Arts
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Un/constrained – Multidisciplinary artist, Jordan Gogos presents his first solo exhibition in NSW
Based in Sydney on Gadigal land, multidisciplinary Greek Australian artist Jordan Gogos’s practice encompasses functional art and compression wall textiles, as well as his eponymous fashion label, Iordanes Spyridon Gogos. …
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Greek paganism’s Faces + Masks at the Hellenic Museum
Photographer Nikos Vavdinoudis has developed Faces + Masks a photographic series featuring the costumes of eight villages in rural Northern Greece, and the obscure but fascinating rituals associated with them. …
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Chroma: Ancient sculpture reconstructed in colour at The Met
Too often when we walk through Ancient Greek sculpture exhibition in museums and see white, marble statues with sightless eyes. That’s now how our ancestors created sculpture. The new exhibit …
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Jeff Koons presents Apollo in Hydra
Controversial US pop and conceptual art pioneer Jeff Koons will present a new installation on the island of Hydra inspired by the mythical Greek god of the sun and music. …
Pyx Lax: Greece’s biggest rock band to tour Australia
Greece’s most successful rock band, Pyx Lax (Πυξ Λαξ, “punching and kicking”) will tour Australia in September. Pyx Lax, the most important Greek folk rock band of the 1990s, formed …
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Athens International Short Film Festival to screen at the Greek Centre
The Setting Sun Film Festival (SSFF) and the Greek Centre are presenting a program of short films from the Athens International Short Film Festival on August 21 in Melbourne’s Greek …
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Saristra: contemporary music and art festival returns
Saristra returns to Kefalonia this year from July 29 to 31 after a two-year hiatus, with an impressive lineup that includes BEAK> led by Geoff Barrow ex-Portishead, and top names from …
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Holiday art school students empowered by art and myth
Making my way to the Gasworks Arts Park, a feeling of excitement rushed through me. I couldn’t wait. We were creating Icarus’s wing out of chains and toothbrushes. Everyone’s pieces …
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STILL Melbourne – A pictorial ode to the city’s resilience through the toughest lockdown
A Melbourne still, but not lifeless; a city locked-down, that even in its quietest and most uncertain times, still exuded love, patience and strength. STILL Melbourne is street photographer Tony …
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Two weeks left to visit the Athens Photo Festival 2022
Athens Photo Festival 2022 is on view at the Benaki Museum for two more weeks until 24 July, presenting the works of more than 100 artists from 28 countries. The …