‘Umbrellas’ sculpture by George Zongolopoulos outside of Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Greece

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‘Umbrellas’ sculpture by George Zongolopoulos outside of Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Greece

This sculpture, ‘Umbrellas’, by Greek artist George Zongolopoulos, was installed in 1997, the year that Thessaloniki was designated by the European Union as the annual European Capital of Culture. Zongolopoulos’ celebrated sculpture was a hallmark of the city’s arts programming that year and ‘Umbrellas’ continues to be a cultural touchstone where it stands in front of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art.