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Weiwei Guided Tours | Athens | August 11 & 18 & 25

Weiwei Guided Tours | Athens | August 11 & 18 & 25

The Museum of Cycladic Art is hosting Ai Weiwei’s first major exhibition in Greece, which includes a new work created especially for the museum. The show, which will run through October 30, is also the Chinese artist’s first in an archaeological museum. Guided tours of the exhibition take place on August 11, 18 and 25, starting at 6.30 p.m. Among the works on display are Ai’s “Divina Proportione” (2012), “Mask” (2011), “Cao” (2014) and “Grapes” (2011). The museum will be donating 10 percent of all exhibition proceeds to Doctors Without Borders and METAdrasi, two NGOs that are currently assisting refugees in Greece. Opening hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cycladic Art Museum, 4 Neofytou Douka, tel 210.722.8321-3, www.cycladic.gr

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