March 17, 2019 Arts, Culture
Middle Ages are apparently alive and kicking in Greece of 2019, with religious and nationalist groups to have managed to cancel a concert by black metal band Rotting Christ, a band that has been around for 30 years. The concert cancellation was an apparent response to protests over the obscenity …
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March 16, 2019
Arts, Culture
Famous Greek director Costas Gavras has started his new project: the filming of “Adults in the Room,” the book of former fiance minister Yanis Varoufakis about the fatal first half of 2015, that granted Greece another bailout program. “The history of a country and its people trapped in a power …
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March 14, 2019
Arts
After almost three weeks in hospital Mikis Theodorakis returned home on Thursday. The 94-year-old composer was hospitalized since February 26, when he was rushed to hospital with dyspnoea and tachycardia on recurrent atrial fibrillation. On March 8, he received a pacemaker. He remained hospitalized receiving intravenous medication and was discharged …
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March 12, 2019
Arts, Culture
The iconic glass sculpture of Dromeas, the Runner, is to fall victim of a so-called cultural exchange between Athens and Skopje. Its creator, sculptor Costas Varotsos denounced that the Greek Culture Ministry plans to send Dromeas to Skopje and receive, instead, one of the many sculptures of Alexander the Great …
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March 10, 2019
Arts
Greeks were surprised to see clashes between protesters and riot police forces on Sunday morning. Garbage bins were set on fire and tear gas was fired when angry protesters armed with sticks attacked a group of police forces. What was odd, though, was that the clashes took place in an …
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March 9, 2019
Arts, Culture
187 books of important Greek writers and poets are waiting to be read at the passengers’ lounge of the International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos in Athens. The books to be read by passengers while waiting for their flight are in Greek and in English. The action “Athens as a Book” was …
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March 9, 2019
Arts
Syntagma Square in downtown Athens will be sprinkled with Hollywood dust and glam when the film set for “Born to be murdered” will be staged over the weekend and close main avenues to traffic. The film is adaptation of the mystery novel with the same name, written by Elinore Denniston …
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March 7, 2019
Arts, Culture
Famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has been hospitalized since last week after suffering a a heart condition. Initial media information speak of atrial fibrillation. The 94-year-old remains in a private hospital in the North suburbs of Athens on Thursday, where doctor treat the heart condition with medication. Doctors reportedly remain …
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March 3, 2019
Arts
Pulitzer-winning photographer, Yannis Behrakis, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58. In his 30-year long career at Reuters, Behrakis covered main conflict areas around the world. He touched millions of people worldwide with his snapshots from the Refugee crisis in Greece. His coverage of the refugee …
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March 1, 2019
Arts, Culture
One of the most attractive men on the Greek film screen: actor Phaedon Georgitsis died at the age of 80 after a long battle against cancer. He starred in more than 40 films, dramas as well as comedies. 13 of the films where he head a leading role were produced …
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February 26, 2019
Arts, Culture
Carpets of pink blossoms transform the rolling hills of Veria each spring. The blooming peach trees are perhaps among Greece’s best kept “secrets”. In recent years, the local community tries to turn Veria’s famous peach farms into a tourist attraction and organizes photography contests as well as other events in …
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February 25, 2019
Arts
Actress Olivia Colman won Best Actress Oscar 2019 Award for her performance as Queen Anne in Yorgos Lanthimos film “The Favourite.” Despite the ten nominations, The Favourite won only one Award – but it seems that in the 91. Academy every film went home with only one Oscar. Upon hearing …
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February 15, 2019
Arts, Culture
Greek-Canadian singer Katerine Duska will represent Greece at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. Broadcaster ERT confirmed her participation. The song with which she participates in the contest is yet to be announced. The Hellenic Broadcaster unanimously decided in favor of the Greek-Canadian singer and songwriter. As members …
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February 13, 2019
Arts, Culture
An important initiative for the free dissemination of knowledge has started in the Ateliu area of Vari on the island of Syros. The idea of the Little Free Library has set foot o the island in the Cyclades in the heart of the Aegean Sea, one year after the movement …
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February 11, 2019
Arts, Culture
Film “The Favorite” by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos swept through the British Academy Film Awards 2019 with seven wins. As it was largely expected, Lanthimos’ dark period comedy The Favourite, which went into the night with 12 nominations, dominated proceedings, with seven wins, including leading actress for Olivia Colman, best …
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February 9, 2019
Arts, Culture
Niki Goulandris, Greek philanthropist and accomplished botanical painter passed away at the age of 94 on Saturday. She had dedicated her life to science and environment protection. She was vice-president of the Goulandris Natural History Museum and Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art. She had served Greece as deputy minister for …
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February 9, 2019
Arts, Culture
For the first time in Greece, all works of famous street artist Banksy are to be exhibited in Athens. The exhibition is scheduled from February 27h to March 26, 2019. All exhibition profits will be donated to Amnesty International. Banksy is England-based street artist, vandal, political activist, and film director. …
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February 4, 2019
Arts
American photographer Robert McCabe loved Greece from the first time he visited it in the summer of 1954. The people, the monuments and the landscape drew his attention and fascinated the then 20-year-old student from Princeton University, who took advantage of every means of transport available to reach the most …
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February 4, 2019
Arts
The UNESCO – Greece has called for nominations for the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes. Nominations are open, with the deadline for submission 30 April 2019. The Prize rewards outstanding action to safeguard and enhance the world’s major cultural landscapes, which can contribute …
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January 22, 2019
Arts, FEATURED
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ prophetically-name period comedy-drama “The Favourite” has once again lived up to its name, with no less than 10 nominations in this year’s Oscar race, including those for best picture, best director and best actress (Olivia Colman). “The Favourite” takes the lead for the most nominations, in …
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