The legacy of the G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation dates back to 1988, when the 1^st Art Symposium was organised at Minos Beach art hotel, inviting 5 speakers and 32 artists, including Lynda Benglis, Vlassis Caniaris, Carlo Ciarli, Anish Kapoor, Joseph Kosuth, Eleni Mylonas, Dennis Oppenheim, Katia Roka and Costas Tsoklis among others. It laid the foundations for what is today the Sculpture Garden, which hosts more than 50 site specific works
on permanent display.

The success and renown of the 1^st Art Symposium led to its repetition two years later. The 2^nd Symposium, the theme of which was “A New Mediterranean Identity” invited 16 artists and 6 speakers. The Sculpture Garden was enriched with works by renowned contemporary artists, such as: Andrea Fogli, George Gyparakis, Serhat Kiraz, Rena Papaspyrou and Costas Varotsos among others.

The establishment of the G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation coincides with the organisation of the 3^rd Art Symposium, the theme of which was “Art in Politics.” Among the invited speakers was Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler. Among the 17 invited artists were: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Klara Borbas, Boris Despodov, Dimitris Dokatzis, Ingrid Fragantoni, Malgorzata Koscielak, Angelos Skourtis and Marios Spiliopoulos.

Publication of “Discover the Unknown Crete”

Group exhibition “Riches of Cyprus”

Participating artists: Christos Petridis, George Kypris, Klitsa Antoniou, Maria Loizidou, Nikos Charalambidis, Nikos Kourousis, Theodoulos, Savvas Christodoulidis

June – October 1996

Curated by: Takis Mavrotas

Group exhibition “Chilean Art travels to Crete”

Summer 1999

Solo exhibition “Mechanics 1978 – 2006” by Giannis Parmakelis

16 June – 30 September 2006

Curated by: Takis Mavrotas

Photography exhibition “Agios Nikolaos: Places and People in the 1960s” by Dimitris Papadimos, with accompanying exhibition catalogue

Summer 2007

Curated by: Maria Stefosi

Publication “Art Collection 1993-2008”

Publication “Crete in Black and White”

Publication “Discover the Unknown Rhodes”

Establishment of Lovegreece.com

Commission for the site-specific installation “Sea to Shore Stories” by Kostas Ioannides

09.07.2016 – Permanent exhibition

Curated by: Katerina Gregou

BlueFest Crete 18 Festival

Commission for the site-specific installation “4 Cents: On Show for 500 Years” by Georgia Kotretsos

01.07.2018 – Permanent exhibition

Curated by: Sotiris Bahtsetzis

BlueFest Crete 19 Festival

Establishment of the G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize – Theodoros Zafeiropoulos and Yorgos Rimenidis are jointly awarded the 1st GnAMF Art Prize for their collaborative site-specific installation
“Come with the Wind”

Inauguration of the two-year long, multifaceted project “Care Ecologies”, co-funded by Creative Europe.