“We are supporting women, both within the Bank and externally, in their efforts to achieve their professional goals and to successfully balance their multiple roles in the workplace, in their families and in society.”
V. Psaltis, Alpha Bank Group CEO
As Mr Psaltis noted in his speech, “the Exhibition pays tribute to the female artists who dared to innovate and formed new terms for artistic expression and creation in our country over the last 150 years.”
The CEO also added that “this exhibition comes to illuminate women’s consistently significant role in the arts through time, in an era when female empowerment is prominent in the public debate, while for us at Alpha Bank it is also an area in which we launch significant initiatives, as it is one of our strategic priorities..”
Find out more about the exhibition “WOMEN. Greek Female Artists in the Alpha Bank Collection”.
The prestigious event was also attended by representatives from local institutions on Corfu, as well as people of the arts, senior Alpha Bank executives and the general public.
Local government officials included:
The Corfu academic community and the world of the arts and letters were represented by:
The exhibition “WOMEN. Female Artists in the Alpha Bank Collection”, which will run until 07.09.2025, showcases 46 works of art created by prominent female artists from the late 19th to the early 21st century. They include works from the fields of painting, engraving, sculpture, photograph and modern forms of expression.
The exhibition aims to highlight the:
It also showcases the history of the Alpha Bank Art Collection through a timeline and a short video. In addition, a custom digital application provides information to visitors about each one of the 41 creators an all their works that belong to the Alpha Bank Art Collection.
The Alpha Bank Art Collection is one of the largest private collections in Greece and among the 80 most important collections worldwide.
The 5,500 magnificent works of art that belong to the Collection narrate the evolution of modern Greek art from 1880 to date, with a panorama of Greek creators from all time periods. Many of them are on display in buildings and branches of the Alpha Bank network across Greece.
The Collection is open to the scientific and academic community, as well as the general public, as it:
The Alpha Bank CEO and management team also visited 2 Alpha Bank branches on Corfu, and talked with the employees.
The branches are located in the centre of Corfu and on the Corfu-Palaiokastritsa National Road, serving:
Mr Vassilios Psaltis discussed with the staff the strong growth prospects for the island’s tourism industry and highlighted the importance of meeting the needs of customers on Corfu and all the Ionian islands.
