PYLON ART & CULTURE

We are pleased to invite you to the opening of “The Holiday Trilogy” by Christodoulos Panayiotou. @christodoulospanayiotou 🛎️Opening: 15 May 2026, 11:00 – 18:00. ℹ️A site-specific installation at the Minerva Hotel in Platres, featuring new works commissioned by Pylon Art & Culture. [...] I’m borrowing the title from Carlo Goldoni’s “The Holiday Trilogy,” a theatrical work I have been studying for years without any predetermined ambition. And although I would wish for the connection with Goldoni to remain parasitic, let this shared title serve as a promise for an exhibition organized dramaturgically in three acts and that maintains the theme of “holidaying” as the primary occasion for the Minerva Hotel to open its doors once again this year. I suggest, therefore, three distinct sections with three successive invitations, one weekend each month: May, June, and July. In August, the peak of what Goldoni calls the “Holiday Adventures”, I propose we keep the exhibition open for the entire month. An exercise in tautology, hoping to synchronise with the holidaymakers of Platres. For August, I intend to enlist three machines, the first of which I have already produced. […] ✉️An excerpt from a letter from London, March 18, 2026 📅Dates: 15 May – 30 August 2026 📍Location: Minerva Hotel, Platres | Link in bio for directions. As part of the Vima Art Fair, the exhibition will be additionally open from 15–17 May, 11:00 – 18:00. @vima.artfair Opening hours: June–July: First weekend of each month, 11:00 – 18:00 (6–7 June and 4–5 July) August: Open throughout the month, Wednesday to Sunday 11:00-18:00

Pylon Art & Culture presents INTERIOR, a solo exhibition by Phanos Kyriacou @phanos.kyriacou , curated by Akis Kokkinos. @akis.kokkinos 🪟Opening: 09 May, 18:00–21:00 The exhibition features a new body of sculptural work exploring the relationship between material, space, and perception. Using wood, metal and glass, Kyriacou reconfigures everyday materials into a carefully constructed spatial environment where objects interact with each other and the viewer. Through precise placement and subtle transformations, the works invite a slower mode of observation and attention. Pylon Art & Culture Athinon 1A, 3041 Limassol 09 May – 27 June 2026 Opening: 09 May, 18:00–21:00 Opening Hours: Thu–Fri 17:00–20:00, Sat 11:00–13:00 As part of the Vima Art Fair, the exhibition will be additionally open on May 15–17, 11:00–18:00. @vima.artfair

We are pleased to invite you to the opening of “The Holiday Trilogy” by Christodoulos Panayiotou. @christodoulospanayiotou ⛰️Tomorrow 15/05, 11:00 - 18:00 📍Minerva Hotel, Platres As part of the Vima Art Fair, the exhibition will be open from 15–17 May, 11:00 – 18:00. @vima.artfair A site-specific installation at the Minerva Hotel in Platres, featuring new works commissioned by Pylon Art & Culture. [...] I’m borrowing the title from Carlo Goldoni’s “The Holiday Trilogy,” a theatrical work I have been studying for years without any predetermined ambition. And although I would wish for the connection with Goldoni to remain parasitic, let this shared title serve as a promise for an exhibition organized dramaturgically in three acts and that maintains the theme of “holidaying” as the primary occasion for the Minerva Hotel to open its doors once again this year. I suggest, therefore, three distinct sections with three successive invitations, one weekend each month: May, June, and July. In August, the peak of what Goldoni calls the “Holiday Adventures”, I propose we keep the exhibition open for the entire month. An exercise in tautology, hoping to synchronise with the holidaymakers of Platres. For August, I intend to enlist three machines, the first of which I have already produced. […] [Excerpts from a letter from London, March 18, 2026] 📆Dates: 15 May – 30 August 2026 Opening hours: ⚪️June–July: First weekend of each month, 11:00 – 18:00 (6–7 June and 4–5 July) ⚪️August: Open throughout the month, Wednesday to Sunday 11:00-18:00 Photo credits: Minerva Hotel, 2022, Haris Pellapaisiotis

