Cultural Programme of the Cyprus Presidency 2026 

Council of the European Union

03 Jun 2026

George Pol. Georghiou – Timeless Cyprus

A Major Exhibition of Cypriot Modern Art

Organizer: Cyprus Presidency - Council of the European Union, Deputy Ministry of Culture, A.G. Leventis Gallery
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Dates: 03.06 - 22.06.2026

Visual Arts

Exhibition

London UK
Venue: The Hellenic Centre

George Pol. Georghiou – Timeless Cyprus brings to London a powerful body of work by one of Cyprus’s most important modern artists. Presented at The Hellenic Centre as part of the cultural programme of Cyprus’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026, the exhibition explores themes of memory, identity and history through paintings created in the 1940s and 1950s. Featuring works once inaccessible in Famagusta, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to encounter Cyprus through a deeply human and poetic visual language.

The exhibition is curated by:

  • Loukia Loizou Hadjigavriel (Director, Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation)
  • Katerina Stephanides (Director, A. G. Leventis Gallery)
  • and follows the vision of the late:
  • Eleni S. Nikita (First Curator of the Cyprus Collection, A. G. Leventis Gallery

General Coordinators:

  • Despina Georghiou Hadjinicolaou
  •  Anastasia Mina

Educational Programmes:

  • Theodora Demetriou
  • Marios Theocharous

Architectural Design and Supervision: Nayia Savvides

Video: Constantinos S. Constantinides

Text Editor: Alexandra Pel

Translation: Despina Pirketti

Exhibition Graphics / Branding: appios® creative studio

Works Transportation, Coordination and Installation:

  • PPS Worldwide Moving (Cyprus)
  • Williams & Hill (UK)

Technical Support / Lighting: Charalambos Charalambous & Iacovos Papantoniou