A peek into Greece through travel books
Escape into books that give flight to your imaginations, and the miles they inspire you to hike, drive and fly. Here is our compilation of a few cl...
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Why do Greeks eat salted cod on March 25?
If you’re new to Greece you might be confused by the sight of locals e...
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What we Mean to Animals: A Future with Fur, Feathe...
Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives is not ...
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3 Great Literary Gift Ideas for the Grecophile in your Life
Books are the gifts that keep on giving. Share the joy of Greece with someone you love this Christmas with one of these fantastic Greek-themed publications that make perfectly “novel” presents. Stephen Fry: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold Fans of storyteller Stephen Fry’s wonderfully droll and elegant delivery will ado...
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Athens Tales: a polyphonic hymn to the eternal, ever-changing city
What: The Athens launch of Athens Tales, a portrait of the city through its writers, published by Oxford University Press. Created by translator and Athens resident Joshua Barley, this anthology brings together eighteen short stories from the last hundred and fifty years of the city's history. Some of the writers are well-known authors...
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Athens Pavilion of the Gaza Biennale
Every now and then, amidst the choppy modern sea of galleries, launches, festivals, happenings, pops-up, biennales and more, an artistic event will come along and quietly remind you of the power of art and its potential as a force for change. The Athens Pavillion of the Gaza Biennale is just one of those things, Tom Hall avers, and still ...
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Lea Petrou’s Lunar Sculptures find a Cosmic home at the National Observatory
The historic National Observatory of Athens transforms into a terrain of celestial imagination and earthly matter, with a bold new exhibition by contemporary artist Lea Petrou, curated by the brilliant Kostas Prapoglou. Titled Cosmic Dust / New Territories, the show presents a series of new site-specific works that blur the lines between sc...
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Adriana Varejão’s Histórias Moldadas at the Gagosian blurs the lines between painting and sculpture
Gagosian presents Histórias Moldadas, a bold new exhibition of paintings by renowned Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão. Opening in Athens on May 15, this marks Varejão’s long-awaited debut in Greece—and her fourth collaboration with the gallery. Histórias Moldadas brings together four striking new series from her celebrated Tile body of wo...
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Kore: Georgia Sagri at The Breeder
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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Emerald Paintings: Stella Kapezanou’s solo debut at Skoufa Gallery
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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Mothertongue: Harm Gerdes’ Greek debut at Kalfayan Gallery
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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Cardon, carmin y ola: Ximena Maldonado Sánchez at the Berner/Eliades Gallery
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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