Malevizi Municipal Gallery "Botis Thalassinos"
The Municipal Gallery of Malevizi is housed in a state-of-the-art building in Tylissos and hosts permanent and periodic exhibitions. The building also has a theatre with a capacity of 120 people, as well as a foyer. Among the permanent collections are the presentations of the work of late painter Botis Thalassinos, who donated 236 paintings from his rich work to the Municipal Gallery. The paintings are exhibited in a particular room in rotation.
Of particular historical importance is the permanent exhibition of Konstantinos Koutoulakis' Photographic Archive, who accompanied the "Cretan Reconciliation Commission in Crete" as a photographer in 1945, and immortalised the image of plundered Crete immediately after the German Occupation.
Painter Botis Thalassinos, (1926-2017), was born and raised in Tylissos. In the third grade, he was awarded for the portrait of Theodoros Kolokotronis by the Ministry of Education. This distinction was why he dealt with painting, hagiography, and pottery in his teenage years. During his military service, he worked as a set designer in the "Rex" and "Kotopouli" theatres. In 1956, he studied in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for five and a half years at the “Associacao Paulista De Belas Artes” School of Fine Arts. There, admiring his wonderful marine paintings, they named him "The Corsair of the Palette". He then went to the United States, where he painted the Church of the Assumption in Brooklyn. He lived there for forty years, where he presented his work in over 40 exhibitions. He has also presented shows in London, Paris, Madrid and Greece. His collection includes 135 international awards and evaluation diplomas of his career.
Konstantinos Koutoulakis (1897-1975) was born and raised in Kritsa, Lassithi. He was one of the most important Greek photographers during the 20th century. His work as a photographer is placed mainly between 1930-1960. In 1952, he was among the 75 founding members of EFE (Hellenic Photographic Society), with a registration number "27". His gaze was always anthropocentric, as he was particularly interested in photographing ordinary people in need. His photographs from various parts of Greece were published in the magazine "Voyage en Grece" (vol. IV) in 1937, 1938 and 1939. The Koutoulakis archive is a photographic document of unique value, which illustrates the Cretan drama to a significant degree. The content of the Cruelty Exhibition became known in 1983 when the Municipality of Heraklion published a rare manuscript from the Historical Museum of Crete.
ADMISSION FREE
| MONDAY | CLOSED |
| TUESDAY | CLOSED |
| WEDNESDAY | 10:00 - 14:00 & 17:00 - 20:30 |
| THURSDAY | 10:00 - 14:00 & 17:00 - 20:30 |
| FRIDAY | 10:00 - 14:00 |
| SATURDAY | 10:00 - 15:00 |
| SUNDAY | 10:00 - 15:00 |