Newcomers: A Book Presentation Organised by Pylon Art & Culture (@pylon.ac ) Saturday, 16 of May, 19:00 Hall 4 ‘Newcomers’, a recent publication by Maria Loizidou, issued by Hatje Cantz, which extends the exhibition project of the same name developed by Pylon Art & Culture. The discussion brings together contributors to reflect on the publication as an extension of the exhibition, addressing its development, context, and circulation. Speakers: Elina Kountouri (@elina_kountouri ) - Strategy consultant with a focus on contemporary culture policy and business development Dr. Elena Stylianou (@elistylianou ) - Director of NiMAC and Associate Professor in Art and Art History at European University Cyprus Akis Kokkinos (@akis.kokkinos ) - Contemporary art curator and Founder of DEO Followed by Q&A and open discussion with the audience. Tickets on @more.com_cyprus or by the link in bio

📖Pylon Art & Culture invites you to the presentation of Maria Loizidou’s book, “Newcomers”, published by HATJE CANTZ on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 7:00 pm at VIMA Art Fair. @vima.artfair @loizidou_maria The book will be presented by Elina Kountouri (strategy consultant with a focus on contemporary culture policy and business development), Akis Kokkinos (contemporary art curator and founder of DEO) and Dr. Elena Stylianou (Director of NiMAC and Associate Professor in Art and Art History at European University Cyprus) The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session and discussion with the audience. ℹ️Maria Loizidou’s exhibition Newcomers transformed the abandoned Minerva Hotel in Platres into a meditation on displacement, refuge, and belonging. The site-specific installation responded to the hotel’s layered history as both summer retreat and wartime shelter, organizing visitors through six thematic spaces using fabric, sound, light, and found objects. The exhibition was accompanied by three parallel events exploring collective discourse, the relationship between desire and ownership, and artistic inhabitation of space. Alexandra Landré’s accompanying essay drew on Arendt and Ahmed to frame Loizidou’s work as “political tenderness”―making visible those erased from history through delicate interventions that hold space for bodies that don’t “fit,” offering traces rather than monuments for the forgotten. The exhibition was produced and organized by Pylon Art & Culture. Maria Loizidou’s practice interweaves personal and political references concerning the history of colonialism, war, oppression, minorities, and the deprivation of social welfare. ⚪️Credits Published by Hatje Cantz in collaboration with Pylon Art & Culture, after the exhibition Newcomers, Minerva Hotel, Platres 2025 Design, image processing, production: Akis Ioannides Text: Alexandra Landré Conversation: Maria Loizidou Alexandra Landré Elina Kountouri Akis Kokkinos Photography: Mirka Koutsouri Phivos Philitas Socrates Stratis Maria Loizidou Akis Ioannides Translations from Greek: Giorgos Floros Lina Protopapa Text editing: Paul Stewart Printing and binding: Wilco Arts Books

