At the Deste Foundation, overviews of the Dakis Collection have been presented by curators like
Massimiliano Gioni and
Jeffrey Deitch. Since the 1980s, every summer the foundation organizes a series of contemporary art exhibitions on the island of
Hydra (island), with works on show there in a former slaughterhouse. In 2014,
Pawel Althamer turned the exhibition space into a toy house, with puppets resembling his and his patron’s family members, down to hair styles and tattoos. The puppets of Joannou and his wife, Lietta, sat in a red mini armchair. For the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the foundation organized a show that featured the work of more than 60 artists from Joannou’s collection. He chartered a plane from
Art Basel that year for collectors, curators, dealers and artists as part of the cultural program around the Olympics. Beginning in 2009, the foundation has collaborated with the Athens-based
Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art, co-organizing an annual exhibition of works by artists shortlisted for the biannual Deste contemporary art prize. In 2010, the
New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York showcased the foundation's collection in a three-story exhibition, with
Jeff Koons as the guest curator. In 2014, the foundation launched a series of contemporary art shows under a new partnership with the
Benaki Museum in Athens, known for its collection of ancient Greek and Roman art. Most exhibitions have publications to support the learning remit of the foundation. ==References==