Under the direction of Pantelis Tsatsis, Art Thessaloniki is growing as a key cultural hub in Southeast Europe. International partnerships—such as the Sofia Art Fair panel—have opened new paths for collaboration. Initiatives like MoBU Bucharest strengthen ties between artists, institutions, and audiences.
Since its inception, Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair has established itself as a vibrant hub for galleries, artists, collectors, and cultural institutions from Greece, the Balkans, Europe, Asia, and the United States. Celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2025, the fair returns to TIF-HELEXPO in Thessaloniki from 15–18 May, marking another milestone in its mission to promote contemporary art on an international scale. Rooted in a city known for its rich history, dynamic universities, and thriving cultural life, Art Thessaloniki has become a key meeting point in the European art calendar. As a platform for exchange and innovation in the visual arts, the fair actively fosters cross-cultural dialogue and artistic engagement. It is a pleasure for Artforum Culture Foundation to support as cultural partner the fair from the very beginning, contributing to its international resonance and institutional growth.
(c) Michelangelo Pistoletto, Venere degli Stracci. Source Art Thessaloniki
Michelangelo Pistoletto was born in Biella in 1933. He began to exhibit his work in 1955 and in 1960 he had his first solo show at Galleria Galatea in Turin. An inquiry into self-portraiture characterizes his early work. In the two year period 1961-1962 made the first Mirror Paintings, which directly include the viewer and real time in the work, and open up perspective, reversing the Renaissance perspective that had been closed by the twentieth-century avant-gardes.
Bells of Service, Languages of Apprenticeshi
The “bells of service” are our inner voices that, at some point, get thrown out the window, turning into oaths, purposes, homelands—details of a tearless image, the drizzle of the breeze in foolish wars, the groping of shifting borders of hope, the burnt notebooks of knowledge, the prayer rope of these images tolls the bells of loss, the rage of our cells, the solace of a divine drizzle, and I carve again on the desk of my sky with my compass, my team that always loses...
Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair, which has gained the acceptance of the art world internationally as an institution of enduring success presenting a significant and diverse range of modern and contemporary artworks, celebrates its first decade (2015-2025) of contribution to the international art scene. We are ready once again to welcome galleries and collectors from Greece, the Balkans, Europe, Asia and the USA to TIF-HELEXPO at the 8th edition of Art Thessaloniki on 15-18/05/2025, which will take place as always in Thessaloniki. In addition to its long historical journey,Thessaloniki is a multicultural contemporary city, with three vibrant Universities (Aristotle University , PAMAK, International University), a business and commercial centre, known for its festivals, lively cultural life and excellent gastronomic identity.
Art Thessaloniki Fair has been established as one of the most important artistic events in Greece and the Balkans, gaining international recognition for its contribution to the promotion of art. Firmly committed to creating a global dialogue, the fair is a meeting point for artists, collectors, galleries and art critics from around the world, fostering cultural exchange and innovation in the field of visual arts. A decisive step for the further development of the Art Thessaloniki Fair was the invitation of the art director, Pantelis Tsatsis, to participate in the panel on the subject of international Art Fairs in the context of the Sofia Art Fair, which took place from 3 to 6 October 2024. This participation paved the way for new collaborations and exchanges with central art scenes, such as Sofia Art Fair and MoBU Bucharest Fair, strengthening cultural interaction in the area. The main purpose of these collaborations is to strengthen the dialogue between local artistic communities, to highlight the contemporary artistic production of the Balkans and to create joint initiatives that highlight the importance of art at an international level, promoting artistic creation and interculturalism.
As a platform for culture, art trade and communication, Art Thessaloniki Fair promotes the broadening of artistic interest, presenting important museum collections and recognized artists proposed by galleries. Supporting young artists up to 33 years old, we award a total of ten prizes, while the Independent Artists project that will take place for the 3rd year, is a great opportunity for independent artists to exhibit their works in order to access galleries, curators and collectors. In addition, Art Thessaloniki Fair provides free parking, wi-fi, insurance, 3m high walls, LED lighting (1 LED/4m), 2 colour pages in the catalogue, promotion on our website and in the media, 5 free catalogues, 10 invitations for 2 persons, 5 free entry cards. We invite you to take part in our 8th edition, (15-18 /05/ 2025), which is now considered by the international artistic - business community as the most effective mechanism for maximizing artistic, investment and economic results in the field of visual art.
We are looking forward to meeting you then!
Pantelis Tsatsis, Art Director
The 7th Art Thessaloniki Fair has the great pleasure and honor in this year's event to welcome in Thessaloniki the most important exhibition of Greek artists of diaspora, part of the collection of the impressive Foundation of Mr. Vassilis Kalogiratos, HELLENIC DIASPORA FOUNDATION, located in Patras.
80 galleries and projects from around the world
Internationally acclaimed OPY ZOUNI is this year’s Honoured Artist
Thessaloniki is marching to the beat of the 7th Art Thessaloniki from May 23-26, with the exhibition being dynamically present for yet another year in the arts world of Greece and the broader region.
The space of contemporary art in Greece from the 60s onwards is "liberated" from the trends of realism, but also from the early aspects of modernism, offering ground to abstraction and its various versions. The pressure of materials in painting, the rise of subjectivism, as well as the obsession with its fundamental components brought about a creative renewal based on color, fluctuating shapes, pure geometric forms, scarce raw materials (creative memory of the post-Montrian era) and generally in the optimistic atmosphere, after the depressing period of the second world war.
Group exhibition by the Hellenic Diaspora Foundation
The "Hellenic Diaspora" Foundation, which for years has been taking care of the enormous artistic contribution of Greek artists in the international centers of the world, Paris, New York, London, etc. presents at Art Thessaloniki a section of sculptures and paintings declaring its quality and historical value of its collections. Monumental works both in size and importance are exhibited signatured by Takis, Peter Voulkos, Loukas Samaras, Jean Xceron, Chryssa, Theodoros Stamos, Kostas Koulentianos, Philolaos etc., which map a history of the modern, but which carries a completely Greek sign, Odysseus' journey outside the rules and boundaries.
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