Arts
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Bondi Pavilion restoration complete and ready for the public
The Bondi Pavilion at Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach of will reopen to the public on September 22 following a major heritage restoration so it can continue to cater to the …
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Achilles and Patroclus: love in war
David Morton, the director of Holding Achilles, wants to reclaim the queer aspects of Achilles’ and Patroclus’ relationship in Homer’s Iliad. It is doubtful that their relationship would have been …
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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 …