In our New Athenians series, Calliope Karvounis shares her sartorial passions, her itinerant photography career, and her keen curatorial eye in collecting fabrics, traditions and stories from wherever she’s been – a world she has recreated in her fabulous store, Queen Calliope on Merlin Street. Calliope’s personal style radiates through h...
Read moreAward-winning artist Thomas Schütte follows his widely successful MoMA exhibtion with a solo show at the Bernier-Eliades Gallery. In Thomas Schütte’s world, delicate watercolors, towering figurative sculptures, vibrant ceramics, architectural models, and fully constructed buildings coexist as explorations of aesthetics, history, and cultu...
Read moreGreek-American chef Diane Kochilas taps into November with some comforting Greek winter squash recipes! It's an interesting month...so why not make it tasty, too, with a few surprising Greek pumpkin recipes? Here’s a menu of savoury...
Read moreThe ancient Greeks knew a thing or two about horror, creating a pantheon of nightmarish creatures that have endured through the ages, all deeply intertwined with the gods and heroes. From the slithering Hydra to the impenetrable Nemean Lion, these monstrous beings represent the chaotic, often violent forces at play in Greek mythology. The...
Read moreLeslie Absher's poignant memoir on growing up in Greece as the dauhter of a CIA agent during Greece's military dictatorship, Spy Daughter, Queer Girl will be published in Greek by Brainfood Media. The author will be in conversation with the amazing poet/Vima columnist Crystalli Glyniadaki at Kombrai Books in Exarcheia on Wednesday, November 13, a...
Read moreSkulls, guillotines, mummified remains and over 1500 exhibits related to the most heinous crimes in Greek history. If we've piqued your interest, head to the Criminology Museum at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for a slightly different museum experience. Criminology Museum [caption id=...
Read moreChef Georgianna Hiliadaki tells us about winning 2 Michelin stars, tips for aspiring chefs and her new restaurant Iodio. About you: What do you do? I am Georgianna Hiliadaki, I am the only 2 Michelin star female Greek Chef in the world, with Funky Gourmet restaurant, of which I’m really proud! I love cooking and designing me...
Read moreWhat's On: CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery presents Maro Fasouli's third solo exhibition, titled A House as Big as You Need and Land as Far as You Can See. The exhibition delves into Fasouli's ongoing exploration of traditional weaving and architecture, drawing inspiration from anonymous folk art and the wild, rocky landscape of Exo Meria in Tin...
Read moreThe Gagosian Athens, in partnership with the Henry Moore Foundation, presents a rare opportunity to trace this British sculptor’s evolution, from his early experiments in stone and wood to the monumental sculptures that established his legacy.Moore’s work—marked by its fascination with the human form, natural shapes, and elements like rocks and bon...
Read moreWhat: Rebecca Camhi Gallery proudly unveils one of its most ambitious exhibitions to date: Divine Personality Disorder, a retrospective that plunges into the imaginative and sharp-witted world of artist Konstantin Kakanias. A close friend and long-time collaborator with the gallery, Kakanias presents a body of work that spans decades, embodying his...
Read moreWhat: Katerina Vrana, one of Greece‘s top stand-up comedians, is recording her smash-hit show “Staying Alive (I nearly died, you know)” in English. The most entertaining and uplifting story of nearly dying you’ve ever heard! The show has been selling out in Greece consistently since 2019, when it opened, and in English it sold out all 14 cities...
Read moreWhat: Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, one of Greece's most pivotal 20th-century painters, takes center stage at the Benaki Museum in a masterfully curated retrospective that spans six decades of his work, from 1930 to 1990. Marking 30 years since the artist's passing, this exhibition revisits his transformative 1958 odyssey from West to East—a journey t...
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