WHAT: Three cheers for beer at this merry three-day festival that celebrates the recent creative explosion in Greece’s beer industry. Make the acquaintance of dozens of domestic and foreign brewers whose products are not distributed in Greece at great prices, sample fresh beer brewed exclusively for the festival, and visit the largest Beer Bar buil...
Read moreMajestic Corfu is in the spotlight once more with the third instalment of the hugely popular television series, The Durrells, based on Gerald Durrell's Corfu trilogy. Amanda Dardanis charts some of the Ionian island's best experiences. Homer’s “beautiful and rich land”, pulls off split-personality like no other Ionian island. ...
Read moreFashion and art’s natural synchronicities are being celebrated in an exciting new alliance between the Museum of Cycladic Art and 14 of Greece’s top design stars. As part of the fashion project, Cycladic Forms, leading fashion brands including Deux Hommes, Angelos Bratis, Zeus & Dione and Di Gaia have each created a unique...
Read moreEver since its launch, Kostarelos’ Kolonaki store has been a foodie destination to feed gourmand shopping needs and cravings. This elegant urban dairy deli packs a lot of punch: here is the place to try Greece’s celebrated thick, creamy strained yoghurts, the protein-rich breakfast staple that has been trending as the most popular healthy...
Read moreAlex Athanassoulas, President and CEO of STIRIXIS Group, explains to Athens Insider Business Weekly how successful concepts are developed by STIRIXIS Group. STIRIXIS Group has won over 25 international design awards. You’ve talked before about curating an experience specific to the location and culture of the project. What are s...
Read moreWHAT: Encounter the fractured portraits and aggressive imagery that have made George Condo one of the most vital figurative sculptors in America at his first major solo exhibition in Greece. The showcase will include paintings, sculptures and drawings spanning his 40-year career, with a catalogue to be published on to mark the occasion. In the 1...
Read moreWHAT: Ponder the unknown future of the looming “Technological Apocalypse” as the 14th Athens Digital Arts Festival screens its winning entries under the theme Singularity Now from artists from all over the world. Entrants were invited to explore through their digital contributions the idea that humanity has now entered an unpredictable “event ho...
Read moreWHAT: Re-visit the most important works of Ingmar Bergman –the great “poet with the camera” – as part of global celebrations for the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1918. The Swedish Institute in collaboration with the Swedish Film Institute, the Embassy of Sweden in Athens and the cinemas Astor and Andora, will host digitally-restored screenings...
Read moreNostos, or νόστος in ancient Greek, roughly translates to a ‘homecoming’ with specific reference to the return of Odysseus and other Greek heroes of the Trojan War. In a slightly different context, the Summer Nostos Festival at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre seeks to bring us all ‘back home’ to those timeless days of peac...
Read moreDisappointing news for fans of London Grammar. The much-loved indie pop band have had to pull out of headlining at this year’s Release Athens 2018 Festival on May 31 due to lead singer Hannah Reid's health. Release Athens 2018 have made the following announcement: “In the coming days, there will be developments on the subje...
Read moreWHAT: A thrilling treat for literature lovers as the award-winning scribe Ian McEwan - author of best-selling works such as Atonement and the Booker-prize winning Amsterdam - shares his writing process in his first Athens appearance, as part of "Athens 2018 - World Book Capital". In a talk titled “The Literary Concept of Self”, the celebrated Briti...
Read moreWHAT: Teens take centre-stage this week at the Onassis Youth Festival 2018 gives a voice to our most dynamic generation through a weekend of creative workshops and events. Imagine Antigone as a teenager quarrelling with her family? Oedipus falling in love with his teacher? Helen of Troy suing for divorce, or Prometheus punished for doing what he...
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