NOVEMBER HAS OTHER PLANS.
Porcelain bowls make music in Plaka. Art Athina moves into Onassis Ready. Pina Bausch floods the stage at Megaron. Conway the Machine comes to Gagarin, Hunee and Paula Tape take over the booth at Gazarte, and a natural wine fair gives Sunday afternoon somewhere to go.
There’s European cinema, independent design, contemporary performance, jazz, photography and a generation of artists who remember life before everything needed a password.
For our first Athens monthly edit, we’re moving between the institutions and the smaller rooms. Some things need booking. Some need an afternoon. A few might take care of the whole night.
Here’s where we’d start.
ART + DESIGN.
ART ATHINA | 12–16 November
Start with the fair.
Art Athina’s 2026 edition takes place at Onassis Ready, giving November a substantial appointment with contemporary art.
We’d leave enough time to look properly. An art fair can become an exhausting procession of rooms if you approach it like a shopping centre.
Find a work that makes you stop. Ask whose it is. See where that takes you.
12–16 NOV 2026
Onassis Ready
2 Strati Tsirka Street, Agios Ioannis Rentis
Check the organiser for public opening hours and admission.
CÉLESTE BOURSIER-MOUGENOT: CLINAMEN | Until 5 December
A pool of water. Floating porcelain bowls. A composition that changes whenever they meet.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s clinamen turns small collisions into sound at Onassis Mandra, just off Dionysiou Areopagitou.
Give it more time than it takes to photograph. The pleasure is in listening long enough to notice the changes.
While you’re there, browse the accompanying Onassis Stegi × 0fr. Paris shop, with books, special editions and collectible porcelain bowls developed with IONIA.
Go for the installation. Leave room in your bag.
UNTIL 05 DEC 2026
Wednesday–Sunday, 11 am–2:30 pm and 5:30–9:30 pm
Onassis Mandra
2 Dionysiou Areopagitou, Plaka
€5; free for children aged 15 and under
GEN X: TALES FROM THE FORGOTTEN GENERATION | Until 26 November
Before social media made everyone a broadcaster, television, MTV, video, and a different kind of information overload shaped us.
DESTE’s Gen X brings together artists born between 1960 and 1980, drawing on the Dakis Joannou Collection to examine a generation shaped by the shift from analogue to digital life.
The exhibition includes Wolfgang Tillmans, Kara Walker, Elizabeth Peyton, Maurizio Cattelan and plenty more.
Identity, uncertainty, popular culture, and a healthy suspicion of what the world is selling you.
Still plenty to work with.
UNTIL 26 NOV 2026
Tuesday–Thursday, noon–8 pm
DESTE Foundation
11 Filellinon & Emmanouil Pappa Street, Nea Ionia
IRINI KARAYANNOPOULOU: THE GOLDEN SYNDROME | Until 28 November
Gold has never been especially good at knowing when to stop.
Irini Karayannopoulou’s The Golden Syndrome, curated by Efi Falida, brings gemstones, jewellery, and chains into paintings that explore desire, abundance, and the fear of losing what you have.
A useful exhibition for a city where ancient treasure, shop windows and everyday financial reality are never very far apart.
UNTIL 28 NOV 2026
a.antonopoulou.art
20 Aristofanous Street, Psyrri
Check the gallery for opening hours.
FILM.
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI REVISITED | 5 November
Crooked streets. Unreliable appearances. A film that still looks like somebody’s particularly elaborate nightmare.
Robert Wiene’s 1920 expressionist classic comes to the Greek National Opera’s Alternative Stage with original music by Nikos Karagiannis, performed live by the Celluloid Ensemble.
The images are more than a century old. The sound is being made in front of you.
That’s a good reason to see it with other people.
05 NOV 2026 | 8:30 PM
Greek National Opera — Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre
364 Syngrou Avenue, Kallithea
PINA | 6–8 November
If Vollmond sends you to look for more Pina Bausch, Megaron is ready.
Wim Wenders’ Pina screens alongside the company’s visit, offering another way into the choreographer’s world.
Make a small weekend of it: the film, the performance, and a conversation afterwards about what bodies can say that words keep getting wrong.
