Athens Insider’s Top 5 Culture Picks for September 2023
From commemorating Lord Byron’s relationship with Greece, to re-working the first opera using mycelium, we recommend the best of arts and culture...
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Celebrating the Next Generation of Artists at the ...
With a notoriously good curatorial eye for spotting talent and a passi...
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Athens Insider’s Top 5 Culture Picks for June 2023
From top tier international guests to avant garde music, we recommend ...
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Gaitis exhibition at Theoharikis extended to October 2023
What: Few have captured the alienation of modern drudgery as poignantly as Yannis Gaïtis. His signature motif, the Little Man, a stylized and archetypal male figure in a jacket, tie, and hat is one of the most recognizable ideograms of modern Greek art. Using just black, white, and primary colors, he humorously critiqued the impacts of automation a...
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Mon Coin celebrates Greek summer through Collectible Art
100 potters, artists, photographers, textile designers and jewellers collaborate creatively at Mon Coin Studio to celebrate the beauty of Greek summer culture through collectible art. What: Run by Eléonore Trenado-Finetis, Mon Coin Studio has distinguished itself by probing into the commonalities that connect art, tradition, u...
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Mon Coin showcases Crete’s rich ceramic tradition this summer
50 potters, ceramicists and designers collaborate creatively at Moin Coin Studio, using millennia-old techniques and materials with contemporary production methods to showcase Crete’s rich pottery tradition. What: Run by Eléonore Trenado-Finetis, Mon Coin Studio has distinguished itself by probing into the commonalities of cer...
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Nelly’s Revolutionary Photography
What: The Benaki Museum pays tribute to photographer Elly Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari (1899-1998) with a retrospective exhibition to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary since her death. Better known as Nelly’s, the exhibition is categorized by the three cities that shaped her photographic point-of-view: her student years in Dresden, her arrival in A...
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Athens City Festival and Athens Insider organise a Literary Salon with award-winning writer Irena Karafilly in...
Athens Insider continues with its Literary Salons with international literary luminaries as part of the Athens City Festival. Meet author Irena Karafilly and acquire a signed copy of Arrested Song on May 15 at Insider's urban garden terrace. The Athens Literary Salons feature writers who have set their books in Greece, a muse to countles...
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How to talk with your Greek friends about the Greek elections
Get an ouzo and mention the name of a party leader to your Greek friends. You might be surprised what happens next. Since you’re hungry for details, here are some pointers to help you navigate a conversation that could be loud, contentious and fun. Elections are basically a national sport, so join in! Greece may be a full-fled...
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Stefanos Rokos’ Art stars in Inside alongside Willem Dafoe
When producer George Karnavas @heretic.films approached artist Stefanos Rokos in 2019 with a compelling script of Vasilis Katsoupis’ Inside, he was hooked. The story revolves round Nemo, a high-end art thief, trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Rokos’ brief was to recreate the narcissistic art collector’...
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The Breeder presents three solo exhibitions by three brilliant women artists
The Breeder presents three solo exhibitions by three inventive artists Sofia Stevi, Hana Ward and Kyriaki Goni. SOFIA STEVI When We Start to Understand the World Sofia Stevi, Orange with two flies, 2022, ink and acrylic on cotton, 71 x 61 cm. There is a house built by desire itself. It is a hou...
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Stories About a Whispering Prince by Marco Villard
Alkinois Project Space presents Stories About a Whispering Prince by Marco Villard, curated by Romain Bitton and Alix Janta What: Heavily inspired by Figurativism and the formal conventions of Abstract Expressionism, Villard's work is firmly rooted in symbolism and evokes a meaningful sense of play. Paintings often portray...
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