An unprecedented and at the same time highly ridiculous incident:  The priceless Picasso painting, stolen and recovered, slipped and fell on the floor during the press conference held at the Ministry of Civil Protection in the presence of the Culture Minister. The police officer was quick to pick up the …

Greek police has said that they have recovered two paintings by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, stolen in 2012 from the National Art Gallery, the biggest state art gallery in Athens,. A statement late Monday said the two works were in the hands of the police. According …

Three paintings, one by art master Pablo Picasso, another by Dutch painter Piet Mondrian and a sketch by Italian artist Guglielmo Caccia (“Moncalvo”) were stolen from Greece’s National Gallery in downtown Athens in the early morning hours of Monday, in what Greek media describe as the “robbery of the century”. The …

A 50-year-old Greek painter/decorator was sentenced to a 6-year suspended prison sentence on Friday for stealing three artworks from the National Gallery in Athens ten years ago. Having remained elusive for years but eventually arrested in 2021, the man had then confessed he was the perpetrator of the theft of …

Fugitive Golden Dawn convict Christos Pappas was arrested in Zografou suburb of Athens late on Thursday. He was reportedly living in an apartment registered under a different name. According to latest information, it was a woman offering him shelter. 59-year-old Pappas was second in command and right hand of the …

“Would you kill Picasso so that Mrs Maria would live on, even if he is 84 years old and she 17?” Greek painter Costas Tsoclis has put his own “selection” criteria about who would need to get help during the pandemic: Only people who have some accomplishment, “a proven value” …

A new museum opens its gates to the public in Athens on October 2, 2019: The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation The museum’s mission, as envisioned by its founders, is for everyone to have access to unique works of art created by some of …

Pioneer Greek sculptor and installation artists Takis has passed away at the age of 93, his arts foundation announced on Friday morning. He was world renowned as the master of kinetic sculptures and a pioneer in this kind of arts. he was born Panagiotis Vassilakis in Athens in 1925. His …

The Forbes world billionaires list 2018 includes also four Greeks altogether worth 9.6 billion US dollars. As in last year, the richest Greek is as last year, shipping & banking tycoon, Spiros Latsis. The world’s billionaires, 2,208 people, are altogether worth $9.1 trillion, a record up 18% form a year …

The first light of the day in Acropolis, a sunset in the Cap Sounion. But also pictures that shocked like the oil spil in Athens Riviera and the flash floods in Mandra. Greece as seen from drones. A review of 2017. Filmed and beautifully set together by the group Up …

Under the auspices of the Embassy of France, the Painting and Sculpture Exhibition “IndepArt2016” opens its gates in the Image Gallery in downtown Athens on Friday, November 18th 2016. In one of the most beautiful neoclassical buildings of Athens, visitors will have the opportunity to admire the works of several …

Whot? Eight out of ten Greek women cheat on their partners? Apparently that’s the bitter truth. The survey was conducted over a period of two years by the Andrology Institute of Athens among 2,000 couples. A team of experts tried to find out the reasons of female infidelity and capture …

United they stand, separately they may fall. High ranking EU officials and leaders of core member-countries are alarmed over the youth unemployment. France and Germany want a ‘New Deal’ for Europe’s young job-seekers that will aim to tackle the continent’s soaring youth unemployment rate. They want to use six billion …

Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pavlos Geroulanos, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos, over an armed robbery at the old museum of Ancient Olympia early on Friday morning. Greek media report, that two men wearing hoods broke into the museum, threatened the guard with guns, tied her up and gagged. …