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Herodeion 2026: This Year’s Artistic Programme Announced – Farewell Celebrations

The artistic programme of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus has been announced. When Emperor Hadrian ascended to the throne in 117 AD, a young, stammering student of rhetoric appeared at his camp on the Danube to greet him. That seventeen-year-old boy would go on to become not only one of the greatest orators and wealthiest men of his time, but also a generous benefactor of artistic and public works. His first precious gift to the city of Athens was the

JUNE JULY – The new performance by choreographer Eleonora Siarava at PLYFA

JUNE JULY is a cosmology of the Now, of our microcosm and the macrocosm, drawing references from sci-fi and retrofuturism. A performance about nostalgia, anticipation and time, unfolding through the creation of choreographic haikus, condensed, fleeting, fragmentary impressions. It takes its initial inspiration from the groundbreaking graphic novel/comic Here (2014) by Richard McGuire. In that, the same location, a corner of a room, is depicted across multiple moments in time, from thousands of years of past into the future. The

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“Gazi, 1982–1984” at CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery: Nikos Markou’s photographs capture Gazi in a moment of profound transition

The CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery presents Nikos Markou’s exhibition titled “Gazi, 1982–1984.” The exhibition features 13 black-and-white photographs – rare vintage silver gelatin prints, printed analogically by the artist himself in the darkroom in 1985-alongside 12 color photographs from the same period. The photographs depict Gazi at a time of deep transition: just before the closure of the gasworks in 1984. Founded in 1857, the factory is not merely a significant industrial complex, but also a historic site, which the

Athens Jazz marks 25 years and celebrates with a special Greek Day dedicated to its journey

Athens Jazz celebrates 25 years on the city’s music scene with a major anniversary edition. From May 25 to 31, 2026, Technopolis City of Athens will be filled with music, rhythm and the energy that has defined the pulse of the city for the past 25 years, as always with free admission. For one week, artists and bands from Greece and abroad will take the stage at Technopolis, showcasing the freshest expressions of contemporary jazz, while a series of parallel
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