“SITES OF MEMORY. From Pontus and Asia Minor to Macedonia’’

‘’SITES OF MEMORY. From Pontus and Asia Minor to Macedonia’’ is the name of the exhibition of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle which was inaugurated by the Deputy Head of the Metropolitan Unity of Thessaloniki, Voula Patoulidou, on Saturday 28 May 2022. The exhibition is part of IMMA’s activities for the centenary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe and the promotion of the history and culture of Pontus and Asia Minor.

The exhibition includes artworks, photographic and archival material from the collection of the Emeritus Professor of the University of Western Macedonia, Mr. Konstantinos Fotiadis, as well as works by the artists Asteris Gkekas and Maria Kompatsiari.

The exhibition was implemented with the kind sponsorship of the Thessaloniki Water Supply & Sewerage Co S.A.The event was supported by the NOEMA WINERY winery and Mrs. Kyriaki Panagiotou whom we thank warmly.

The artists participating in the exhibition are: Tatiana Altini, Sofia Amperidou, Mari Vergoulidou, Melina Yalama, Asteris Gkekas, Barbara Daling, Pavlos Evangelopoulos, Lia Eleftheriadou, Giorgos Eliadis, Gjergj Kola, Maria Kompatsiari, Lazaros Ktenidis, Sotiris Lioukras, Giannis Mastoropoulos, Nikos Mastoropoulos, Charalampos Papadopoulos, Xenis Sachinis, Gisela Steimle and Yannis Hatzis.

Exhibition curators:

Konstantinos Photiadis, Professor Emeritus, University of Western Macedonia

Stavroula Mavrogeni, Assoc. Professor UOM, Director of the Research Centre for Macedonian History and Documentation

Fani Tsatsaia, Art Historian, Director of of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle and Modern History of Macedonia Foundation

Duration: 28/5/2022-31/12/2022