Stella Sevastopoulos talks to Kostas Lales, an artist based in New York but also active in Greece. Responsibilities of an artist and the human at the core of art are some of the issues discussed.
The art of collage returns to FokiaNou, with the work of seventeen artists. Opens Saturday, April 1. Runs till April 29.
Christos Pallantzas’s returns to the Evripides gallery with landscapes and cityscapes that are evocatively portrayed. Opens Thursday, March 30. Runs till April 29.
Fifty years on and the wise words and works of Picasso still influence artists worldwide. Kifissia’s Tsichritzis Foundation pays hommage to him with an exhibition that opens on March 22.
International Women’s Day (March 8) will be celebrated this year at Gramma_Epsilon gallery with the inauguration of an exhibition by Gisella Meo. Runs March 8-June 10.
The National Museum of Contemporary Art inaugurated a new series of exhibitions on January 28, which add even more scope to its socio-political artistic explorations.
For the first time in Athens, a major Nouveau Realisme exhibition takes place at the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation’s Athens Museum. Runs till April 9.
The National Museum of Contemporary Art hosts the exhibition ‘Modern Love (or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies) from December 15 to May 28.
The Parthenis retrospective at the National Gallery of Greece runs till Feb 28, and presents the different genres of this outstanding and much-loved artist.
A guide to the museums with the most art in Athens, but also other cultural institutions and galleries that complete the art scene of Athens!
Stella Sevastopoulos catches up with Katerina Botsari at her solo show entitled ‘Tiny Subjects’, currently showing at Communitism’s Project Space in Athens, till May 26
ARTIST Vassilis Perros talks to Stella Sevastopoulos about the concept of the home and how he has explored it in his new series of works on show at Skoufa Gallery.
Stella Sevastopoulos catches up with artist Costis, during his solo show at Roma Gallery, in order to talk about the electricity of his artworks.
ITALIAN gallerist Glenda Lorenzani moved to Athens from Rome in 2014. Despite the crisis, and the pandemic, she has managed to keep her eye on the art scene in her own unique manner.
Maria Coletsis is an artist who has explored painting, digital media and computer installations in her oeuvre, and has travelled the world for her art.
Participating these days in the ‘Eros Woman’ group exhibition in Kolonaki, Davis is an artist who enjoys tackling a wide range of subject-matter, with his own unique style.
NOW, it might sound a bit cliche, to be inspired by the country you live in, but let’s face it, most artists draw inspiration from their surroundings in one way or another. And for me, ever since I moved to Greece in 1994, the nature, the light and in particular the sea of this country …
Stella Sevastopoulos interviews Dimitris Lazarou, α person of many talents, who has organized many exhibitions both online and in real space, whilst also promoting the work of contemporary Greek artists. His online exhibition ‘Woman Evolution 200’, which comprises the work of 113 artists, recently premiered also as a video presentation of the works, accompanied by …
DUTCH artist Sef Berkers escaped the Covid pandemic and the lockdown in New York just in time after his art exhibition took place in the Big Apple. His works however haven’t made it back yet. The experience of this city changed his life and his art in unexpected ways. Back in his studio in Venlo, …
ARTIST, writer, and artist’s model Sue Tilley has had a colourful life to say the least: from dividing her time between her day job as benefits supervisor and her night job at Leigh Bowery’s ‘Taboo’ night club, Tilley has also performed in music videos, modelled for artist Lucian Freud, taught art, and has had her …
Stella Sevastopoulos caught up with artist Marina Syntelis, who found herself creating some interesting commissions during the lockdown, for customers abroad. MARINA SYNTELIS has been hailed as one of the world’s finest hyper realistic seascape painters of today. Her powerful wave images have become especially popular over the past two years, and her rising recognition …
Stella Sevastopoulos catches up with Kate Horti, a sculptor with an ecological conscience who enjoys transforming the industrial form of the bicycle into animals and insects (among other subject-matter), giving it a new lease of life. THE BICYCLE was originally invented in 1839 by the Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan. Since then it has become …
Stella Sevastopoulos talks to Panagiotis Voulgaris, an artist-traveller, whose special relationship with nature and the urban environment have inspired his ephemeral artistic interventions. He is also the co-director of FokiaNou art space together with artist Mary Cox. PANAGIOTIS Voulgaris creates monuments to nature that revere the natural environment to such an extent, that they …