06–08 NOV 2026
Megaron — The Athens Concert Hall
Vasilissis Sofias Avenue & Kokkali Street
Check the screening schedule when booking.
ARTEKINO FESTIVAL | 20–22 November
Three evenings of European cinema, with the people who made it in the room.
ArteKino arrives at Onassis Stegi with films by Louise Chevillotte, Emilie Aussel and Sergio Oksman, moving between documentary, fiction, memory and the unsettling possibilities of an empty hotel.
Masterclasses also give the conversation somewhere to go after the credits.
Admission is free, but registration is required. Put the booking date in your diary.
20–22 NOV 2026 | EVENINGS FROM 7 PM
Onassis Stegi — Upper Stage
107–109 Syngrou Avenue, Neos Kosmos
Free with online registration
Registration opens 30 October at 5 pm.
FASHION + OBJECTS.
VOGUE GREECE: CHANGE MAKERS IV | 3 November
Fashion has plenty to discuss before anybody gets dressed.
Vogue Greece’s Change Makers IV brings together figures from fashion, art, beauty and business for a day covering craftsmanship, culture, artificial intelligence and the changing business of image-making.
The announced participants include Hussein Chalayan, Helena Christensen, Anne Imhof, Susie Lau and Sarah Mower.
For anyone working in the space between images, clothes and culture, there should be something here worth taking back to the studio.
03 NOV 2026
Megaron — The Athens Concert Hall
Vasilissis Sofias Avenue & Kokkali Street
Ticketed
MUSIC.
VAPORS OF MORPHINE | 11 November
A baritone saxophone can do a considerable amount of work.
Vapors of Morphine bring Dana Colley’s unmistakable sound to Gazarte, carrying the music into blues, low rock and the darker corners of a Wednesday night.
The set draws on Morphine’s catalogue alongside newer material.
One for people who like their live music with a little weight in the room.
11 NOV 2026
Gazarte — Ground Stage
34 Voutadon Street, Gazi
€25 presale; €30 at the door
CONWAY THE MACHINE | 12 November
Buffalo rap comes to Liosion Street.
Conway the Machine plays Gagarin 205 in a Plisskën presentation, bringing the measured delivery and heavy production that helped make him a defining voice in contemporary underground hip-hop.
There’s a lot of music this month. We’d put this near the top of the list.
12 NOV 2026
Gagarin 205
205 Liosion Street, Athens
BILLY COBHAM: TIME MACHINE | 14 November
Some drummers keep time. Billy Cobham has spent decades stretching its possibilities.
Time Machine revisits music from his 1970s creative period, including Total Eclipse, alongside newer material and room for the ensemble to move.
A chance to hear one of jazz fusion’s defining musicians at work.
14 NOV 2026 | 9 PM
Megaron — Alexandra Trianti Hall
Vasilissis Sofias Avenue & Kokkali Street
€11–€40; concessions available
EKEP NKWELLE QUARTET | 18 November
Make room for a voice.
Ekep Nkwelle brings her quartet to Megaron’s Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall as part of Jazz@Megaron.
Her growing reputation comes with serious company: collaborations with musicians including Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves and Cyrus Chestnut.
A Wednesday evening worth your full attention.
18 NOV 2026 | 8:30 PM
Megaron — Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall
Vasilissis Sofias Avenue & Kokkali Street
€16–€25; concessions available
ARAB STRAP | 29 November
Arab Strap have made an entire world out of things people probably shouldn’t say out loud.
Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton return to Athens with their particular meeting of storytelling, electronics, intimacy and unease.
Their songs have always understood that ordinary life contains enough material for something considerably stranger.
A strong way to finish the month.
29 NOV 2026
Gazarte — Ground Stage
34 Voutadon Street, Gazi
€28 presale; €32 at the door
NIGHTLIFE.
TUNNEL 002: HUNEE & PAULA TAPE | 14 November
Two selectors we’d happily give a Saturday night to.
Hunee and Paula Tape take over Gazarte for TUNNEL 002, with seven hours between the first and last record.
You could spend the week trying to predict what they’ll play.
