Municipal Art Gallery — Attraction in Municipality of Thessaloniki

We visited this gallery on a Friday afternoon. It is housed in a delightful building, which used to be the house of a wealthy family. You will not get quite what you expect of a municipal art gallery, but perhaps it is all the better for it. There is a much more intimate atmosphere and the staff are extremely friendly and helpful. As we came in we were presented with a temporary exhibition of modern Greek art in various genres. The first floor was devoted to the 19th century Greek artist Nikolaus Gyzis, who studied at the Royal Academy of fine arts in Munich. On the top floor we saw various woodcut, silk screen and lithographic prints by various Greek artists - some of these are amazing. Well worth a visit and not at...

The building is just stunning, both in the interior and exterior. There are some very nice paintings and artifacts as well as furniture from the beginning of the 20th century. The drafts from Nikolaos Gizis well-known paintings are worth taking a look at. The stuff is helpful and welcoming. There is work to be done though, in terms of organising the place and advertising the Municipal Art Gallery....

The building is exquisite, the gallery offers quite limited amount of artworks. I’ve enjoyed the selection though the personnel was following us through the empty halls - that made us want to leave as soon as possible.

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