Onassis Stegi
The Onassis Stegi in Athens, serving as the hub of the Onassis Foundation’s cultural activities, encourages the talent and energy of local and international artists to thrive and starts conversations that aim to shake and shape society. Onassis Stegi is a center of global contemporary culture that, through a series of initiatives and works, promotes dialogue about democracy, social and environmental justice, racial and gender equality, and LGBTQIA+ rights.
Since 1978, the Onassis Foundation has steadily invested in the fields of Culture, Education, and Health, always with a human-centric approach to its endeavors.
The Onassis Stegi in Athens, serving as the hub of the Foundation’s cultural activities, encourages the talent and energy of local and international artists to thrive and starts conversations that aim to shake and shape society. Onassis Stegi is a center of global contemporary culture that, through a series of initiatives and works, promotes dialogue about democracy, social and environmental justice, racial and gender equality, and LGBTQIA+ rights.
At the end of 2012, the Onassis Foundation acquired the Cavafy archive, thus safeguarding its preservation in Greece and preventing its potential fragmentation. From November 2023, the Cavafy Archive at Frynichou Street in Plaka will house the poet's literary and personal archive in a new heritage space with free access to the public and researchers.
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In the US, the Onassis Foundation supports and curates cultural programming across various art forms and creative endeavors. Onassis USA, based in New York, includes Onassis ONX, a hybrid production and exhibition space in the Onassis Gallery of the Olympic Tower in Manhattan that supports a global artistic ecosystem centered on Extended Reality (XR).
With Onassis AiR, a program built on the continuous support of artistic research and practice, aiming to foster a space where the artists set the conditions themselves for the development of their work, the Onassis Foundation supports the existing partnerships and members of its broader ecosystem with the local and international artistic community.
Through the “Outward Turn” cultural export program, Onassis Stegi’s productions and co-productions travel across borders to promote contemporary Greek culture. Over the last twelve years, more than 90 works of theater, dance, and music produced or co-produced by the Onassis Stegi have amassed more than 1,000 performances in 52 countries and approximately 200 cities worldwide.