The Holiday Trilogy Christodoulos Panayiotou (@christodoulospanayiotou ) Minerva Hotel Part of the Parallel Programme at VIMA Art Fair Opening: 15 May 2026, 11:00 – 18:00 Exhibition: 15 May – 30 August 2026 As part of VIMA Art Fair, the exhibition will be additionally open on May 15–17, 11:00–18:00 Opening hours: June–July: first weekend of each month, 11:00 – 18:00 (6–7 June and 4–5 July) August: open throughout the month Spyrou Kyprianou 36, Pano Platres free entry A site-specific installation at the Minerva Hotel in Platres, with new works commissioned by Pylon Art & Culture (@pylon.ac ) Christodoulos Panayiotou’s (b. 1978, Limassol, Cyprus) wide-ranging research focuses on the identification and uncovering of hidden narratives in the visual records of history and time. Solo exhibitions of his work have been held (amongst others) at LUMA Arles; the 56th Venice Biennial, The Cyprus Pavilion; Camden Art Centre, London; Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Centre de Création contemporaine Olivier Debré, Tours; Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico City; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Kunsthalle Zürich; Casino Luxembourg; CCA Kitakyushu; Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis; Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig; Centre d’Art Contemporain de Brétigny; and at Point Center of Contemporary Art, Nicosia. In 2019 he collaborated on the conception of the Emma Kunz - Visionary Drawings exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery. His work was also shown in a number of group exhibitions including: the 8th Melle Biennale; the 14th Lyon Biennial; the 13th Sharjah Biennial; dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel; 8th Berlin Biennale; 7th Liverpool Biennial; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museion, Bolzano; Migros Museum, Zürich; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona; Witte de With, Rotterdam; Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Ashkal Alwan Center for Contemporary Arts, Beirut; Artist Space, New York; MoCA Miami. Credits: Interior view, Minerva Hotel, 2022, Photo: Haris Pellapaisiotis

Pylon Art & Culture (@pylon.ac ) presents INTERIOR, a solo exhibition by Phanos Kyriacou (@phanos.kyriacou ) Part of the Parallel Programme at VIMA Art Fair Opening: 9 May, 18:00 – 21:00 Exhibition: 9 May – 27 June Thursday – Friday, 17:00 – 20:00 Saturday, 11:00 – 13:00 VIMA Art Fair Opening hours: 15 – 17 May: 11:00 – 18:00 Address: Athinon Street 1A, Limassol free entry The exhibition brings together a new body of work unfolding as a dispersed yet rigorously composed environment, where a multiplicity of materialities, functionalities, and dimensionalities coalesce into a subtle system of meaning. Wood, metal, rubber, glass, and industrial fragments - elements once embedded in everyday use - are dislocated from their utilitarian frameworks and repositioned within a spatial grammar the artist has refined over recent years. Through this performative meditation on sculptural form, the exhibition becomes an exercise in attention, where observation stretches into duration and the interior unfolds as a condition - reconstituting our structures of perception. Curated by Akis Kokkinos. Credits: Untitled, Phanos Kyriacou, 2026

Christodoulos Panayiotou: 1953 @christodoulospanayiotou 1953 is a dramaturgical exercise in three acts, grounded in the facticity of the present. It seeks to reimagine the Rialto Theatre as a unified, fluid space, dissolving the boundaries between stage and auditorium, inside and outside, day and night. From sunset to sunrise, the performance unfolds as a shifting landscape where the dramatised and the real are interwoven, transforming Rialto into a site of continuous mutation through a counterpoint of actions, voices, and images. Spanning 15 hours, from dusk to dawn, the work traces a path from the detail to the collective, confronting the very limits of theatrical experience in time. 1953, the year of birth of scenographer Valentino Joseph and Julie the elephant, sets the coordinates of a composition that mobilises numerous contributors through a wide spectrum of collaborations and technological means. Concept - Direction: Christodoulos Panayiotou Lighting Design: Stephanos Droussiotis Music Curation: Androula Kafa Sound Engineer: Orestis Konis Dramaturgy - Texts: Nicolas Stylianou & Marios Constantinou Movement Coordination: Alexis Vassiliou Set Design Supervision: Andreas Antoniou Set Assistant (for “Valentino’s House”): Kyriakos Kyriakides Production Assistant: Theodoros Tzanetakis Stage Caller: Seta Astreou-Karides Stage Director: Andreas Pavlou Second Stage Director: Yiangos Hadjiyiannis Technical Supervision of Production: Lex Gregoriou Production Manager and Coordinator: Sofronis Sofroniou With (among others): Valentino Joseph, Stela Phyrogeni, Elena Topalidou, Androula Kafa, Christina Vantzou, Kristia Michael, Mihalis Shammas & The Pendulum Instrument, John Also Bennett, Alexandros Pissourios, Angelos Charalambous, Christina Olympiou, Sofronis Sofroniou, Loizos Olympios, Andre Zivanari, Kyriakos Kyriakides, Limassol Philharmonic Orchestra, The Amalgamation Choir. Presented by The Island Club in the framework of the Art Explora Festival and Limassol Art Walks, with the collaboration of the Rialto Theatre and Pylon Art & Culture. Photos: Demetris Loutsios, Art Explora Festival Limassol & Nikita Shubney, 2025.

