The Nicos Poulantzas Institute announces the launch of a guided tour programme for the exhibition \u201cBlind Spot: Sea Routes and Migratory Flows,\u201d hosted at the Athens Municipality Arts Center. The tours will take place on a regular basis and aim to provide visitors with a deeper understanding of the works on display, as well as the broader thematic concerns addressed in the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tours will be conducted every Saturday by leading visual artists and field specialists. The schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, 17 January 2026 \u2014 12:00<\/strong> Saturday, 24 January 2026 \u2014 12:00<\/strong> Saturday, 31 January 2026 \u2014 12:00<\/strong> In parallel with the public programme, the exhibition will host educational activities and guided visits for secondary school students, fostering a link between cultural experience and classroom learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibition is centred on the 14 June 2023 shipwreck of the vessel Adriana<\/em> off the coast of Pylos \u2014 one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent Mediterranean history \u2014 which occurred within the Greek Search and Rescue Zone. According to historian and Director of the Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Maria Repousi<\/strong>, the works presented in the exhibition do not assume a neutral stance. Instead, they establish a space where power structures become visible, overlooked lives emerge from obscurity, and universal rights are asserted. The exhibition positions artistic practice as an act of resistance against the normalization of violence embedded in European \u2014 and particularly Greek \u2014 migration policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibition features works by the following artists, whose practices engage closely with its central questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sakis Gountroumpis \u2022 Giorgos Divaris \u2022 Antigoni Kavvatha \u2022 Nikos Kokkal\u0131s \u2022 Encompassing painting, sculpture, installation, video art and mixed media, the works form a network of visual ethnography and critical inquiry. The presentation includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 photograph by Yannis Behrakis<\/strong>, depicting a Syrian refugee kissing his daughter while walking through storm conditions toward the Greek\u2013North Macedonian border near Eidomeni. The work was previously housed at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibition also hosts a written statement from the Initiative of Lawyers and Legal Scholars on the Pylos Shipwreck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All guided tours are free of charge and open to the public. Venue:<\/strong> Athens Municipality Arts Center, Vassilissis Sofias Ave., Eleftherias Park Opening hours:<\/strong> Further information on the exhibition and accompanying events is available from the Nicos Poulantzas Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nicos Poulantzas Institute<\/strong> The Nicos Poulantzas Institute announces the launch of a guided tour programme for the exhibition \u201cBlind Spot: Sea Routes and Migratory Flows,\u201d hosted at the Athens Municipality Arts Center. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[524,516,4],"tags":[143],"class_list":["post-13025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-main-thematiki-4-culture","category-posts","category-uncategorized-el","tag-newsletter","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13027,"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13025\/revisions\/13027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Guide: Stamatis Samakouris<\/strong>, Visual Artist and Education Consultant
Samakouris will guide visitors through the exhibition, exploring the meaning and context of the works presented and their connection to issues of maritime mobility and migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guide: Giorgos Divaris<\/strong>, Visual Artist and Emeritus Professor, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Divaris will focus on the dialogue between contemporary artistic practice and the political realities underlying the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guide: Giorgos Divaris<\/strong>, Visual Artist and Emeritus Professor, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
A second opportunity for the public to participate in a guided tour by the distinguished academic, offering renewed insights into the themes and works presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEXHIBITION THEME<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Carrying hundreds of migrants bound for Italy, the vessel sank in the Oinousses Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea, marking both a literal and metaphorical \u201cblind spot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nPARTICIPATING ARTISTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Despina Meimaroglou \u2022 Stefanos Papadas \u2022 Spyridoula Politi \u2022 Nafs\u00edka Riga \u2022
Stamatis Samakouris \u2022 Triantafyllos Tranos \u2022 Kostas Tsolis \u2022 Giannis Christakos<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drawing on Jacques Ranci\u00e8re\u2019s concept of the \u201cdistribution of the sensible,\u201d the exhibition challenges assumptions regarding what is visible and audible in the public sphere, opening pathways for new ethical and political interpretations.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPRACTICAL INFORMATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Early arrival is advised due to limited capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exhibition duration:<\/strong> 13 January \u2013 8 February 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday: Closed
Tuesday \u2013 Friday: 11:00\u201319:00
Saturday \u2013 Sunday: 10:00\u201315:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Tel.: +30 210 3217745 | +30 694 5375326
Curators:<\/strong> Sakis Gountroumpis & Giannis Christakos
Text:<\/strong> Triantafyllos Tranos
Co-organizers:<\/strong> Nicos Poulantzas Institute & Visual Arts Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"