Arts
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Liadro: A colourful Greek Mythology Exhibition
Experience the colourful characters and intriguing tales of Ancient Greece with the Greek Mythology Exhibition at Lladró Sydney. Lladró has always had a fascination for exploring the religion and myths …
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Discovering the unknown Greeks in Hollywood
Working from his beautiful neoclassical villa in the historic Kerameikos, Athens is Fondas Ladis. Surrounded by towers of leafy archives, testament to his lifelong obsession for magnifying the passions and …
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The Parthenon to be reimagined at the NGV in a blaze of colour
There will be a reimagining of the Parthenon” as part of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Architecture Commission for 2022. Australian architects have been invited to create a site-specific …
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Anna Giannis captures highlights from Milan Design Week 2022
In 2022, we celebrated Salone Del Mobile as it marked its 60th birthday and celebrated the inaugural appointment of Ms Maria Porro, as the first ever female president. I had …
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John Craxton – Artist, Philhellene and the exhibition of his work at Athens’ Benaki Museum – A review
One of the benefits of re-visiting famous museums or art galleries is the opportunity of catching a significant temporary exhibition. So what a wonderful surprise it was for me to …
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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 …