Arts
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Putting a contemporary spin on tradition
Over time as traditions are carried out, their evolution is only natural, while some are even found to no longer be relevant to younger generations in a contemporary context. One …
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PlaymoGreek is the coolest Playmobil version we have ever seen
A 19-year-old student from Greece, has created the most unique and dare-we-say the coolest Playmobil-inspired figures we have ever seen. Petros Kaminiotis, who studies Marketing and Communications at the Athens …
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Andrea Wild Botero, one of the women spearheading Mexico’s cultural renaissance, honours her Greek heritage
Andrea Wild Botero is more than a famous name in the circles of the art world with her company ‘Artemisia’ being regarded as Latin America’s Christie’s or Sotheby’s. Artemisia is …
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The incidental art of Nike Savvas
In 2001, Nike Savvas was about to unveil The Green Line Project, named after the imaginary line that divided Greek and Turkish Cypriots. An area of 82 x 47 metres …
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Love and migration stories
Lili Vrahamis was one of the thousands of brides who migrated from Greece to Australia. Having been engaged to her cousin Letho (Eleutherios) Sigalas in 1920, she got on board …
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Art celebrating the Greek landscape
Anyone who has visited the Aegean knows of its captivating coastal views and sunsets, the diverse beauty of the islands, and its crystal waters, blue in some places, turquoise, or …
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The concept of home through the eyes of a child of Greek migrants
“Photography has always been it for me,” says Anna Kiparis, who discovered her passion for the medium at the age of 15. The child of Greek migrants, she was raised …
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Vicky Kanellopoulos’ Vulva Revival
Body image is a hot topic. With the rise of social media and people’s engagement with the medium, questions are increasingly arising surrounding the use of filters and apps to …
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Art as part of a resistance movement
“I thought I knew what viral was, but I was wrong,” John Mavroudis says, laughing. “I turned away from my Twitter and Facebook notifications for a day because I was …
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Multicultural art exhibition exploring globalisation to open in Melbourne
Art plays a significant role in creating dialogue of substance. Tapping into this notion, the Greek Australian Cultural League (GACL) is set to launch its latest exhibition titled Destinations, which …