Athens Insider Summer 2022

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Raiment of the Soul at the Acropolis Museum

What: Acclaimed photographer Vangelis Kyris collaborates with master embroidery artist Anatoli Georgiev to showcase the wealth of Greece's sartorial traditions. Kyris' portraits of contemporary Athenians wearing historic garments were then printed on fabric, with Georgiev bringing the 128 costumes alive with his extraordinary needlework. As part...

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The Benaki Museum Café revisits a Berlin instituiton with new art on its walls

Long a favourite of museum visitors and ladies-who-lunch, the Benaki Museum restaurant on Koumpari Street welcomes visitors to its renewed space, with extended hours and a new aesthetic that channels the legendary Fofi’s restaurant in Berlin. With inspiring art by Alexis Akrithakis, and letters and works by his iconic peers who visited hi...

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The Meet Market Fall Edition

What: The Meet Market is a two day ‘nomadic marketplace’ that celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of Athens' many local entrepreneurs. Its fresh and alternative style entices interesting characters to enjoy their well-made products & concepts, with artful promotion, in a fun, lively, musical setting, open to all. Every season it attracts mo...

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Neon’s Curated Dream On Tours

Join Dimitris Paleocrassas, curator of Dream On for a tour of NEON’s exhibition at the former Public Tobacco Factory as he shares an in-depth understanding of the themes and ideas addressed in the exhibition with visitors. What: Dream On brings together 18 large-scale installations from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection by Greek ...

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The Shapes of Stories at the Blender

The Blender Gallery celebrates its tenth anniversary in style with a group show exhibition, Shapes Of Stories. 15 contemporary ceramic artists who use ceramics in radical ways to reshape the medium, allow us to witness the sheer versatility of their craft. Drawing inspiration from ancient traditions while pushing the boundaries of what ceramics wor...

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Elefsina 2023: The most important cultural pilgrimage site in Europe reclaims its place in history

Start planning for Elefsina. With its empty factories and oil refineries, a line of tankers pointing the way around Salamina, its easy to forget that this seaside city was the most hallowed site of Ancient Athens. The city that represents nothing less than the eternal cycle of life and death is now the European Capital of Culture 2023. If...

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High Priestess of Pleats

Her sculptural forms feel like moving pieces of fine art. She painstakingly twists and contorts silk into new forms and shapes that make for stunning showmanship and thought-provoking personal self-expression. Daphne Valente’s sculpted works of wearable art are as timeless in their sophistication as the designer herself. Visit the prieste...

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Achromia, by India Mahdawi at Carwan Gallery

What: Iranian-born, Paris-based architect and designer India Mahdavi calls herself “a polyglot and a polychrome”, implying that she uses many different design languages and loves bringing colours together in brave new combinations. At her current exhibition at Carwan, she sticks to classical white.  Notable for referencing disparate cultures and di...

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