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A few suggestions for February
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A few suggestions for February

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So, what’s in store for February in terms of art? Here are some exhibitions that you might want to start off with in Athens, the city of dreams and nightmares, crisis tension and classical harmony, general strikes and cultural creativity (and much, much more of course): Metamatic:taf (the art foundation) The ‘Culturelines Sans Frontieres’ project … Continue reading →

Let’s talk about art, collector Frissiras
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Let’s talk about art, collector Frissiras

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SITTING in collector Vlassis Frissiras’ office, I explain to him that I had interviewed him once before, about 12 or so years ago – and that although I have taken a break from covering the art scene in Greece for a decade (!!!!!! due to a ‘change of profession’ after becoming a full-time mum), my … Continue reading →

Touring the new Greek landscape
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Touring the new Greek landscape

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Art historian Charis Kambouridis was pleasantly surprised when he encountered quite a few more art lovers than he had expected, to turn up for his talk/guided tour of the new show at the Evripides Gallery on Sunday, December 13. Entitled ‘The New Landscape Painting’, this exhibition presents how a particular generation of 18 artists have … Continue reading →

An exhibition stripped bare of its boundaries
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An exhibition stripped bare of its boundaries

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The philosophical stance of ‘All in good measure’ (Cleovoulos), or following the ‘middle way’ (Buddha), is something that the majority of humanity tends to believe as being  the road to happiness, harmony and balance. But is it? Our world today is anything but balanced and harmonious, and Greek society in particular, still in the dark … Continue reading →

Tony Cragg lets cultural cat out of the bag
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Tony Cragg lets cultural cat out of the bag

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INTRIGUING, biomorphic yet also tectonic and totemic ‘beings’ , have taken over the courtyard and one  floor of the Benaki Pireos these days – Tony Cragg’s 25 sculptures.  Both organic and futuristic,  many of them are tall, verticle structures, that tower over you like a Robo Cop, and look  like they are made up of … Continue reading →

October’s trick or treat
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October’s trick or treat

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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.  This can be observed in the lovely full-body portrait paintings by Petros Karavevas  – a student of Yiorgos Rorris – who has carried on his teacher’s passion for  painting from life, exploring reality and the human character. The show with Karavevas’ works opened to the public on … Continue reading →

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

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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 →