April 27, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Hit squads of neo-Nazi criminal organization and former party in Greek Parliament Golden Dawn raided an exhibition of artist Sergej Andreevsky from North Macedonia in Kalamaria by Thessaloniki on Wednesday afternoon. Wearing hoods and having their faces covered, they hang ribbons on the paintings and threw leaflets with nationalistic content …
Read More »
February 23, 2023
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
Greece’s Presidential Guards, the famous Evzones, go to Metro exhibition at Syntagma square in downtown Athens. Photographer Dimitra Hatziadam exhibits photos under the title “EUZONES – The guardians of the invisible.” The exhibition runs from March 1 to 31, 2023. Photographer Hatziadam will present part of the photo exhibition inauguration …
Read More »
January 3, 2023
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Locally produced food delicacies from the northern section of the island of Evia will be on show at the Syntagma metro station exhibition hall in downtown Athens from Friday to Sunday, January 6-8, 2023. The three-day mini food expo aims to showcase to Athenians the broad selection of foods produced …
Read More »
November 2, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Ten Early Cycladic figurines of the Leonard Stern Collection will be shown at the Museum of Cycladic Art from November 3, 2022 to October 31, 2023, as part of an agreement by the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The …
Read More »
September 25, 2022
FEATURED
“Faliron: Between Two Worlds”, an exhibition showcases some of the most important findings from the salvage excavation the Faliron Necropolis, in the Delta of Faliron Bay, south of Athens, was inaugurated at the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus the weekend. The salvage excavation on the site where the Stavros Niarchos Foundation …
Read More »
November 23, 2021
Arts, Culture
Τhe international exhibition ‘She’s Gone-“For An Empty Shirt”‘ will be inaugurated at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (MCF) on November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In Athens, the touring exhibition is co-organized by the Israeli Embassy in Greece and MCF. The exhibition was first launched in …
Read More »
September 27, 2021
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in Paris on Monday for a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron and the inauguration of the exhibition “Paris-Athens: Birth of Modern Greece” at the Louvre Museum. The exhibition is organized on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution and aims to highlight …
Read More »
May 26, 2021
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The exhibition of artifacts from the archaeological sites of Keros and Daskalio, the Early Cycladic island sites of 3200-2100 BC, was inaugurated at the Athens Municipal Gallery in Metaxourgio district on Monday. “Des Apenanti [Look Across] – A settlement on Keros of 4,500 years ago” was set up at the …
Read More »
February 26, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
An outdoor exhibition on the 200 years since the Greek Revolution of 1821 is being displayed in the National Garden in the center of Athens, next to the Parliament. The exhibition gas been organized by the National Historical Museum, the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation and the Municipality of Athens. The exhibition, …
Read More »
October 16, 2020
Arts, Culture
A digital interactive exhibition of rarely seen codexes, documents and objects kept in Mt. Athos, the all-male monastic community of northern Greece, is opening to the public on Friday, October 16, at the Athens Concert Hall. The exhibition “Passage into the Light”, will include digitized objects that span a thousand …
Read More »
October 25, 2019
Arts
On the occasion of this year’s celebration of Ohi Day, Hellenic American University | Ηellenic American College and the Greek America Foundation, in collaboration with the General State Archives οf Greece, are pleased to present the exhibition “The Hour of Greece”. The exhibition is held under the aegis of the …
Read More »
March 24, 2019
Arts, Culture
With a post on his official website, famous street artist Banksy said that the exhibition of his works in Athens is not authorized by him. Urging the public to “treat these exhibitions accordingly,” the artist writes: “Members of the public should be aware there has been a recent spate of …
Read More »
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. …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
October 26, 2018
Sky
It was June 1818 when a 8.5-kg meteorite fell in the town of Serres as we know it today, in North Greece. The Seres meteorite that is also referred to as the ‘Macedonia’ and the ‘Serrai’ meteorite. It is the first and only documented meteorite to have fallen in Greece. …
Read More »
August 1, 2018
Arts, Culture
The ‘Atelie’ artists workshop presents its inaugural painting and sculpture exhibition focused on works from a selection of Artists who live and work in Crete. The vernissage will be held on August 3rd from 7pm – 11pm in the Olive Oil workshop of Agia Marina in Sivas. (South Crete, en …
Read More »
March 10, 2018
Lifestyle
The most important wine appointment of Greece for consumers and professionals, Greeks and foreigners. Oenorama, the world’s leading Greek wine exhibition opens its gates to public, hosting up to 250 wineries with more than 1,600 wines to taste. Once again, this year’s Oenorama is being held in the city centre, …
Read More »
February 2, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Do we have a totally false perception abut the Ancient Greek World? Have we fallen victims to thousands of years of rain and decay that have washed out the vibrant colors of the statues of the antique leading us to the mistaken assumption that ancient Greek artists honored the Gods …
Read More »
September 5, 2017
Arts, Culture
Amazing video in 3D with historical shots of Athens in 1917. The rare pictures were shot by members of the French “Army of the Orient” that arrived in Athens in spring 1917. Soldiers who who operated in the Balkans during the World War I. Among them photographers and filmmakers. Discover …
Read More »
May 21, 2017
Archeology, Culture
A grieving father from Ancient Greece. He grieves eternally about the loss of his daughter and his grand child. A funerary stele from the 3rd century AD with an epigram for Zoe, daughter of Peneios. The grief of a father expressed in twenty lines. The text informs the antique and …
Read More »
