Jazz at the Museum
Why not combine a visit to the museum with a touch of jazz to set the tone for the festive season? Book your tickets for The Spiral Trio performa...
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Athens Insider’s Definitive 2022 Guide to Ch...
Athens Insider draws up a list of all the Christmas bazaars in Athens ...
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Drink till you’re Clumsy at The Clumsies Leg...
Why fantasize about crawling to your fave bars across the globe when legendary b...
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Dads and Dancing Queens
Time to strap on your dancing shoes and get those tutus ready for the ultimate Dad challenge. Dad... Shall We Dance?, a wholesome dance games workshop for fathers with children aged between 4 and 9, promises a fun, creative, bonding experience. Get ready to strut your stuff every Monday this November with a dance challenge. We can't think of a bett...
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Thessaloniki: A Film Fanatic’s Fantasy
Showcasing Greek cinematic talent and international premieres, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival begins this Thursday, November 3, and will continue until Sunday, November 13. Greece’s largest film institution was founded in 1960, making this the sixty-third annual TIFF. Oscar-buzz features and acclaimed independent films will ...
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Marc Newson at the Gagosian
Leading Australian designer Marc Newson's first solo exhibition in Greece at the Gagosian showcases a new series of limited edition furniture inspired by Greece's traditional colours, blue and light blue. "I have always felt close to Greece and Greek culture, and it is an honour to present these works in Athens," says Newson. ...
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Eurovision-inspired fun at the Greek Ballroom!
Few events have showcased LGBTQ+ talent and taken queer music into the living rooms of Europeans as Eurovision has. With a bit of a cult following within the community, its only natural that the longest-running international song contest be celebrated locally with a fun event open to all. Get ready to strut your stuff at The Eurovision B...
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Navine’s Panicle Paintings Contemplate Parenting and Pandemia
What: Navine G. Khan-Dossos’ geometric art comforts and provokes, drawing inspiration as much from the full sweep of Islamic traditions as well as from the digital realm. Working between London and Athens, her art treats geometry not as an abstraction but as something essentially informational, a social commentary. Her most recent composition, Pani...
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Athens Insider’s Literary Salon returns with Ian Collins and Helena Smith
Athens Insider Literary Salon returns to Pangrati with a live conversation featuring award-winning writer and curator Ian Collins and veteran journalist Helena Smith discussing the anarchic life and legacy of the rebellious British artist John Craxton, on the centenary of his birth. During the last year, we have had the incred...
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Commemorating 100 years of the Asia Minor Catastrophe at the Benaki Museum
An exhibition that marks the centennial anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe at the Benaki Museum, that showcases the everyday life and the extraordinary events that led to one of the most painful displacements in the past century. The Benaki Museum and the Centre for Asia Minor Studies are co-organising this large commemorativ...
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Kyveli Zoi: The young artist at the centre of Exarcheia’s edgy new art space
A cultural wave is breaking over central Athens, distinctly placing the city on the European modern art map. Artist Kyvèli Zoi is one of the young, creative game-changers. In conversation with Athens Insider’s Elena Panayides, she shares her journey of artful expression from her downtown Exarcheia artspace and studio KYAN Athens. ...
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Asia comes to Athens… Finally!
Athens doesn't have a China Town. It has something called China Town, but don’t go expecting glistening rows of Peking ducks or peachy fluffs of dim-sum. What you’ll find is cluster of shops selling made in China clothes and maybe a cheap handbag. But that is set to change, declares Phoebe Greenwood. A hive of truly great Asian restauran...
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