Alkinois Project Space presents Stories About a Whispering Prince by Marco Villard, curated by Romain Bitton and Alix Janta What: Heavily inspired by Figurativism and the formal conventions of Abstract Expressionism, Villard's work is firmly rooted in symbolism and evokes a meaningful sense of play. Paintings often portray...
Read moreCycladic culture thrived from ca. 3200-2000 BCE in the core islands of Greece’s Aegean Sea. It is enigmatic and archaeologically complex - leaving behind thousands of miniature marble objects from graves, but no written records or large-scale building to help understand their meaning. This exhibition celebrates the ‘Homecoming’ of a priva...
Read moreThematic guided tours scheduled for Wednesday, March 8 and Thursday, March 9, on the occasion of International Women’s Day The B&E Goulandris Foundation celebrates International Women’s Day and is organizing, on Wednesday, March 8 and on Thursday, March 9, thematic guided tours titled “Women in the Collection of the Basil ...
Read moreThe “Venus in a Gold Bikini” brings an erotic twist to the Acropolis Museum as part of a series of exhibitions titled "Temporary and unexpected visitors" that include artwork loaned from other world museums. These periodic exhibits will add something fun and frequently spectacular to the museum's story of antiquity. The Acropo...
Read moreThis Wednesday March 8th Dave Red Athens & Psichogios Books join forces to celebrate a female-led cultural event for International Woman’s Day! A unique literary event at the 1st Floor of Dave Red Athens brings women’s writing to the foreground. Three amazing women authors guide us through female leadership and on being t...
Read moreAthens will be front stage in the world of art and design this May when the city hosts the award ceremony for the Pritzker Prize, the most distinguished honor in architecture. The winner announced on 7 March is Sir David Chipperfield. The recognition honors lifetime achievements, and it will draw attention to many spectacular, refined, and ...
Read moreThere is one question more than any other swirling around in our minds as we contemplate the devastation of last week’s train crash, which killed 57 people, mostly young Greeks: How could this happen? Macropolis’ Nick Malkoutzis analyses the collective failure of successive Greek governments. How could this happen? It’s what m...
Read moreDiana Farr-Louis interviews Irena Karafilly, author of Arrested Song, set in Lesvos, on the life and times of the intrepid Calliope Adham, a feminist before her time who challenged village traditions and morality. Spanning the arc of Greece's troubled history from the German Occupation during WWII to the military dictatorship, Arrested S...
Read moreIt’s that time of the year again – to don your masks (and we don’t mean of the Corona variety), let your hair down and get into the Dionysian spirit! The City of Athens knows how to throw a party and you are all invited! Get ready for a week full of parades, music, colourful costumes and dancing in the streets. The City of Ath...
Read moreDanylo Hawaleshka steps back in time with the cacophonous, kid-clad dancers of Skyros. We’re lost. And we know we’re lost because it’s dark out and we’ve just driven onto the military base on the Aegean island of Skyros. We make a quick U-turn, followed by a phone call to our genial host-to-be - a bon vivant by the name of Dim...
Read morePurveyor of good taste and all things Athenian, Peter Poulos curates his list of interesting, elegant, one-off shops selling all sorts of interesting items perfect for that someone special or for yourself. With Mr. Stavros, his beloved dog in tow, Peter scours every nook and cranny in downtown Athens to come up with a selection of some o...
Read moreNobody does Christmas and New Year quite like the Hotel Grande Bretagne! From the impressive 6 metre high nutcrackers fronting the hotel entrance to the glittering tree in the lobby, it’s hard not to get into full festive mode here! But it’s the GB Corner with its tantalizing range of gifts and treats on offer that really cranks up the ho...
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