Sunday 30 April 2017

Museum of Cycladic Art

This surprisingly modern museum is housed in an old villa. It looks like it should be an embassy.




Now one ofthe more bizarre aspects is that the ancient exhibits are in a modern annex, while the older part is used for totally unrelated modern art. And when I was there, modern art f the most ridiculous kind. I give you - shelves of shoes. Yup, feast your eyes, search for the hidden depths...


the proper galleries are well set out. Its not a huge museum.  liked the attempt to exhibit items against a backdrop of photos, like these below.






 It's prime collection, as the title suggests, is in Cycladic art, particularly these unmistakable little idol sculptures. Enigmatic.

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