From a retrospective honouring a celebrated Cypriot painter to a summer auction, a new Almodóvar film and a string of exhibitions across the island, here’s a roundup of cultural events taking place over the coming days.
Visual Arts
Nicosia, Gloria Gallery (22762605). Eight years after his untimely death, Gloria Gallery honours Cypriot painter and hagiographer Paris Sivakas (1959-2018) with a major retrospective exhibition highlighting the breadth and consistency of his artistic career. Opening: 7.30pm. Until July 2 (Tuesday-Friday 10.30am-12.30pm and 6-7.30pm, Saturday 10.30am-12.30pm). The exhibition will be introduced by Christiana Megalemou.
Auction
Nicosia, Gallery K, 7.30pm. Cypria Auctions’ summer auction includes around 160 works of Greek, Cypriot and European art, sculpture and historical textiles. Catalogue: cypriaauctions.com.
Screening
Nicosia, Pantheon Cinema, 8.30pm. Duration: 111 minutes. Pedro Almodóvar’s new film “Bitter Christmas” (Amarga Navidad) is showing in Cyprus, a deeply human portrait of people trying to come to terms with what they have lost and with what continues to define them. The cast includes Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. Upcoming screenings: June 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30 and July 1, at 8.30pm (weekends 6pm & 8.30pm). pantheon-theatre.com
Lecture
Paralimni, Paralimni-Deryneia Municipality Events Hall, 7.30pm. The Cyprus Institute for the Sea and Shipping (CMMI) is organising a presentation on the Nissia shipwreck, titled “From ‘Green Bay’ to ‘Islands’: An 18th-century AD Shipwreck,” with a talk by Stella Demesticha, Associate Professor of Marine Archaeology at the University of Cyprus. Tel. 23819169.
Book
Nicosia, Strovolos Municipality Cultural Centre, 7pm. Armida Publications and the Cyprus Writers’ Union present Olympia Stylianou’s new novel, “The Girl from Nowhere.” The book will be presented by author Aimilios Solomou.
Festival
Nicosia, Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking, June 15-21. Screenings start at 8pm. The “Images and Aspects of Alternative Cinema” Festival returns for 2026, featuring tributes to iconic creators, rare screenings, experimental cinema, animation, queer feminist interventions and works that challenge the conventions of cinematic storytelling. Free admission. Information: 99407856.
Theatre
Nicosia, Kyriakos Karaolis Square (Old Aglantzia, next to the “Mikri Rodia” café). AntiLogos Theatre presents its new production, “Η Πλατεία” (“The Square”), an original Cypriot comedy written by Eleni Anastasiou and Aris Kyprianou. Performances: June 17, 24 and 25, 8.30pm. Tickets: Soldout Tickets and Stephanis stores, 99251331.
Pyla, UCLan amphitheatre, 6pm & 9pm. A modern comedy full of twists, fast pacing and human contradictions comes to Cyprus with “Κατάδικός μου” (“My Convict”), written by Eleni Rantou, Sara Ganoti and Nikos Stavrakoudis, and directed by Rantou herself. Tickets: ticketmaster.cy and ACS Courier. Duration: 120 minutes (with intermission), suitable for ages 12 and over. Final performance: Thursday, June 18, 9pm.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics. Painting exhibition “With a Golden Ribbon,” featuring works created by children from the Paediatric Oncology Clinic. Until June 26.
Corridor – ARTSLab. Final-year student Giorgos Hatzopoulos presents a deeply experiential visual arts piece through the site-specific installation “HOOK.” Until June 17.
Art Seen (22006624). Group exhibition titled “Summer Constellations.” Until July 10.
Akamantis Business Centre. Kinanis law firm is organising a photography exhibition as part of its 8th Photography Competition. Until June 19.
Marginalia (99657080). “Tragia” by Pavlos Hambidis. Until June 27.
Apokalypsi (22300150). Group exhibition titled “Code Reconstruction.” Until September 12.
Leventis Gallery (22668838). “Dialogue: Niki Marangou – Rodi Konstantoglou.” Until July 31.
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking. The exhibition “Mediterranean” features works from the collection of Andreas Nicolas. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (State Gallery of Contemporary Art, 22479600). Group exhibition featuring 50 artists titled “Agropoetics: Soils/Bodies.” Until June 30.
Nicosia Town Hall Square. “Water Movement Nicosia,” a site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until June 30.
Leventis Gallery, Temporary Exhibitions Hall. “Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive.” Until June 28.
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. “Cyprus: Island, History, Memory, Reality.” Until June 30.
Limassol
125 Space (25733994). Group exhibition titled “New Forms, New Voices.” Until July 18.
Platres, Minerva Hotel. “The Summer Holiday Trilogy” by Christodoulos Panayiotou. Until August 30.
XeniArtSpace, Trilogy West Tower (99980009). Photography exhibition “Women in Focus.” Until September 19.
eins gallery (99522977). “A disappearing act, an erroneous camouflaging” by Leontios Toumpouris. Until June 27.
Pylon Art & Culture (95950857). “INTERIOR” by Fanos Kyriakou. Until June 27.
PSI Foundation. Exhibition titled “Bill Viola. Unspoken.” Until August 1.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). “Nina Iakovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch.” Until May 6, 2027.
Paphos
Blue Iris Gallery (26822446). Exhibition titled “Symbolic Presence: The Human Form in the Art of Glyn Hughes.” Until July 31.
Cinema
NEW FILMS: Disclosure Day (directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth), Greece 3.0 (directed by Michalis Yiyintis, “100 Years Ahead”; Ioanna Kryona, “Planet Balcony”; and Dimitris Papathanasis, “Dust You Are and to Dust You Shall Return,” with Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Costas Fytilis, Giorgos Chrysostomou, Alexandros Chrysanthopoulos, Dafni Kiourktsoglou, Dimitris Drosos, Aliki Alexandraki and Thamnos Tokakis), Dead Man’s Wire (directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Bill Skarsgård, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino) – RIO (Nicosia Mall and Limassol). Tel. 25871410.
