VORRES MUSEUM
The
Vorres Museum
consists of a complex of ten acres of
buildings, courtyards and gardens. Its collections of over 6,000 items
cover 4,000 years of Greek history. The museum has been bequeathed to
the Greek nation by the Vorres family in the form of an artistic and
cultural foundation. Mr. Ian Vorres is the creator and president of the
foundation. The museum is divided into 2 main sections:The first
section constitutes a museum of contemporary Greek art, in which
paintings and sculptures by leading Greek artists from World War II to
today are displayed. The works are of the highest quality and represent
many international trends. What is of special interest is that nearly
all artists represented retain a Greek identity, despite the fact that
all of them have studied and worked abroad.A general survey of the
exhibits reveals the dominant influence of Greece’s classical,
Byzantine and folklore traditions. The strong pigmentations of the
works convey the translucency and brilliance of Greece’s light.The
design of the modern museum is inspired by Greek island architecture
and highlights a series of white washed walls rising around the central
courtyard that features works by leading Greek sculptors. The
courtyard, built into the mountainside like an ancient Greek theatre,
enjoys excellent acoustics and is often used for concerts, lectures,
conferences and other cultural events. The modern museum section is
being extended with a new 2,000 sq.m. wing now being completed and to
be ready for the coming Olympics in Athens in August 2004. This wing
includes a 1,000 sq.m. exhibition/functions hall.The great entrance
gates are composed by hundreds of hand-wrought pieces from iron doors
and balconies of old demolished buildings and feature the beauty of
neoclassic Greek design.
Capacity:
Seated dinner :800pax
Standing up: 3000 pax