For people who think of Greece as Athens and islands, the Arcadian region of the Peloponnese is beautiful in the autumn season. Between stunning forests and traditional villages, Arcadia is ideal for the fall getaway of your dreams. Here are some suggestions by Madeline Moye to strike the perfect balance between serenity and exploration. ...
Read moreIn our New Athenians series, Camille Cornillon, a ceramicist from Burgundy, who has made pit stops in Holland and Belgium before moving to Athens, speaks to Insider on why Athens fosters a nurturing creative community. ABOUT YOU What do you do? I am a ceramicist by training. I studied pottery and ceramics at the Fine Ar...
Read moreIn our New Athenians series, artist Diane Alexandre shares her creative inspirations with us and tells us why for her Athens is a city of constant opportunities. ABOUT YOU What do you do? I am a sculptor and céramicist with a background in literature and graphic design. About the Ceramics Scene in Athens -- Sum up how ...
Read moreWhat: Gagosian presents Night for Day, an exhibition of new works by Sarah Crowner, opening November 14 at the Athens gallery. This dynamic show integrates painting, architecture, and performance into an immersive environment that transforms the act of viewing into a sensory experience. On the gallery’s ground floor, Platform (Yellow terra cotta...
Read moreWHAT'S ON: Michael Werner Gallery, Athens, is delighted to present Faithfully Represented, an exhibition showcasing the latest paintings by Barbara Wesołowska, a Poland-born, London-based artist whose work bridges the ethereal and the earthly. The title Faithfully Represented, drawn from Sigmund Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, resonates with t...
Read moreWHAT'S ON: The Breeder, Athens The Breeder proudly unveils MIRRORS, Maria Hassabi's much-anticipated second solo exhibition with the gallery. With her signature ability to blur the tangible and the ephemeral, Hassabi invites viewers into a meditative exploration of how images—both physical and metaphorical—shape our perception of reality. ...
Read moreIn our New Athenians series, Calliope Karvounis shares her sartorial passions, her itinerant photography career, and her keen curatorial eye in collecting fabrics, traditions and stories from wherever she’s been – a world she has recreated in her fabulous store, Queen Calliope on Merlin Street. Calliope’s personal style radiates through h...
Read moreAward-winning artist Thomas Schütte follows his widely successful MoMA exhibtion with a solo show at the Bernier-Eliades Gallery. In Thomas Schütte’s world, delicate watercolors, towering figurative sculptures, vibrant ceramics, architectural models, and fully constructed buildings coexist as explorations of aesthetics, history, and cultu...
Read moreGreek-American chef Diane Kochilas taps into November with some comforting Greek winter squash recipes! It's an interesting month...so why not make it tasty, too, with a few surprising Greek pumpkin recipes? Here’s a menu of savoury...
Read moreThe ancient Greeks knew a thing or two about horror, creating a pantheon of nightmarish creatures that have endured through the ages, all deeply intertwined with the gods and heroes. From the slithering Hydra to the impenetrable Nemean Lion, these monstrous beings represent the chaotic, often violent forces at play in Greek mythology. The...
Read moreLeslie Absher's poignant memoir on growing up in Greece as the dauhter of a CIA agent during Greece's military dictatorship, Spy Daughter, Queer Girl will be published in Greek by Brainfood Media. The author will be in conversation with the amazing poet/Vima columnist Crystalli Glyniadaki at Kombrai Books in Exarcheia on Wednesday, November 13, a...
Read moreSkulls, guillotines, mummified remains and over 1500 exhibits related to the most heinous crimes in Greek history. If we've piqued your interest, head to the Criminology Museum at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for a slightly different museum experience. Criminology Museum [caption id=...
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