Matthias Arndt: The Art Whisperer
Few figures in the international art world wear as many hats as Matthias Arndt. An art expert, artist agent, and trusted advisor to private collect...
Read moreFew figures in the international art world wear as many hats as Matthias Arndt. An art expert, artist agent, and trusted advisor to private collect...
Read moreOkupa, the hotel, restaurant, bar, co-working space, arts space, maker...
Read moreIf you’re new to Greece you might be confused by the sight of locals e...
Read moreWhy Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives is not merely an exhibition—it is an urgent moral provocation, a rallying cry wrapped in curatorial finesse. It challenges the museum-goer to confront a pervasive blind spot in our collective conscience: the silent suffering and systemic erasure of non-human life in an age in...
Read moreOne of the upsides post-lockdown was that it compelled car-obsessed Athenians to appreciate nature in the brief window allotted for daily constitutionals. Nike Morgan is happiest when walking on the hillsides, photographing the wild flowers of Greece. Here, she charts some of her most colourful discoveries - such as the fatal pink colchic...
Read moreWhat: 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...
Read moreWhen four acclaimed chefs decide to cook together, the results can go one of two ways. Either it’s a culinary brawl, or it’s the sort of harmonious partnership that delivers dishes with emotional heft. Plyta, the new joint venture of the Akra and Cookoovaya teams—Periklis Koskinas, Giannis Loukakis, Marios Korovesis and Spyros Pediaditaki...
Read moreAthens has a chic new meeting point - and it’s impossible to pass through Syntagma without being tempted inside. George, The Lobby Bar, at the King George Hotel, is the sort of all-day destination that effortlessly draws you in, whether you’re stopping for a sharp morning espresso, sliding into a booth for a midday meeting, or settling in...
Read morePremiering at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival on November 4, Maya & Samar brings together director Anita Doron (The Breadwinner) and writer Tamara Faith Berger (Lie With Me) in a bold meditation on the transactional nature of most human interactions. The film unspools in Athens — that eternal crossroads of exile and reinv...
Read moreSelected for the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Cast Aside the Clouds tells the story of Love as Defiance. Faith as Resistance. These are the twin forces at play in Cast Aside the Clouds as Layla, a young Bahá’í woman, and Sasan, a secular Muslim doctor, fall in love under the watchful eyes of a repressive regime in modern...
Read moreEvery 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 ...
Read moreGeco, the Gatsby Hotel’s sprawling restaurant, has flung open its sleek, urban doors to reveal a dining experience that has depth and sincerity. Don’t be distracted by its exuberant floral décor. The real story here is the magic happening in the kitchen. Executive Chef Panagiotis Flakas, and consultant chef Georgianna Hiliadak...
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