Arts
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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 …
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Online lecture looks at Ionian Island links to Australia
The author of Britain’s Greek Islands, Peter Prineas OAM, will present an online talk on the prominence of Ionian islanders among Australia’s early Greek settlers at 7.30pm, this evening (Monday, …
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Giannis Kapsalis live in Melbourne
The sound of Epirotic and other traditional folk songs will fill Nafpaktos House as Melbourne’s Greeks enjoy two concerts by singer Giannis Kapsalis. The performances on October 29 and 31 …
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Andrew Christofides: Creating art from ‘archaeology’
Andrew Christofides was hailed as a vanguard rebel in abstractionist art by the 1990s. His geometric art is a bold rejection of high art. His work in Studio Archeology is …
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Eleftheria Deko wins prestigious award for lighting the Acropolis
The architectural lighting of the Acropolis in Athens has won the prestigious LIT Design Award 2021 for the work completed in 2020. Previously an Emmy Award winner, lighting designer Eleftheria …
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Sadler’s Wells a highlight of this year’s Kalamata Dance Festival
The 28th Kalamata Dance Festival, that will take place from 15 to 24 July this year in the Peloponnese, Greece, is set to present Neighbours, its first international co-production, in …
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Artists Stathopoulos and Zavros earn place on Archibald Prize shortlist
Nick Stathopoulos and Michael Zavros have each been on the Archibald Prize shortlist several times in recent years. They were chosen again this year out of 816 entries. Counting this …