NEWS

The exhibition “Eros: From Hesiod’s Theogony to Late Antiquity” will open on December 10, 2009 at 20.00, at the Museum of Cycladic Art.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition titled: “Eros: From Hesiod’s Theogony to Late Antiquity”, on December 10th, 2009. The exhibition, which has been made possible through a grant from the Foundation, will remain on view at the Museum of Cycladic Art until April 6th, 2010.

The Stavros Niarchos Hostel at the General University Hospital of Alexandroupolis will be inaugurated on Sunday, December 6th at noon. The inauguration ceremony for the hostel, which is already in operation and currently housing several people, will be conducted by the Metropolitan Bishop of Alexandroupolis, the Very Reverend Anthimos, on St. Nicholas’ Day, the day the town’s Saint is celebrated.

The Stavros Niarchos Hostel at the General University Hospital of Alexandroupolis will be inaugurated on Sunday, December 6th, at noon by his Reverence, the Metropolitan Bishop of Alexandroupoli, Anthimos.

One of the common themes underlying the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s giving is a commitment to supporting children in need and to promoting the growth potential of children around the world by enabling their healthy living and intellectual development.

Jim Gianopulos, Chairman & CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, will visit Greece and address public audiences in Athens and Thessaloniki on November 22nd and 23rd respectively, as part of the “Great Ideas” series.

This article is taken from ”Being Renzo Piano”, a special issue of ”Abitare” edited by Anna Foppiano, Giovanna Silva (photography), Mario Piazza (art direction), November 2009.

Following the ratification of the contract for the SNFCC and its inclusion in the government gazette, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) was established on August 7, 2009 under the name of “Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC).”

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation has long supported the General State Hospital of Thessaloniki Hippocrateio on the expansion and total renovation of the Child Oncology Unit, as well as the renovation for the new building of the Thalassemia Unit.