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Byzantine and Christian Museum Athens-exhibition "Within/Without Borders"

ATHENS.- The European Investment Bank’s art collection, which comprises some 550 works of art (paintings, photographs, works on paper, sculptures and installations), features the creations of both emblematic and emerging figures in contemporary art. The approach to collecting has been designed to gradually create a singular and fairly long-term perspective on contemporary EU art, which reflects the long-term cultural vision of the Bank. This exhibition of works from the collection, which is being presented for the first time outside the Bank’s headquarters in Luxembourg, explores the broader idea of frontiers through an overview of European art over the last half century. The diversity of European artistic output is demonstrated by the 38 artworks shown in the exhibition, which showcases a wide variety of artists working with different methods and in various media: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, installations.