Greece

Many Greek artists, including famous singers and composers, participated in a remake of a popular old Loukianos Kilaidonis song titled ''Tha Kátso Spiti'' (I'll Stay at Home) in an attempt to create a happy, carefree moment for the nation...

An exhibition entirely based on the magical landscapes of Santorini, with an emphasis on 20th century Greek painters, has opened in Athens' Benaki Museum. A selection of eighty-four paintings by notable Greek artists will transport the visitor both to the...

  As from Monday, the Municipal Art Gallery of Chania presents the exhibition "Artists of Chania interpret the Tower of Babel". A group of artists from the Cretan city will use the whole building to present their visual work on the...

Original works by contemporary Greek artists will be put on sale in the country’s museums and archaeological sites under a deal signed on Wednesday between the Visual Arts Chamber of Greece and the Archaeological Receipts Fund (ARF), which manages...

Jan Fabre spoke for the first time for everything that bothered him in regards to the Greek Festival, in an interview with Nea newspaper. "I supported the Greek artists, but some of them were a bit stupid and blind," Fabre...

Twenty Greek artists are participating in "Loving Vincent," an animation film of Vincent Van Gogh works, painted entirely with oil on canvas and a plot based on letters the great artist wrote himself. A part of the film is made...

The German newspaper Deutsche Welle published an article today, June 9, on Greek artists, focusing on how they have dealt with the economic crisis in Greece. It has been one year since the state television and radio broadcaster ERT was...

Until the 29th of July, the exhibition under the title «Images of the World-Illusions of the Universe» is taking place in Rhodes Island in Greece at the French Consulate. The opening ceremony took place last Saturday and the three artists...

All over the world, there are several digital galleries that sell original paintings of famous artists online. Not all of them are reliable, however. A buyer cannot be sure about the originality of the painting, since the digital image makes...

On Wednesday the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater Symphony Orchestra performed to raving reviews at the Athens Concert Hall. The concert was conducted by Zhang Zheng and was a treat to expats and Greeks alike who came together...

The lively neighborhood of Keramikos in downtown Athens will be the center of an artistic experiment planned by two groups, French collective Pixel 13 and Greek group “Among the Ants,” along with six selected Greek artists, running from November...

The 11th annual Athens Pride took place in downtown Athens on Saturday, June 13. This year’s event used the slogan “Take a Stand,” demanding equal rights for the LGBT community. Greek artists such as Polina, Demy, Melisses, Marietta Fafouti and...

Greek graffiti has been vibrant for 30 years, but spiked in 2008 after the shooting death of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos in the anarchist-artist neighborhood hotbed of Exarchia. Many buildings have been touched by graffiti to make some a statement...

“Today we are all Greeks.” That was the slogan of the concert thrown last night, June 9, in Kallimarmaro (Panathinaiko Stadium) by Greek singer Lavredis Macheritsas and a number of local and foreign artists, attended by some 38,000-odd people. Artists...

A group of 25 adventurous Greek scientists and artists will leave Athens on Wednesday for a 50-day trip to Cape Town in South Africa by environmental-friendly cars and public transport to awake environmental consciousness across Europe and Africa. "We bet...