📻Join us on 29/11, 17:00 for “Death Is Not The End,” a Sound Essay on Metamorphosis by Loizos Olympios @ayiosloizos , marking the closing of 1953: Night Works and Other Studies by Valentino Joseph. Duration: 60 min. 🕰️Please note: On Saturday, 29/11, the exhibition will not be open 11:00–13:00. ‼️Instead, special opening hours apply: 16:00–19:00. 📸Image credit: From the performance “1953” directed by @christodoulospanayiotou , Detail from a photo by Dimitris Loutsios @d_loutsios In collaboration with @theislandclubcy

✨A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of 1953: Night Works and Other Studies during @limassolartwalks ! Your presence and energy made the opening truly special. The exhibition, unfolding as an autonomous epilogue to the performance 1953 and showcasing Valentino Joseph’s night works, remains open until 29 November: 
🕐 Thursday & Friday: 17:00–20:00
🌞 Saturday: 11:00–13:00 Part of the @artexplorafestival , 1953: Night Works and Other Studies carried elements from the theatre stage into the exhibition space, offering a glimpse into Joseph’s personal and unseen creative process. Come experience it for yourself, we look forward to welcoming you again! 🌔 In collaboration with @theislandclubcy @christodoulospanayiotou Photos by Nicolas Karatzas @nojizz

🌙 Join us for 1953, a 15-hour meditation on the passage of time, and the borders that divide interior and exterior, stage and auditorium, performed and lived. 📅 31 Oct – 1 Nov : Act One: 4:30pm–8:30pm , 31 Oct Act Two: 8:30pm–10:30pm, 31 Oct Act Three: 10:30pm–07:30am, 31 Oct to 1 Nov 📍 Rialto Theatre, Limassol @rialto.theatre.cy 🎟️ Audience members may attend either part of the performance or the whole. Admission to all acts is free. Advance booking is required only for the central act (8:30pm–10:30pm). Access to the first and last chapters is open. Programme curated by the Island Club @theislandclubcy (@christodoulospanayiotou and @androulla__ )

🌓1953: Night Works and Other Studies by Valentino Joseph. ✨Opening @limassolartwalks : 01/11, 11:00-20:00 ℹ️Pylon Art & Culture in collaboration with @theislandclubcy hosts the first solo exhibition of Valentino Joseph, shedding light on another side of his multifaceted practice. Through sketches made in bed just before sleep, models for sculptures that were never realised, and a series of portrait studies culminating in a single painting, the exhibition reveals a parenthetical body of work from the 1990s, set alongside his scenographic and graphic design creations. The exhibition Night Works and Other Studies unfolds as an autonomous epilogue to the performance 1953, which will be staged at the Rialto Theatre on 31 October with Valentino Joseph at its dramaturgical core. It opens on the second day of the Limassol Art Walks, as part of the Art Explora Festival @artexplorafestival , carrying elements and materials from the theatre stage into the exhibition space, while also presenting works shown exclusively in the exhibition. Joseph’s trajectory is marked by his remarkable flexibility across media and languages: from stage design and costume to graphic design and illustration. In Limassol he has been a seminal figure, contributing consistently to the shaping of the city’s cultural life and bringing theatre, music and the visual arts into dialogue. Night Works and Other Studies is not conceived as a retrospective, but as an invitation into a personal and unseen creative process.