Members’ Programmes Despite the fact that 2021 did not encourage live communication with our Members, who for many months were unable to be physically present at the Museum in Athens, as soon as conditions allowed, the Members’ Programme returned dynamically with a rich offer of exclusive activities and privileges. Also, as a small token of appreciation for their practical support to the Foundation’s work and in order for them to fully enjoy their privileges which were reduced by the pandemic, all memberships were extended to 31.12.2021. Indicatively, our Members enjoyed the following activities: In April, B&E Members enjoyed the thematic guided tour “War and Peace”, a 21-minute tour of selected works from the Foundation’s permanent Collection and got to hear the stories of 10 important artists of the 20th century who were affected by the vortex of war. In May, on occasion of the International Day of Museums, B&E Members visited the exhibition halls of the Museum in Athens virtually and were guided around the renewed presentation of the permanent Collection. During the summer, within the framework of the retrospective dedicated to the artist George Rorris organised by the Foundation at the Museum on Andros, B&E Members had the opportunity to be guided around the exhibition by the artist himself and attend the meeting between G. Rorris and the curator of the exhibition M. Koutsomallis at the Amphitheatre of the Museum of Athens, where they discussed the painter’s artistic course focusing on works from the Andros exhibition selected by the artist himself.
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In September, B&E Members enjoyed a guided tour of the Library of the Museum in Athens by librarian Filippia Cheilitsi, who presented the Library’s new digital catalogue. Special events exclusively for B&E Members within the framework of the multifaceted Minamata project were hosted by the Museum in Athens in October. More specifically, B&E Members had the opportunity to meet Andrew Levitas in person, converse with him and be guided by him through the sculpture installation of his works. Also, exclusively for B&E Members, the film Minamata was screened in the Amphitheatre of the Museum in Athens, before the official avantpremière. Finally, B&E Members enjoyed a special discount for the four-day Filmmaking Masterclass The Artist’s Mind by Andrew Levitas at the Museum in Athens. At the end of the year, the Foundation invited its B&E Members to an exclusive preview of the new temporary exhibition “Sotiris Sorogas – The time of memory in his artistic language”. B&E Members continued to enjoy free entry to the Museums’ exhibitions and special discounts at among, others, the creative workshops for children, adolescents and adults, the B&E shops και the B&E Café-Restaurant in Athens.
