{"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":"2026-09-20","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":"2026-09-20"},{"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":"2026-09-20","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), established in Nicosia in 2006 by five artists, initially as a professional association of visual artists. Since 2010 it has occupied the former plant nursery in the Municipal Garden, designed in 1969 by the architect Neoptolemos Michailidis, from which the association takes its name. It states aims covering the professional development of its members and the representation of visual artists on public committees.","source":"https://phytorio.org/to-somateio/","verifiedAt":"2026-09-20"},{"slug":"isnotgallery","name":"Isnotgallery","city":"Nicosia","kind":"commercial","url":"https://www.isnotgallery.com/","note":"Gallery for contemporary art and culture, founded in 2008 by the photographer Andros Efstathiou in a renovated building inside the Venetian walls of old Nicosia. It states that it supports Cypriot and European artists in developing and exhibiting their work.","source":"https://www.isnotgallery.com/","verifiedAt":"2026-09-20"},{"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":"2026-09-20","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 at 5 Anastasios G. Leventis Street in Nicosia, holding four permanent collections it names the Cyprus, Greek, Paris and Gold collections, alongside temporary exhibitions, workshops and an education programme. Its own site was serving a placeholder when this entry was first written and is now published in full, so the entry is sourced from the gallery rather than from the ministry directory.","source":"https://www.leventisgallery.org/","verifiedAt":"2026-09-20"},{"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 donation of the building was officially announced on 30 January 1984 and the gallery was inaugurated on 26 June 1988, with an extension inaugurated in 1996.","source":"https://www.limassol.org.cy/en/dimotiki-pinakothiki","verifiedAt":"2026-09-20"},{"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":"2026-09-20","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":"2026-09-20"},{"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":"2026-09-20"},{"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, describing itself as a space made by artists for artists, 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":"2026-09-20"},{"slug":"xarkis","name":"Xarkis","city":"Island-wide","kind":"artist-run","url":"https://xarkis.org/","note":"Organisation founded in Cyprus in 2013, stating that it works to promote socio-ecological civic engagement through artistic expression and practices of knowledge sharing and co-creation, alongside artists, designers, curators and other cultural workers.","source":"https://xarkis.org/","verifiedAt":"2026-09-20"},{"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":"2026-09-20"},{"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":"2026-09-20"}]}