Since the Greek curator Katerina Gregos was appointed the artistic director of Athens’ National Museum of Contemporary Art in 2021, she has not only helped transform it and build its collection but also helped cement its place on the global cultural map.

Now, Gregos is curating her biggest project yet: a three-part exhibition series focused exclusively on women artists. The first exhibition of What If Women Ruled the World opens tomorrow (Dec. 14), with two related exhibitions opening on February 10 and May 11, in a slow but steady takeover of the institution that asks, “What does a museum look like if it’s filled only with art by women?”

It’ll look fabulous, that’s for sure. More than 350 women will show their artwork at the museum in Athens, from now through well into summer. “This is the very first time a major public museum is exhibiting exclusively work by women artists, in both its permanent collection and temporary exhibition program,” Gregos told Observer. “Women artists and cultural practitioners are still underrepresented in most aspects of the art world, and we wanted to reverse the narrative.”

The series includes solo presentations by overlooked Greek artists like Leda Papaconstantinou and Chryssa Romanos alongside works by rising artists like Danai Anesiadou and Malvina Panagiotidi. The first exhibition in the series is called “WOMEN, together” and features artworks by twenty artists, including Helene Appel from Germany, Syrian artist Diana Al-Hadid and Greek artist Eleni Kamma, as well as solo exhibitions by........

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