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Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum, Athens

The Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art is a modern art museum in Eratosthenous Street, Pangrati, Athens, Greece, opened in October 2019. It displays many of the works amassed by shipowner Basil Goulandris and his wife Elise Karadontis, who died in 1994 and 2000 respectively, with an art collection valued at US$3 billion. It is housed in a 1920s neoclassical mansion with a ten-storey new extension (five of which are below ground).

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Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum, Athens

Vue du centre d'Athènes, en Grèce, le vendredi 5 novembre 2021.

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Name
Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Greece
Part of
Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation

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The Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art is a modern art museum in Eratosthenous Street, Pangrati, Athens, Greece, opened in October 2019. It displays many of the works amassed by shipowner Basil Goulandris and his wife Elise Karadontis, who died in 1994 and 2000 respectively, with an art collection valued at US$3 billion. It is housed in a 1920s neoclassical mansion with a ten-storey new extension (five of which are below ground).

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