periodical ones. Indeed, AIA has 2.5 million passengers visit each year the
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