Starting March 8th, the Mon Coin Studio in Monastiraki opens their next major exhibition entitled “Women Ceramic Artists of Greece”. This exhibition celebrates talented women ceramicists in Greece, combining the time-honored tradition of pottery and the dynamics of contemporary creation. 14...
Read moreThe Greek capital attracts a wide variety of suitors, all finding it irresistible for completely different reasons. Check which elusive dating profile matches yours, proposes Sudha Nair-Iliades, and you’ll be rewarded with an Athens that is your perfect match! Irreverent/Alternative [caption id="attachment_3951" align="aligncen...
Read moreFor the third year in a row, Athens Insider curates a new series of conversations with international literary luminaries on May 27 and May 28, 2024 as part of the Athens City Festival. Athens Insider continues with its Literary Salons with international literary luminaries as part of the Athens City Festival at two different v...
Read moreWhat: Odysseas Androutsos’s sword, Konstantinos Kanaris’s hand grenade, Andreas Miaoulis’s compass, Laskarina Bouboulina’s telescope and Lord Byron’s pistol, bring the History of the Greek War of Independence to life in the new permanent exhibition on the third floor of the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, entitled “Modern Greece”. When: On Monda...
Read moreNikos Karathanos reclaims his exalted place in the Athenian culinary pecking order with inventive comfort food at Ateno, a restaurant-deli housed in a stunning 19th century building in the old commercial district. Ateno feeds our rekindled love for childhood favorites and homey foods with sophisticated “newstalgia” and transports us to o...
Read moreSlated for a radical makeover by 2023 Pritzker winner, Sir David Chipperfield, the National Archaeological Museum has been slighted for the more popular Acropolis Museum. With exhibits spanning from the Stone Age to the Roman era, Tom Hall recommends a mandatory visit to take in one of the world’s most impressive collections of anci...
Read moreFeaturing nine documentaries, eight narrative features, and two dozen shorts, the 21st edition of the San Francisco Greek Film Festival, runs from March 16-23 at Delancey Street Screening Room—with an online program available throughout that span in addition to in-person screenings. The festivities kick off with Asmina Proedrou’s Behind t...
Read moreNow established as an important date in the cultural agenda of the city, the French Film Festival, as every spring, brings the best of French cinema to Greece. The Festival will open with Cedric Kahn's Making Of which premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, starring Denis Podalydès, Jonathan Cohen, Souheila Yacoub, and S...
Read moreEvery year on Clean Monday, Greeks young and old can be seen in any available patch of green indulging in the traditional beginning-of-Lent activities of kite-flying and picnicking. Setting a kite in the air – and then releasing it – is said to symbolise the freeing of the body from sin, or the passing of the human soul to Heaven and God. [galle...
Read moreWith so many Lenten treats on offer, the 40-day pre-Easter abstinence feels more like indulgence than penance. Here’s Insider’s guide to navigating Lenten dos and don’ts. For Greeks, even fasting is all about food! In fact, it reflects the rich culinary repertoire of the country, relying heavily on seasonal veggies and the bou...
Read moreBernier-Eliades Gallery opens the first exhibition of cult fashion designer turned artist Marin Margiela in Athens. A legendary Belgian designer, he left his eponymous label in 2008 and has been making art ever since. Margiela's art explores themes of deconstruction, fragmentation, and the reconstruction of found objects, much like his fa...
Read moreΤhe exhibition explores one of the most important historical events of Greek antiquity – the battle of Chaeronea that brought Alexander the Great onto the political stage and laid the foundations for the creation of the modern world. One of the most important historical events of Greek antiquity – the battle of Chaeronea that ...
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