Arts
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Generations in the spotlight at the Immigration Museum
Generations is a day of music, dance, talks, performance art and spoken word celebrating the diversity of Melbourne’s multicultural community and showcasing artists as powerful forces shaping culture and society. …
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The new Goulandris museum’s $3 billion collection in the heart of Athens
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing”. These words of Belorussian-French artist Marc Chagall – who fused modernism’s aesthetic preoccupations with aspects …
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Return to the Antikythera shipwreck as underwater archaeology resumes
The underwater archaeological survey at the Antikythera shipwreck that has been suspended since 2017 will soon resume, according to an announcement on Friday by the Ekaterini Laskaridi Institution, which is …
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Diaspora Review: a rave for the senses by Chamber Made
Diaspora, a production by Chamber Made, sets out to explore the nature of consciousness as society moves closer to the post-human digital realm. It is a concept inspired by Australian …
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Artist Elena Papanikolakis on breaking the mould, and pursuing her passion
A photograph, words in a book, a scene in a film, or a conversation with the perfect stranger all have the potential to inform, and weave themselves into the work …
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A modern art gem in Athens: Greece’s new Goulandris Museum opens its gates in Pangrati
Greek President inaugurated the new Basil and Elise Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art on Tuesday, turning a dream into reality. Mr Pavlopoulos stressed the need to safeguard the operation of …
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Actor Stathis Grapsas shares his 40-year journey in theatre, from primary schools to prisons and more
Actor and director Stathis Grapsas will share his life changing experience in the theatre, in a special seminar at the Greek Centre, on Thursday 10 October. Starting from the Melbourne …
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Photo of the Week: Lemona, the refugee girl, embraced by the locals
The Treloar Monument, in Ballarat, spearheaded by Pontiaki Estia, has been warmly received by the people of the town. They see it as symbolising the need for displaying compassion to …
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Greek Australian artists and art dealers joined the action at Art Athina 2019
Art Athina, Greece’s largest annual, international contemporary art fair, this year in its 24th edition, was inaugurated by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday the 13th at its new venue …
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10 (+1) Places to visit in Athens if you like design and architecture
1 STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION CULTURAL CENTRE The Stavro Niarchos Foundation first announced the creation of this gift to the Greek people in 2006, before construction started in 2012. The $596-million …