Stella Sevastopoulos talks to artist Margarita Radeva about the pros and cons of following an art career today, her experience as an art education professional, and more… THERE are many who teach art, but not many who do it properly. In many schools, art is considered of no importance, hence an excuse for the art …
According to Stavros Mihalarias, a prominent restorer and art dealer of Greece, the Greek artists are the bad boys of art, because they don’t play by the rules. To find out more, read my interview with him, where we also discuss his relationship with the recently deceased artist Takis, who’s show is on at …
Stella Sevastopoulos of ‘Art Scene Athens’ talks to Greek-Australian artist Chrys Roboras who has managed to spread her wings and exhibit around the world, with great success. CHRYS ROBORAS loves to place the human figure in vast, colourful semi-abstract landscapes. In some works her figures are depicted as an outline which has been filled in …
‘Art Scene Athens’ talks to artist Lila Papoula about her exhibition ‘Walls that were hiding our faces’, at the Evripides Gallery, which runs till December 9: IN THE EIGHTIES, artist Lila Papoula searched the streets for derelict walls, which she photographed. She was drawn to these remaining fragments of people’s lives, not only because of …
‘Art Scene Athens’ talks to artist Maria Hadjiandreou about her new exhibition entitled ‘The Gaze’, at Gallery 7, in which the artist not only captures the character of her sitters but also searches deep into their psyche: MARIA Hadjiandreou’s work of the last two years are portraits inspired by the artist’s heightened sensibility. Whilst perusing …
‘Art Scene Athens’ speaks with artist Kostis Velonis at his exhibition opening, to get some feedback on his new installation project, commissioned by NEON Organisation, that explores the intriguing sociopolitical and personal history of a beautiful neoclassical home in the heart of Athens: EACH HOUSE has its story – a narrative about its many occupants …
IN THE trying times that we are living, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many have turned to the internet in order to be able to continue their lives and activities. From shopping to education, entertainment to information, it has definitely been a life-saver. For the art community however, it has also provided many artists … Continue reading
SINCE its inauguration two years ago, the Evripides Gallery has brought a breath of fresh air to the cultural scene of Athens’ Kolonaki classiness. Housed in the former ‘House of Cyprus’ (the historic cultural hub of the Cypriot Embassy), the Evripides Gallery has been founded by collectors Kostas and Nasia Evripides, and their daughter Eirene. … Continue reading
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
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
EVERYONE has felt some kind of loss during the Greek crisis. Christos Pallantzas’ current show at the Evripides Gallery focuses exactly on this subject – capturing in his paintings, what isn’t there. From portraits to nudes, humans and their relationships are analysed, explored and exposed. What they lack, takes centre stage: These narratives ask of … Continue reading
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
The Rainbow project continues in the heart of Athens, with exhibitions that explore the colours of the rainbow. Next up: ‘Blue’. Runs March 6-18. Continue reading
FokiaNou Art Space presents us with the works of Maria Letsiou and Despina Pantazi in an exhibition that runs March 9-25 Continue reading
Dimitra-Eleni Georgiou and Adrienne Delbecq team up at FokiaNou Art Space in a colourful exhibion, that opens Saturday, Feb 11. Continue reading
Artists celebrate the colour purple via an art exhibition at the Hellenic-French Association (League), on Kolonaki Square. Continue reading
Theodoros Papagiannis’s works can be found at Sianti Gallery these days, in a mini-retrospective which includes his latest army of terracotta figurines. Runs till Feb 28 Continue reading
The works of 25 artists suggest ways to escape Athens. Opens Jan 19, 6pm. Runs till Feb 4. Continue reading
At the Black Duck multiplarte, 12 artists get inspired by Vicky Kosmopoulou’s book ‘EKTI’ (‘Sixth’), via which the writer gets into the head of the sixth caryatid in the British Museum. Opening Dec. 21. Continue reading
The Hellenic American Union is hosting the exhibition ‘Apartment Building’ till Jan 31. Curated by Nikos Vatopoulos and Iris Kritikou. Continue reading
Artists Panagiotis Voulgaris and Mary Cox travel to New York for their two person exhibition at the AAA3A art space, directed by Blanka Amezkua. Continue reading
Artist/journalist Stella Sevastopoulos reviews the exhibition ‘Leptogeos’, and speaks to the artists and curator. ‘Leptogeos’ runs till December 4 at the European Centre/Contemporary Space in the heart of Athens, near Monastiraki and Syntagma. Continue reading
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