The Ministry of Tourism, the Greek National Tourism Organization and the Acropolis Museum present a photography exhibition by Robert McCabe titled “Χαίρε Ξένε. In the land of dreams” from 28 May 2024 until 8 September 2024, in the Temporary Exhibition Gallery at the Acropolis Museum ground floor.
Agamemnon Dassis and his daughter Panagoula at the Belle Hélène Hotel in Mycenae under a welcome greeting from Homer’s Odyssey.
This is a unique retrospective exhibition to McCabe’s “Greek era”, with about 100 photographs, aimed to highlight the timelessness of the photographs of the American artist.
At a flag-bedecked school on Serifos, students pose for a portrait.
Robert McCabe’s photographic lens portrays Greece marked by toil and limited means, yet also highlights its prospects and the anticipation for a brighter future.
Late afternoon at Oreoi at the northern tip of Euboea.
The selected photographs underscore the significance of preserving Greece’s natural beauty and cultural heritage, safeguarding the elements of our identity that make Greece a truly unique place – vibrant, optimistic, with a rich tapestry of past, present, and future.
A French visitor at the magnificent Manganari beach on Ios shares the beach with local flocks.
Entrance to the exhibition “Χαίρε Ξένε. In the land of dreams” is free to the public. A free admission ticket is required from the Museum Ticket Desk.
A shopkeeper in Mykonos negotiates with a farmer who has brought his harvest to market with his donkey.
Patmos. The shipyards of Netia.
A bilingual publication (Greek-English) will soon be available in the Museum Shops.theacropolismuseum.gr
