Culture
Culture | May 2025
Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives is not merely an exhibition—it is an urgent moral provocation, a rallying cry wrapped in curatorial finesse. It challenges the museum-goer to confront a pervasive blind spot in our collective conscience: the silent suffering and systemic erasure of non-human life in an age in...
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Culture | May 2025
Rana Haddad interviews Sofka Zinovieff on the publishing day of her latest book, Stealing Dad, which tells the unlikely story of a dysfunctional family coming together in tragic yet hilarious ways. Part grief-memoir, part caper, Stealing Dad is a wonderfully written and sharply funny book that stems from emotional truth.
Sofka...
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City Life | May 2025
Kore: A Meditation on Vision, Recovery, and the Shifting Self
This spring, a new body of work unfolds under the title Kore—a quietly powerful exhibition that invites viewers into an exploration of perception, healing, and the layered symbolism of the feminine form. Drawing from myth, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and lived experience,...
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City Life | May 2025
Skoufa Gallery presents Emerald Paintings, the first solo exhibition in the space by acclaimed painter Stella Kapezanou — and perhaps her most incisive, seductive body of work to date.
In this striking new series, Kapezanou conjures hyper-saturated scenes where technicolor dreams shimmer with seductive promise — and disquiet. Her ca...
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City Life | May 2025
Harm Gerdes debuts in Athens with Mothertongue at Kalfayan Gallery
Kalfayan Gallery proudly presents Mothertongue, the first solo exhibition in Greece by German-Greek Cypriot artist Harm Gerdes (b. 1994, Darmstadt). The exhibition opens on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 18:00 to 21:00, marking a significant milestone for the artist...
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City Life | May 2025
Ximena Maldonado Sánchez Returns to Athens with cardón, carmín y ola at Bernier/Eliades
Bernier/Eliades Gallery is delighted to present the second solo exhibition in Athens by rising Mexican artist Ximena Maldonado Sánchez. Titled cardón, carmín y ola, the show opens on Thursday, May 8, 2025, with the artist in attendance from...
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City Life | May 2025
George Hadjimichalis Unveils 5 Works at Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery
Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery announces a rare and compelling exhibition by one of Greece’s most significant contemporary artists, George Hadjimichalis. 5 Works opens on Tuesday, May 6 and runs through June 7, 2025, marking the artist’s return to the gallery space follo...
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Culture | Apr 2025
Dr. Nina Papathanasopolou draws on Martha Graham’s technique and artistic vision to offer a spellbinding experience that blends the world of contemporary dance and Greek mythology. Graham focused on the emotional experience of the characters and on the universal issues that they face – their grief after losing a loved one, their fears in...
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Culture | Apr 2025
The first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Greece is the Parthenon. For Kalamata, a town in western Greece, its claim to fame is its world-famous olive oil. As Leah Beller discovered on a trip to the family-owned Ben Olive Mill, the purest olive oil is made via hand processing.
We got off the tour bus on a sunny but...
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