PROJECTS
F R O N T P A G E : Ν Ε Χ Τ
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2025
Group Art Exhibition & Initiatives centered on the concept of the “Front Page” and the “First News Item,” as presented in print and digital media.
Exhibition: May 2–11, 2025 / Symposium: May 3 / Awards: May 23
Debate: May 26, 2025
Melina Cultural Center – 66 Herakleidon St., 11851 Athens,
1st floor and ground floor.
Group Art Exhibition & Initiatives centered on the concept of the “Front Page” and the “First News Item,” as presented in print and digital media.
The project unfolds in two parts, from May 2 to 11 and during the third ten-day period of the month at the “Melina” Cultural Center of the City of Athens. It brings together 55 artists from Greece and abroad, as well as journalists, academics, and media professionals, in a dialogue between art and journalism.
The FRONTPAGE PROJECT is co-organized by the European Communication Institute and the European Parliament Office in Greece, in collaboration with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), the AxionArt artistic team, the Institute of Mediterranean Culture, and is supported by the City of Athens (OPANDA-Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth of the City of Athens).
This project is an evolving interdisciplinary initiative exploring the impact of front pages and media on society and culture, transferring journalism to an artistic and conceptual level. It includes exhibitions, lectures, performances, video screenings, and a ‘counterpoint exercise,’ inviting the public to discover new interpretations of information, and the power of image and language.
Its aim is the artistic and dynamic expression that emerges from the collaboration of creators from the fields of visual arts and journalism/communications more broadly. Participants draw inspiration from newspaper front pages of their own choosing, as well as major stories from domestic and international print and online press. These "front pages" act as canvases for creation, commentary, expression, and artistic stance.
As part of the exhibition, on May 3, 2025, a symposium will take place dedicated to World Press Freedom Day, with the participation of renowned journalists, academics, and art specialists, on the topic:
Among the parallel initiatives is the participation of the Heroic City of Naoussa, presenting upcoming actions in collaboration with the FRONTPAGE organizers and the Journalists’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers (ESIEMTH).
As part of a memorandum with the European Communication Institute, to be signed on May 26, and the ongoing Citizen Literacy initiative (a collaboration between the European Parliament Office in Greece and the European Communication Institute), the 2026–2027 actions will be announced. These include the launch of Postgraduate Programs for Balkan Communicators based in Naoussa, as well as academic meetings/conferences.
Exhibition: May 2–10, 2025 – “Melina”
Participating Artists:
Oxana Akopov (USA), Sofia Vlazaki, Penny Geka, Valia Gouzia, Giorgos Gyzis, Thalassini Douma, Vasilis Theos, Giorgos Kazazis, Kyriakos Kallis (Cyprus), Anni Kaltsidou, Giorgos Campourakis, Dimitris Katsikis, Niki Kapokaki, Niovi Kritikou, Peggy Kliafa, COSTIS, Dimitra Maltampe, Eva Maragaki, Efstratia Machairidi, Panagiotis Mitsobonos, Manolis Merabeliotis, Christina Mitrentse, Efsevia Michailidou, Ismini Bonatsou, Tasos Biris, Elena Navrozidou, Dimitris Neokleous (Cyprus), Aspasia Papadima (Cyprus), Nikos Podias, Artemis Potamianou, Vicky Pericleous (Cyprus), Marina Razheva (Hungary), Liora Redman (USA), Andreas Savva (Cyprus), Efi Savvides (Cyprus), Panos Sarafianos, Panagiotis Siagris, Andreas Sitorego, Annetta Spanoudaki, Barbara Spyrouli, Nikos Synnos (Cyprus), Vic Tur/Oxana Akopov (USA), Hourig Torossian (Cyprus), Viktor Vinichenko (Spain), Raed Yassin (Germany/Lebanon), Konstantinos Tilighadis, Giorgos Triantafyllopoulos, Tassos Triantafyllou, Kostas Tsolis, Makis Faros, Dimitra Chanioti, Youla Chatzigeorgiou (Cyprus), Kleopatra Chatzigiosi, Yiannis Christidis (Cyprus), Lambros Psyrakis.
Curatorial Team
Eva Maragaki, Concept – Curator, ΑxionArt director
Julia Sysalova, Curator, Critic – AICA Member, Vice President - Institute of Mediterranean Culture, ECI Academic Member
Vicky Pericleous – Visual Artist, Assistant Professor at the Department of Fine Arts, TEPAK (Cyprus University of Technology), Curator of the Cypriot Delegation
Mario Nottas, ΕCI - Εuropean Communication Institute – Head
The catalog of works presented in the project is here
The project unfolds in two parts, from May 2 to 11 and during the third ten-day period of the month at the “Melina” Cultural Center of the City of Athens. It brings together 55 artists from Greece and abroad, as well as journalists, academics, and media professionals, in a dialogue between art and journalism.
