It is expected that the maintenance and rescue of the collection of the Carolos Kun Artistic Theater will continue after the signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation by the Minister of Culture and Sports. Lina Mendoni and artistic director of the theatre, Marianna Kalbari.

Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni and Artistic Director of the Artistic Theater of Karolos Koun Marianna Calbaris signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to continue actions to maintain and save the theater’s collection, which will be housed in the building. belongs to the Ministry of the Interior in Plaka. The Karolos Koun Museum is part of the Ministry’s real estate development program in the Plaka area, which also includes the Elitis Museum, the Coletti House and the restoration of the building that houses the Melina Mercouri Foundation.

At the same time, according to Lina Mendoni, YPPOA bears the cost of replacing the bust of Karolos Kuhn, stolen a few days ago from the “Basement” of the Art Theater.

After signing the memorandum, Lina Mendoni stated: “Karolos Kuhn was one of the iconic figures in the history of modern Greek theater, bringing a new breath and a different perception to ancient drama, but also introducing important creators of the 20th century to the Greek public. drama of the century. Alongside Koons, as his collaborators, some of the greatest Greek artists and stage designers created great works such as Yiannis Tsarouchis, Yiannis Moralis, Dimitris Mytaras, Dionysis Fotopoulos, George Vakalos, Yiannis Stephanellis, Phaidon Patrikalakis and many others.

The Ministry of Culture and Sports, in the context of its institutional mission to preserve, protect and popularize cultural heritage and develop contemporary creativity, immediately responded to a letter from the management of the Art Theater to the Ministry of Culture, in which he said that the collection was in danger, as it was stored in storage, not suitable for projects. The departments of the Ministry will cooperate systematically with the Artistic Theater of Carolo Kun to immediately take the necessary rescue actions so that the restored collection can be exhibited and the work and achievements of the great theatrical figure can be presented. We also covered the cost of replacing the bust of Karolos Kuhn, recently stolen from the Art Theatre. This is our minimum debt to Kuhn’s contributions to Greek theater and Greek culture.”

The legal representative of the Art Theater Kostis Kapelonis and artistic director Marianna Kalbaris made the following statement: “As representatives of the Board of Directors of the Art Theater Karolos Kun, Kostis Kapelonis is the legal representative and Marianna Kalbaris is the artistic director, we sincerely thank the Ministry of Culture and Sports and, in particular, the Minister Line Mendoni for initiating this important memorandum of cooperation. Without the valuable support of the state, the Art Theatre, which has 81 years of continuous creative and educational work, could not begin the work of registering, saving, preserving and exploiting its great cultural heritage. It is a great joy and relief for the Art Theater that after 36 years of effort – as many years as it has been since the death of the founder Karolos Koun – this complex work has become a matter for the whole country.

In more detail, the subject of the memorandum is the cooperation between the Ministry of the Interior and the Art Theater for the purpose of recording, documenting, evaluating, preserving and preserving the collection of pictorial and mainly costume material for performances, costumes. and costume accessories, props and props, which are currently stored in inadequate storage facilities that he rents. Since its foundation in 1942 and its continuous presence in the theatrical life of this place for 80 years, up to the present day, the Artistic Theater of Karolo Kun has played a decisive role in shaping the character of the Greek theater.

The Karolos Koun Art Theater owns and owns, among other things, a collection of pictorial and mainly costumed material from the Art Theater performances, which is a cultural asset of particular artistic value and at the same time an important testimony to the history of modern Greek theatre. In terms of sets and costumes, Karolos Kuhn introduced and maintained a systematic collaboration of visual artists in his theatrical productions.

The signing of the memorandum was attended by Eleni Dundoulakis, Secretary General of the Department of Contemporary Culture, and Kostis Kapelonis, administrator of the Karolos Koun Arts Theater.