The exhibition ‘Leptogeos’ presents works by 75 artists at the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Opens Nov. 25 Continue reading
Category Archives: culture
Romanian culture and costumes
A three-day celebration of Romanian culture and the art of costumes is taking place June 24-26 at the ‘Melina’ Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens Continue reading
Greek art travels to NY via Artivism
A collaboration between exhibition organiser Dimitris Lazarou and New York’s Artivism initiative has included the work of 183 Greek and Cypriot artists. Continue reading
Travel rethought, during covid times
Twenty-three artists have ruminated on travel and how it has been affected by the pandemic, in the exhibition ‘Travel App’, at Fokianou Art Space. Continue reading
Fokianou’s castle of freedom
CONTEMPORARY FREEDOM of expression versus the castle of tradition, at FokiaNou Art, where the group show ‘The Castro’ will open to the public on July 6. This new group show, curated by Mary Cox and Panagiotis Voulgaris, for which participating artists responded to an open call, presents a multifaceted perspective on what freedom and restriction … Continue reading
The link between art and dream
DUE TO the pandemic, many of us have been left dreaming of situations that we would have preferred to have been in, which cannot be realized. Many of our activities were put on hold, and we could only imagine them in our mind’s eye. For the artists among us, however, they often became subject-matter for … Continue reading
The pandemic’s universal flux
The exhibition ‘Universal Flux (Meta-Corona Era) at the artzone42 gallery, has us thinking of what the world will be like, after the pandemic is over. Will the post-Corona era be a continuation of the world as it was before? Or will we be witnessing a new future? The pandemic has certainly made us think of … Continue reading
Remembering the ‘Good Old Days’
NOSTALGIA was one thing that grew in parallel to the pandemic, with people wistfully remembering things like, when they used to go to the movies, on family outings, holidays etc. ‘The Good Old Days’ is also the subject of Fokianou Art Space’s upcoming show which opens on Friday, May 13, and which is curated by … Continue reading
Dimitris Lazarou: “Art is the imprint of life”
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 … Continue reading
Being ‘part of art’ during the pandemic
One of the effects of the pandemic on the art world is that it has turned all the more to the internet in order to present art and organise exhibitions. Here in Greece, exhibition organiser Dimitris Lazarou was quick to pick up on this new side to art presentation. Continue reading