Arts
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‘Greek artists don’t play by the rules,’ says prominent art dealer Stavros Mihalarias
Stavros Mihalarias, one of Greece’s most prominent art restorer and dealer (who also creates semi-abstract sculptures of coloured steel), started off his career as an icon restorer in 1960, working …
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The Griffin Warrior unlocks the secrets of the Mycenaean civilisation
According to Archeology magazine, published by the Archaeological Institute of America, the discovery of a man’s grave filled with more than 2,000 artefacts outside the Palace of Nestor in Pylos, on the …
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Pallaconian Youth present art and live music night tonight
The Youth Committee of the Pallaconian Brotherhood ‘Leonidas’ in Brunswick are hosting a live music and art exhibition on 14 September. Four young artists will display their diverse paintings, touching …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 12 September onward
NATIONAL NAXATRAS LIVE Psychedelic Space Rock Revolutionaries NAXATRAS from Greece make their debut in Australia this month, hitting SYDNEY: LazyBones Lounge Restaurant & Bar on Thursday 12 September, The Vanguard …
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Immigration Museum proposed name change seems to be off the table
Neos Kosmos on the 3rd of August reported on a proposed name change for the Immigration Museum. The uproar arose after a Herald Sun report, indicated the Immigration Museum was …
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10 interesting Greeks in Australia’s global creative industry
1 Peter Polites Peter Polites, the writer from Western Sydney, is hot property in Australia’s literary landscape. Polites’ writing has been described by author, Maxine Beneba Clarke as “unpretentious, spare, …
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George Devine Treloar, hero of refugees from Pontus, honoured with Sturt Street statue
More than 200 people gathered at Ballarat on Sunday for the unveiling of a monument in honour of courageous soldier George Devine Treloar, a little known Victorian saviour of refugees …
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Exhibition on rare Trebizond Alexander Romance Codex opens in Thessaloniki
A unique medieval illuminated manuscript on the life and works of Alexander the Great – Codex 5 of the Venice Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and post-Byzantine Studies – has been …
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New doco highlights Lesvos’ response to migration crisis: a lesson for the world in philoxenia
The Greeks have given the world many things, from democracy and philosophy to the arts, and even delicious kitchen staples like olive oil and feta cheese. But director Anne Tsoulis …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 5 September onward
NATIONAL THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET: ‘SYLVIA’ The Australian Ballet is presenting the Australian premiere of Stanton Welch’s new production, ‘Sylvia’. On show now until Tuesday 10 September at Arts Centre Melbourne …