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“Roadside Shrines and Offerings”: Eugenia Grigoraki’s Photography Exhibition at Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center

The Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center presents Eugenia Grigoraki’s photography exhibition, focusing on the small roadside shrines scattered along the country’s roads, a distinctly Greek visual element. Having studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts and Vakalo Art & Design College, and with many years of professional experience in graphic design, Grigoraki has cultivated a gaze particularly sensitive to form, composition, and the aesthetic presence of an image. Her relationship with photography began in the early 1970s, when she

Stavros Gasparatos presents “Expanded Piano II” at the Athens Conservatoire

The Athens Conservatoire welcomes Stavros Gasparatos to the Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheatre, presenting the work Expanded Piano II. This artistic project, conceived by the internationally acclaimed composer, draws inspiration from, reinterprets, and ultimately subverts the mechanical theory of the Prepared Piano. Ten years after the premiere of Expanded Piano I at EMPAC in New York, Gasparatos continues his exploration of the instrument’s ever-evolving nature, aiming to expand its expressive and functional possibilities. Within this experimental process of sound and compositional tools,

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“Untitled (Don Quixote)”: Artist Panos Sklavenitis Reimagines Cervantes’ Hero in Nafplio

The work Untitled (Don Quixote) by artist Panos Sklavenitis is presented at Poeme Art Space in Nafplio, as part of the exhibition programme PAZARI. In 2022, one hundred years since the population exchange were commemorated, prompting a reflection aimed at highlighting the cultural and other elements that have shaped artistic creation in Greece and internationally. Within this context, artist Dimitris Papachristos invites creators whose work engages in dialogue with history, with the aim of bringing forward alternative narratives and perspectives.

“The Baroque Paradox”: A Hybrid Musical Experience at the Historic Angeliki Hatzimichali House in Plaka

A multidisciplinary artistic intervention titled “The Baroque Paradox” takes over the historic Angeliki Hatzimichali House in Plaka, as part of the Holy Week Easter programme. Mapping a paradoxical baroque universe, a group of distinguished vocalists and musicians revive the strange musical phantasmagoria of both the Old and the New World. This original concert, curated by mezzo-soprano Anastasia Kotsali and musicians Alexis Mastichiades and Dimitris Tigas, will be presented on Holy Monday, April 6, in three performances on the same day
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