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The famous TBEX Europe 2014 is taking place in the next days in Athens, from October 23rd to 25th, 2014, at the Conference Center of the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron).

The Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens organizes a small tribute exhibition with the title The Depiction of Death in the Work of El Greco to honor the 400 years since the death of this great artist.

Athens Classic Marathon changes name to Authentic Marathon. This year, it is taking place on November 9th, including a 10km and 5 km race, apart from the Marathon Route.

The Association of Greek Choreographers celebrates 13 years of continuous presence and contribution in arts with an important festival of contemporary Greek dance.

For the 14th year in the row, the Athens Jazz Festival will take place at the Technopolis Cultural Venue in Gazi quarter (Keramikos). Entrance to all concerts is free.

An exhibition entitled Yannis Tsarouchis: Illustrating an Autobiography is presented at the Benaki Museum, Pireos Street Annex. The exhibition interprets the first stages of the artist's career and investigates his influences through his own drafts, notes, writings and photographic material.

The year 2014 marks the 20th anniversary since the death of the world famous Greek actress Melina Mercouri. In commemoration of that event, a photography exhibition will take place in Benaki Museum, at the Pireos Street Annex.

As part of the celebrations of the Year of Constantine Cavafy in 2013, an original exhibition entitled Figures loved and idealized: Illustrating poems by C.P.Cavafy will run until March 30th, 2014, at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens.

The Athens International Airport hosts the new exhibition of the Cypriot painter George Koumouros. The exhibition entitled My Own Iliad is dedicated to Homer's Iliad and will run until March 31st, 2014.

One and a half years after its opening, as a department of the Athens Benaki Museum, the Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery is holding its first ever temporary exhibition entitled Folk toys at the house of Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika.

Painter Basil Theocharakis is presenting his new works at the Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music. The exhibition is entitled Seas and Forests and its main theme is the various interpretations of nature and its regeneration.

An interesting exhibition will take place from January 23rd at the Benaki Museum, in the Pireos Street Annex. The exhibition is entitled Brides: Tradition and Fashion in Greece and presents a large array of wedding dresses from the 19th till the 21st century.

The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens presents a group exhibition of young artists entitled Afresh, A new generation of Greek artists until December 31st, 2013.

Until January 8th 2014 will the photography exhibition by Joshua Garrick be hosted at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. The exhibition is entitled Seeking the Ancient Kallos and shows the desire of the artist to capture the classical beauty as it is presented on ancient sculptures.

Only 12 days are left for the 31st Athens Classic Marathon, that will take place on Sunday November 10th this year. Parallel races include 5km road race, 10km road race, power walking, kids race and 1,000m Special Olympics race.