WHAT: Lately, the exhibitions of Roma Gallery feature the functionality of works that emerged in Greece from up to 50 years ago. They illuminate the historical origins of today's artistic ideas and contribute to their enrichment - at the same time supplying art theory with new data. This indeed, is the creative role of a gallery in tune with the...
Read moreMasks compulsory at almost all outdoor venues and tables at cafes, restaurants and bars restricted to 6 at a table. All you need to know about the new measures, effective today. What you need to know: A maximum of 6 people per table permitted at bars, restaurants, and cafes. All live music venues will remain closed till e...
Read moreWHAT: Choreographed by Ariel Perez of Argentina and directed by Konstantinos Famis, 17 leading dancers of the original Tango and Flamenco "Compania Solea", alternate in a unique performance full of symbols, improvisation, endless lyrical figures. Famous and beloved Tangos, Flamenco & Bolleros are intertwined and come to life on stage by the uni...
Read moreA trade-off to sneak in free movie nights ended up being an iconoclastic career choice for the late Dimitris Vassiliou, the last of a dying breed of film poster artists in Europe. Vassiliou’s posters at Athens’ emblematic Cine Athinaion at the intersection of Mesogeion, Alexandras and Kifissias avenues, had a bit of a cult status, with elements of ...
Read moreThis is the fifth of my monthly chronicles on living through pandemic times, as told from the perspective of an American mystery writer who has called Greece home for 35 years. My wife and I had been in lockdown mode at our pastoral New Jersey farm since late February, but for August we experienced lockdown Manhattan-style. I’ve entrusted...
Read moreIf Piraeus was a blur of a stopover on your way to the islands, it now promises to be the hottest new design destination for the art-lusty. Carwan Gallery, a leading international contemporary design gallery, with a focus on promoting and producing cutting-edge collectible design, launches in Piraeus in September 2020. With Carwan, Nicola...
Read moreWHAT: Join Shedia and city chronicler Nikos Vatopoulos on Saturday, September 12 at 11am as he lets you appreciate Athens’ living architectural heritage. Discover the architectural history of Athens’ commercial centre with journalist Nikos Vatopoulos, who describes Athens as a ‘living organism’. The walk starts from Perikleous St to Agia Irini Squa...
Read moreWHAT: Athens Pride unfurls the rainbow flag to raise awareness for Greece’s LGBTQI + community. A string of events, LGBTQI + reality stories, seminars, discussions, film exhibitions, DJ sets and performances as well as the Athens Pride 2020 campaign "Knowing and supporting LGBTQI + organizations" aimed at strengthening the LGBTQI + community. For m...
Read moreAcclaimed chef Hervé Pronzato moves back to Greece to launch his eponymous restaurant in Petralona. Hervé, mercifully doesn’t fall into a narrow culinary category, and that is what makes a meal there worth all the anticipation! Flavour-packed with whiffs from Pronzato’s itinerant forays into India, the Middle East and Malaysia, Hervé wrap...
Read moreWHAT: Petros Klampanis performs at the gardens of the Megaro Mousikis to launch his latest jazz album, Irrationalities, inspired by a deep personal journey. Accompanying him on stage will be Katerina Duska. WHEN: Saturday, September 12 at 8.30 pm WHERE: Megaron Mousikis, Vas.Sofias & Kokkali, +30.210.728.2000, megaron.gr [caption id="a...
Read moreGagosian presents an exhibition of paintings on marble and works on paper by American artist and long-term Hydra-resident Brice Marden to inaugurate the gallery’s new location in Athens. This will be Marden’s first solo exhibition in Greece in four decades. Years 3...
Read moreWHAT: An exhibition by Chioma Ebinama, ‘living in a fishbowl in Athens,’ floating between nothingness and momentous shifts, in a confusing world."In 2019, I wished that the world be put on pause. All I wanted was a moment when humanity would have no choice but to do nothing: No ambitions, no directions, no expectations. In 2020, only days after ope...
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