{"count":15,"note":"Real institutions in Cyprus, checked by hand. Each entry names its source.","venues":[{"slug":"nimac","name":"NiMAC: Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Associated with the Pierides Foundation","shortName":"NiMAC","city":"Nicosia","kind":"public","url":"https://nimac.org.cy/","note":"Contemporary art centre in the historical centre of Nicosia, housed in the renovated Old Powerhouse building. It describes itself as the oldest and largest contemporary art centre on the island, and was inaugurated on 14 January 1994; the building’s restoration received a Europa Nostra Award the same year.","source":"https://nimac.org.cy/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23","feed":"https://nimac.org.cy/feed/"},{"slug":"point-centre","name":"Point Centre for Contemporary Art","city":"Nicosia","kind":"artist-run","url":"https://www.undopoint.org/","note":"Non-profit organisation supporting and promoting contemporary cultural production, sited between the old city of Nicosia and the modern commercial centre. It grew out of UNDO, a critical journal begun in 2007, and the UNDO Foundation that followed it.","source":"https://www.undopoint.org/about","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"thkio-ppalies","name":"Thkio Ppalies","city":"Nicosia","kind":"artist-run","url":"https://thkioppalies.org/","note":"Non-profit artist-run space for the production of work across contemporary practices, stating a focus on experimentation, critique and collaboration between artists, curators and writers. The name is a Cypriot expression meaning, roughly, chop chop.","source":"https://thkioppalies.org/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23","feed":"https://thkioppalies.org/rss"},{"slug":"phytorio","name":"Phytorio: Association of Visual Artists and Art Theorists","shortName":"Phytorio","city":"Nicosia","kind":"artist-run","url":"https://phytorio.org/","note":"Association of visual artists and art theorists (Σύνδεσμος Εικαστικών Καλλιτεχνών και Θεωρητικών Τέχνης, φυτώριο), originally founded as ΕΙ.ΚΑ in 2006 in Nicosia by a small group of artists, with the stated aim of securing welfare conditions and defending the rights of self-employed artists.","source":"https://phytorio.org/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"isnotgallery","name":"Isnotgallery","city":"Nicosia","kind":"commercial","url":"https://isnotgallery.com/","note":"Contemporary art gallery in Nicosia.","source":"https://isnotgallery.com/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"diachroniki","name":"Diachroniki Gallery","city":"Nicosia","kind":"commercial","url":"https://diachroniki.com/","note":"Commercial gallery specialising in Cypriot art, across two spaces in the centre of the old town of Nicosia. Its stated range covers painting, antique prints and maps, sculpture, icons, jewellery, limited editions and monotypes.","source":"https://diachroniki.com/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23","feed":"https://diachroniki.com/feed/"},{"slug":"leventis-gallery","name":"A. G. Leventis Gallery","city":"Nicosia","kind":"museum","url":"https://www.leventisgallery.org/","note":"Art museum in Nicosia, listed in the Deputy Ministry of Tourism’s museums and galleries directory. Its own website was serving a placeholder page when this entry was checked, so nothing further is asserted here.","source":"https://www.visitcyprus.com/discover-cyprus/culture/museums-galleries/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"limassol-municipal","name":"Limassol Municipal Art Gallery","city":"Limassol","kind":"museum","url":"https://www.limassol.org.cy/en/dimotiki-pinakothiki","note":"Municipal collection of Cypriot modern art held by Limassol Municipality, described on the municipality’s own page as around 600 works across painting, sculpture, pottery and mixed media. The building was donated to the municipality in January 1984 and inaugurated in June 1988, with an extension inaugurated in 1996.","source":"https://www.limassol.org.cy/en/dimotiki-pinakothiki","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"the-edit-gallery","name":"The Edit Gallery","city":"Limassol","kind":"commercial","url":"https://www.theeditgallery.com/","note":"Contemporary art gallery in Limassol, describing itself as a platform for local and international artists to show their work.","source":"https://www.theeditgallery.com/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23","feed":"https://www.theeditgallery.com/feed/"},{"slug":"lumiere","name":"Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery","city":"Limassol","kind":"commercial","url":"https://lumiereartgallery.com/","note":"Contemporary gallery in Limassol, stating an aim to develop the Cypriot art market and increase interaction between artists, critics, journalists and collectors.","source":"https://lumiereartgallery.com/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"kimonos-art-center","name":"Kimonos Art Center","city":"Paphos","kind":"artist-run","url":"https://www.kimonosartcenter.com/","note":"Fine arts organisation in Paphos, active since 2015, describing itself as the creative hub of the town. Its stated activities include workshops, residencies, screenings and an animation studio.","source":"https://www.kimonosartcenter.com/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"cyprus-college-of-art","name":"Cyprus College of Art","city":"Lempa, Paphos","kind":"artist-run","url":"https://www.cypruscollegeofart.com/","note":"Artists’ studio space in the village of Lempa, working in partnership with the Lempa Parish Council and associated with the painter Stass Paraskos. Despite the name it states plainly that it is not a teaching college, and says it has hosted visiting artists and art students since 1969.","source":"https://www.cypruscollegeofart.com/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"xarkis","name":"Xarkis","city":"Island-wide","kind":"artist-run","url":"https://xarkis.org/","note":"Organisation founded in Cyprus in 2013, working across contemporary art and social practice with artists, designers, curators and other cultural workers.","source":"https://xarkis.org/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"visit-nicosia-galleries","name":"Visit Nicosia: galleries and artist-run spaces","shortName":"Visit Nicosia","city":"Nicosia","kind":"directory","url":"https://visitnicosia.com.cy/meet-nicosia-meet-culture/galleries-artists-run-spaces/","note":"Index of Nicosia galleries and artist-run spaces published by Visit Nicosia, the city’s tourism board, with contact details and street addresses for each.","source":"https://visitnicosia.com.cy/meet-nicosia-meet-culture/galleries-artists-run-spaces/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"slug":"visit-cyprus-museums","name":"Visit Cyprus: museums and galleries","shortName":"Visit Cyprus","city":"Island-wide","kind":"directory","url":"https://www.visitcyprus.com/discover-cyprus/culture/museums-galleries/","note":"Directory of museums and galleries published by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism.","source":"https://www.visitcyprus.com/discover-cyprus/culture/museums-galleries/","verifiedAt":"2026-08-23"}]}