The SNFCC Ice Rink is Back! WHAT: For the third year in a row, the floating Ice Rink picks up the tempo in the SNFCC Christmas World, with skaters gliding in a festive mood, their skates throwing up fire! This year located at the start of the Canal, in front of the Visitors Center, the Ice Rink will offer all fans of the most Christmassy sport the...
Read moreWHAT: The monster shopping event, imported from the US, hits Greece again this Friday. On Black Friday, leading retail chains and shops throughout the country will slash their prices for 24 hours in a bid to get us to splash the cash in the lead up to Christmas. Why is it called Black Friday? Well, because it’s the day that retailers often “move in...
Read moreWHAT: Over 300 pieces from the National Archaeological Museum’s collection explore the eternal human quest for beauty. WHEN: May 25 - December 31, 2019. WHERE: National Archaeological Museum Patission 44|Tel: +30 213 214 4856| Website
Read moreWHAT: The exhibition at Eleni Marneri Galerie presents a new generation of Greek and international designers who dedicate their work to the world of fine jewellery, creating artworks of unparalleled force and timelessness. WHEN: Opening: November 29 to January 18, 2020 WHERE: Eleni Marneri Galerie 5-7 Lebessi & 16 Porinou St,...
Read moreWHAT: Qi Baishi was one of the most well-known contemporary Chinese painters. Thesubjects of his paintings include almost everything, commonly animals, scenery, figures, vegetables, and so on. In his later years, many of his works depict mice, shrimps, or birds. WHEN: From November 12 to January 12, 2020 WHERE: B & M Theocharakis Foundati...
Read moreWHAT: Action hero geeks unite! AthensCon 2019 touches down at the Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall over an action- packed weekend in November, bringing comic book culture centre-stage and uniting pop culture geeks of all ages. Meet international writers and designers revered for their work on famous franchises from DC, Disney and Marvel. Gorge on free-pl...
Read moreWHAT: Described as ‘one of the great unknown figures of art history’, Christian Zervos, publisher and critic of Greek origin, founder of the avant-garde journal Cahiers d’art (1926- 1960) and the gallery and publishing house of the same name, which among other things had the exclusive rights to publish and promote the paintings of Pablo Picasso, wa...
Read moreWHAT: Hot on the heels of their performance at London’s legendary 606 Club, jazz singer and trumpet player Georgina Jackson and experimental harpist Maria-Christina Harper present their new project Women of Jazz in the form of a dynamic duet at the SNFCC Lighthouse. The jazzy sonics of Georgina Jackson’s trumpet and distinctive voice are the perfec...
Read moreWHAT: Discover the magic of documentaries, explore new ways of communication, get inspired by stories we all care about and have fun at the fourth edition of KinderDocs – the documentary festival of award-winning films made for children and teenagers.Each film is a story on teenage life – friendship, family, education, social media, creativity, art...
Read moreWHAT: “It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite.” So declares the poster for the original movie release of this famous 1957 courtroom drama starring Henry Fonda. More than six decades later, 12 Angry Men has lost little of its impact (once you get over the anachronistic absence of any female jury members). In a New York City courthouse, a sixteen-yea...
Read moreWHAT: NEON presents Lynda Benglis, an American artist of Greek origin, best known for her use of poured sculptural forms made from wax, latex, metal, and foam In the Realm of the Senses, curated by art historian Dr. David Anfam at the Museum of Cycladic Art. This is Benglis’ first solo exhibition in Greece – she lives and works between New York, Sa...
Read moreWHAT: The human form and its relationship with space predominatesin the largest part of his oeuvre. He embarked on exploring the diverse stages of this relationship, by using as starting point, the Motorcyclist, his older and most popular subject matter; in some cases, this figure rep- resents an intimidating symbol of authority, while other times,...
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