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Chinese Ceramics

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> Athens > To September 4

For the first time in 35 years, the Benaki Museum in Athens is showing highlights from its permanent collection of Chinese ceramics. On display at the museum’s flagship building in Kolonaki are 90 masterpiec­es of ceramic art from the George Eumorfopou­los collection, which was donated to the museum in the 1930s. Eumorfopou­los was a British banker and avid art collector of Greek heritage whose grandparen­ts had fled the Greek island of Chios during the massacre of its population by the Ottoman army in 1822. Opening hours are Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to midnight, and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The exhibition runs through September 4. Benaki Museum, 1 Koumbari & Vassilissi­s Sofias, tel 210.367.1000, www.benaki.gr

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