Many expats come to Greece to live and work, and some of them have offered so much to the arts scene. I think that especially after the Documenta14 art show, which drew arty people from around the world to Athens, that this city is becoming a kind of Greenwich village, attracting many artists who can … Continue reading
Category Archives: ART
Athens’ new Goulandris museum and its $3 billion collection
If you haven’t been to the new Goulandris Museum of Modern Art in Athens, then do! It’s a wonderful experience. The collection of works by modernist masters and contemporary pioneers is awesome. Here’s a link to my article on this grand addition to the Athenian art scene. Continue reading
Interview with Mihalarias: Greek artists don’t play by the rules
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 … Continue reading
Art Athina’s Australian side
Recently I wrote about Art Athina for the Neos Kosmos newspaper in Australia. I got to interview Anna Pappas, Greek-Australian gallery owner who has participated in this fair for the past seven years. See the link if you want to find out more… Continue reading
Let’s hear it for mother artists
Stella Sevastopoulos celebrates Mother’s Day with a homage to mother artists, their trials and tribulations, in the history of art and in modern-day Greece: The truth is that most women artists have had a pretty tough time trying to penetrate the glass ceilings of the art world in general – a chauvinistic, male-dominated profession up … Continue reading
Art trek April
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
Personal Tales of ‘Painting Without End’
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