Exhibition Dedicated to Melina Mercouri to Open in Athens 18 January 2022

An exhibition dedicated to the life and works of late Melina Mercouri will open on 18 January 2022 at the Technopolis cultural complex in Athens.

This exhibition is to mark the 100th anniversary of Melina Mercouri and has been organized by the Athens Municipality in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport, and the Melina Mercouri Foundation. The year 2020 had been designated by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport as Melina Mercouri's year but the pandemic in March of that year, curtailed the planned celebration. 

The award-winning actress, activist and former culture minister, was the first woman in the post. , Melina served as Greece’s culture minister during the years 1981-1989 and 1993-1994.

 Her passion for culture and political activism made her one of the most legendary advocates  for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. It was her presentation at the Mexico UNESCO meeting that also encouraged James and Eleni Cubitt to meet with her and go on to establish the BCRPM in October 1983.

The exhibition opening on Tuesday in Athens, is aptly entitled ‘Remember and love me’ and will showcase Melina’s life and work through three areas highlighting her career in film, theatre and politics. It will feature rich photo and audiovisual material as well as personal items – some exhibited for the first time.

Items will include 13 costumes from theatrical performances and films; 25 posters from her cinema career; 37 photos of Mercouri with international personalities such as Salvador Dali, Pope John Paul II, Queen Elizabeth, Indira Gandhi and Catherine Deneuve; original scripts with handwritten notes; six letters; her dressing room; and items she carried during her last trip to New York.

The exhibition will open its doors on Tuesday 18 January and run until Friday 11 March 2022.

Visiting days: Tuesday – Sunday and visiting hours: from 11am – 8pm. Admission is free.

BCRPM's first protest at the British Museum on 08 February 2020  honoured "". We thank BP or not BP? once again for their support over the years and including us in this protest also. To read more on that protest, please follow the link here.