The FRONTPAGE PROJECT is co-organized by the European Communication Institute and the European Parliament Office in Greece, in collaboration with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), the AxionArt artistic team, the Institute of Mediterranean Culture, and is supported by the City of Athens (OPANDA-Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth of the City of Athens).
This project is an evolving interdisciplinary initiative exploring the impact of front pages and media on society and culture, transferring journalism to an artistic and conceptual level. It includes exhibitions, lectures, performances, video screenings, and a ‘counterpoint exercise,’ inviting the public to discover new interpretations of information, and the power of image and language.
Its aim is the artistic and dynamic expression that emerges from the collaboration of creators from the fields of visual arts and journalism/communications more broadly. Participants draw inspiration from newspaper front pages of their own choosing, as well as major stories from domestic and international print and online press. These "front pages" act as canvases for creation, commentary, expression, and artistic stance.
As part of the exhibition, on May 3, 2025, a symposium will take place dedicated to World Press Freedom Day, with the participation of renowned journalists, academics, and art specialists, on the topic:
“Art in the Age of Headlines: Frontpage Dialogues”
In the third ten-day period of May, a debate will be held between university student groups on the theme:
“Beyond the FrontPage: What Remains Unseen”
Debate on Media, Fake News and the Art of News Hierarchies
The Athens exhibition will serve as a prelude to the next stage of the initiative, which involves the participation of creators and communication professionals from Central and Southern Europe, and will be hosted in Vienna in 2027.
Academic institutions contributing research and artistic work include: University of West Attica (Departments of Graphic Design & Visual Communication and Interior Architecture), Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Fine Arts (TEPAK), Athens School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (School of Fine Arts), Ionian University (Postgraduate Program in Audio & Visual Arts), University of the Peloponnese (Department of Performing and Digital Arts), Mediators Group, Danube University Krems (UWK), Austria.Among the parallel initiatives is the participation of the Heroic City of Naoussa, presenting upcoming actions in collaboration with the FRONTPAGE organizers and the Journalists’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers (ESIEMTH).
As part of a memorandum with the European Communication Institute, to be signed on May 26, and the ongoing Citizen Literacy initiative (a collaboration between the European Parliament Office in Greece and the European Communication Institute), the 2026–2027 actions will be announced. These include the launch of Postgraduate Programs for Balkan Communicators based in Naoussa, as well as academic meetings/conferences.
Exhibition: May 2–10, 2025 – “Melina”
Participating Artists:
Oxana Akopov (USA), Sofia Vlazaki, Penny Geka, Valia Gouzia, Giorgos Gyzis, Thalassini Douma, Vasilis Theos, Giorgos Kazazis, Kyriakos Kallis (Cyprus), Anni Kaltsidou, Giorgos Campourakis, Dimitris Katsikis, Niki Kapokaki, Niovi Kritikou, Peggy Kliafa, COSTIS, Dimitra Maltampe, Eva Maragaki, Efstratia Machairidi, Panagiotis Mitsobonos, Manolis Merabeliotis, Christina Mitrentse, Efsevia Michailidou, Ismini Bonatsou, Tasos Biris, Elena Navrozidou, Dimitris Neokleous (Cyprus), Aspasia Papadima (Cyprus), Nikos Podias, Artemis Potamianou, Vicky Pericleous (Cyprus), Marina Razheva (Hungary), Liora Redman (USA), Andreas Savva (Cyprus), Efi Savvides (Cyprus), Panos Sarafianos, Panagiotis Siagris, Andreas Sitorego, Annetta Spanoudaki, Barbara Spyrouli, Nikos Synnos (Cyprus), Vic Tur/Oxana Akopov (USA), Hourig Torossian (Cyprus), Viktor Vinichenko (Spain), Raed Yassin (Germany/Lebanon), Konstantinos Tilighadis, Giorgos Triantafyllopoulos, Tassos Triantafyllou, Kostas Tsolis, Makis Faros, Dimitra Chanioti, Youla Chatzigeorgiou (Cyprus), Kleopatra Chatzigiosi, Yiannis Christidis (Cyprus), Lambros Psyrakis.
Curatorial Team
Eva Maragaki, Concept – Curator, ΑxionArt director
Julia Sysalova, Curator, Critic – AICA Member, Vice President - Institute of Mediterranean Culture, ECI Academic Member
Vicky Pericleous – Visual Artist, Assistant Professor at the Department of Fine Arts, TEPAK (Cyprus University of Technology), Curator of the Cypriot Delegation
Mario Nottas, ΕCI - Εuropean Communication Institute – Head
The catalog of works presented in the project is here
