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Varotsos: ‘Art is life and the transformation of life into art’

Posted on January 20, 2017 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

LIKE HIS beloved material of glass, which he has tirelessly transformed into monumental sculptural forms, Costas Varotsos is sharp, cool and transparent – in the sense that he is unafraid to speak his mind. There are not many contemporary Greek sculptors who are also international names, however Varotsos is one of them. With his public … Continue reading →

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Mylonas interview (part 2)

Posted on December 28, 2016 by art scene athens • 1 Comment

I RECENTLY interviewed one of Greece’s most well-known and definitely most contemporary of artists – Eleni Mylonas – for the Athens Insider Magazine . As is the case with interviews, a lot of material remains unpublished. I felt it was a shame to let this material get lost in time, and to never be shared, because … Continue reading →

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Kavallieratos’ ‘species’ of birds and philosophers at the Bernier-Eliades

Posted on March 3, 2016 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

DIONISIS KAVALLIERATOS’ show at the Bernier/Eliades includes some intriguing glazed ceramic pottery – like you’ve never seen before. How about a pyramid of philosophers? Or maybe bird watching is more your thing – in a gallery? ”Birds are beautiful animals and they carry all kinds of symbolism and associations”, says Kavallieratos about his series of … Continue reading →

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Verghi: The plight and pleasures of a pioneering plein air painter

Posted on October 8, 2015 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

THERE are so many elements that converge in Chryssa Verghi’s art. Among her painted odes to nature, you will spot references to certain crucial crossroads in the history of art and landscape painting, such as her painted encomium to Monet ‘s ‘ Water Lillies’, a touch of Romanticism’s passion for the sublime and mystical in … Continue reading →

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Regaining Nature: The Work of Stella Sevastopoulos

Posted on February 7, 2020 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

Originally posted on Daniel Pateman:
There is something restorative about Stella Sevastopoulos’s paintings. Whether turning her gaze on the Greek coast’s undulating waves and their shifting hues of green and blue, or producing more intricate geometric designs, her artistic practice evidences the natural balance of the world, and a desire to regain it in our…

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Art trek April

Posted on April 10, 2019 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

THE CENTRE of Athens is hosting some top-notch art shows at the moment, well worth the visit. What’s more talks are on offer by the artists too. On Saturday, April 13. Chryssa Verghi will be giving a guided tour of her painting exhibition ‘Flumen Vitae’ (runs till May 5), at the Evripides Gallery, at noon. … Continue reading →

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Personal Tales of ‘Painting Without End’

Posted on November 24, 2018 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

To celebrate its 30 years of cultural activity in Glyfada, the Society of Arts and Letters has organised an ‘Arty Party’, plus a group show entitled ‘Painting Without End’ with works by Louiza Delfis, Tove Margaritis, Dora Tombrou, Efi Pardou, and journalist/art blogger Stella Sevastopoulos. Read on to meet the painters, in an article where … Continue reading →

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Vakalo’s poetry of painting

Posted on September 20, 2018 by art scene athens • 3 Comments

THE EVRIPIDES Gallery pays hommage to one of Greece’s most inspirational creative figures, who was pivotal in the development of the decorative and applied arts in this country, via the creation of the Vakalo School of Art and Design, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. George Vakalo (1902-1991, real name George Vakalopoulos) excelled especially … Continue reading →

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Cola tins transformed to art

Posted on September 18, 2018 by art scene athens • 6 Comments

IN THE age of the Greek crisis, some artists look further towards alternative methods of creativity and materials. Most traditional art materials are expensive, but there are also options that are free, and everywhere: arte povera was a movement that pioneered this approach in a conceptual manner, back in the Sixties and Seventies. Today, … Continue reading →

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Mykonos: From arty to party

Posted on July 16, 2018 by art scene athens • 2 Comments

“MY SOUL is often a back street on Mykonos when night begins to fall”, wrote Surrealist artist/poet Nikos Engonopoulos back in 1939. I imagine those back streets were pretty quiet in those days, and nothing like they are today, since Mykonos became Greece’s party island par excellence. But this island does have an arty side … Continue reading →

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for art’s sake

Posted on March 19, 2018 by art scene athens • 2 Comments

Here’s a ‘potpourri’ of my art, inspired by Greece’s nature, light and myth… Continue reading →

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