Cultural Programme of the Cyprus Presidency 2026 

Council of the European Union

27 Jan 2026

Nicosia International Airport

Organizer: Cyprus Presidency - Council of the European Union, Deputy Ministry of Culture
Admission Status: Closed to the Public 

Dates: 27.01 - 30.06.2026

Visual Arts

Exhibition

Brussels Belgium
Venue: European Parliament

The exhibition presents the series “Nicosia International Airport”, a photographic series by Andros Efstathiou documenting the abandoned site of Lefkosia’s former airport as a space of suspended time and collective memory. (closed to the public)

Through a restrained and almost theatrical gaze, Efstathiou approaches the airport not as a historical document but as a monument to interruption, as a place where absence, waiting and incompletion become central narrative forces.

The exhibition reflects on memory, spectatorship and national narrative within contemporary Cypriot art, offering a quiet yet politically resonant reading of the landscape.

The host of the opening of the exhibition is Ms Miriam Lexmann, MEP, Quaestor and Chair of Artistic Committee.