It's better to arrive in comfortable shoes and find out.
14 NOV 2026 | 8 PM–3 AM ON 15 NOVEMBER
Gazarte — Ground Stage
34 Voutadon Street, Gazi
€25 limited presale; €30 general admission; €35 at the door
18+
MARKETS + THINGS TO FIND.
DEU-N-HI-DO: NATURAL WINE FAIR VOL. 3 | 15 November
Sunday afternoon in Petralona, with a glass in hand and somebody who can explain what’s in it.
Deu-N-Hi-Do returns to LINE Athens for a day of natural wine, producers, Mediterranean food and music.
The kitchen prepares tapas-style dishes, while DJs curate the soundtrack.
Go with someone who likes sharing. There should be plenty to compare.
15 NOV 2026 | 11 AM–7 PM
LINE Athens
37 Agathodaimonos Street, Kato Petralona
€17 admission
CREATIVE-IN-ATHENS | 21–22 November
For anyone who has ever looked at an object and immediately wondered how it was made.
Creative-in-Athens brings craft, design, fine art, materials and tools into the Old OSY Depot for a weekend of makers, demonstrations and workshops.
You can meet the people behind the work, discover a technique or find the material that gets an unfinished idea moving again.
A useful outing for curious hands.
21–22 NOV 2026 | 10 AM–7 PM BOTH DAYS
Old OSY Depot
Pireos & Ermou Streets, Gazi
Ticketed; check the organiser for admission details.
CITY.
PINA BAUSCH: VOLLMOND | 6–9 November
A rock dominates the stage. Water changes the ground beneath the dancers.
Tanztheater Wuppertal brings Pina Bausch’s Vollmond to Megaron for four performances, moving through desire, tenderness, confrontation and the physical pleasure of letting go.
It’s a substantial evening: approximately 170 minutes, including an interval.
Give it the time. Leave dinner for afterwards.
06–09 NOV 2026 | 8 PM
Megaron — Alexandra Trianti Hall
Vasilissis Sofias Avenue & Kokkali Street
€22–€80; concessions available
MIRFESTIVAL | 20–29 November
A good reason to follow a programme into a part of Athens you don’t usually visit.
MIRfestival returns with performance, live media and work unfolding across cultural venues, outdoor settings and other spaces around the city.
The announced artists include Ioanna Paraskevopoulou, Katerina Andreou, Kat Válastur and Pierre Rigal.
Admission is free. Keep an eye on the individual locations and booking details as the programme develops.
20–29 NOV 2026
Various venues across Athens
Free admission; online seat booking recommended
ALSO ON OUR RADAR | Not everything needs an essay.
RED BULL SOUNDCLASH: RACK VS LILA
14 November. Two opposing stages, trap meeting pop, and the audience deciding the outcome. Show starts at 8 pm; doors open at 5 pm.
Details + Tickets
THE KVB
21 November. Gazarte Ground Stage. Another date for the month’s live music diary.
Details + Tickets
ELINA BELOU: LIFE OF A SUNFLOWER
Until 17 November. Bernier/Eliades, Thissio.
Exhibition Details
DANAE STRATOU: AFALES / NAVELS
Until 31 January 2027. Megaron’s Service Courtyard. Free admission.
Exhibition Details
FLUX PLAYGROUND
19, 20, 26 and 27 November. PLYFA. Four dates to explore something beyond the concert-and-gallery circuit.
Details + Tickets
AS IF — A TRIBUTE TO TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
From 11 November, on selected dates. Studio Mavromichali.
Details + Tickets
STRAVAGANZA
26 November, 8:30 pm. Greek National Opera Alternative Stage, SNFCC.
Details + Tickets
KEEP LOOKING.
A month in Athens needs more than one list.
For more exhibitions, performances, screenings, gigs, markets, food, fashion and late-night decisions, keep an eye on the BASE-CAST What’s On Athens Calendar.
We’ll keep adding things as we find them.
VIEW THE FULL ATHENS CALENDAR →
All times are Athens local time. Check the organiser’s latest information before heading out.
SOMETHING WE MISSED?
Probably.
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