GOULANDRIS B&E FOUNDATION Opens Again …

The Vassilis & Elizas Goulandris Foundation in Athens, Greece has opened its doors again to visitors, observing all ‘’health crisis’’ restrictions.

It opens with a new selection of 58 exhibits aimed at highlighting the eclecticism and quality of the collection.

The first floor, the “Classics of Modern Art” are exhibited, as well as a selection of 18th-century French furniture and decorative items from France and China. The audience will thus be able to wander again among the favourite works of El Greco, Paul Cézanne, Auguste Rodin, Camille Claudel, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Henri de ToulouseLautrec, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque , Joan Miró, Pierre Bonnard, Fernand Léger, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Jean Hélion.

The second floor, dedicated to ‘Glances at the 19th and 20th century’ and works on paper, is renewed by about 30%. The well-known Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon, Alberto Giacometti, Max Ernst and Roy Lichtenstein will now be adjacent to a renewed selection of works by Picasso, Braque, Miró, Hélion, as well as Marc Chagall, Jean Fautrier, César, Robertaine Rich, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Henri Michaux, Claude Lalanne, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Fernando Botero, Nicholas Krushenick and Igor Mitoraj.

ALASKA SUCCESSFUL IN BID FOR CRUISE SECTOR RETURN

The US has agreed to allow foreign-flag cruise ships a temporary waiver to operate in Alaska without a foreign stop. It is seen as an opportunity to help the tourism industry of Southeast Alaska.

The legislation waives the Passenger Vessel Services Act for as long as the Canada' cruise ban is in place (currently, through February 2022). This would allow foreign-flag ships to transport passengers between Washington state and Alaska.