Miltiadis Papanikolaou ( el, Μιλτιάδης Παπανικολάου), (born in the 1940s in

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, northern

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), also known as Papanicolaou, is a Full

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of History of Arts at the Philosophy department of the

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. Papanikolaou was, from its inception in 1997 and until 2006, the

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of the State Museum of Contemporary Arts (SMCA) in

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. During his position at the SMCA, Papanikolaou was the supervisor of the renowned ''Costakis collection'', part of which is exposed at the Museum. He studied in universities in both Greece and

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and published numerous books and reviews on contemporary art issues. He represented Greece in many international congresses and exhibitions in all over the world. Miltiadis Papanikolaou was a candidate for the position of

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during the internal elections at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2006.

External links

History of Arts Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Foundation of the SMCA - Official website
Living people Academic staff of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1947 births People from Grevena {{Greece-academic-bio-stub