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 …
The exhibition ‘Leptogeos’ presents works by 75 artists at the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Opens Nov. 25 Continue reading
Twenty artists’ works feature in the ‘Orange’ exhibition at the Hellenic-French Association (League) on Kolonaki Square. Runs Nov 7-26. Continue reading
Susan Daboll is an American artist living in Greece since 1999. Her works at FokiaNou focus on three groups of images: fireworks, bodies, landscapes. Runs November 10-26 Continue reading
‘Art and Creativity #2’ in Voula, brings together artists and creatives of the southern suburbs and beyond, in an exhibition that runs over the weekend of October 15,16. Continue reading
The art season at the Hellenic-French Association in the heart of Athens kick off with a mellow ‘Yellow’ exhibition. Continue reading
FOKIANOU ART space grapples with the very essence of human character in its upcoming exhibition, which is also a celebration of sorts of its 6-year anniversary of direction/curatorship by artists Panagiotis Voulgaris and Mary Cox. Continue reading
The art and influence of Photis Kontoglou is presented via his work and the work of his students at the B&E Goulandris Foundation. Runs September 21-December 12. Continue reading
Gathering 80 galleries at the Zappeion Megaron this year, plus plenty of parallel events, including talks and a kids workshop, Art Athina returns bigger and better. Continue reading
Dimitra Gounari’s series of new photographic landscapes embody mulit-layered perspectives through her use of mirrors. They will be on exhibit at FokiaNou art space from September 14. Continue reading
Anna Gerolymatou presents a solo exhibition at the Tinion Hotel, on the island of Tinos. Runs through August Continue reading
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