An Italian researcher believes he has identified the location of Plato’s burial place in Athens by analyzing papyri from Herculaneum.
An Italian researcher believes he has identified the location of Plato’s burial place in Athens by analyzing papyri from Herculaneum.
Toward the end of “Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring,” Brad Gooch’s exhaustive new biography, he quotes from a journal entry Haring made after visiting the Museum of Modern Art in 1988 expressing his “sense of injustice” that contemporaries of his “were represented upstairs in the galleries, while he was confined to the lobby gift shop: ‘They have not even shown one of my pieces yet. In their eyes I don’t exist.’”
Xiromero/Dryland, the Greek pavilion at the Venice Biennale, has been inaugurated ahead of the official opening of the 60th international art exhibition on Saturday.
An employee of the archaeological service on the Dodecanese island of Nisyros has been suspended from duty on foot of allegations that he was involved in child sexual abuse.
Stage director Katerina Evangelatou is midway through her second term as artistic director of the Athens-Epidaurus Festival, the country’s biggest cultural event.
For nearly a century, the marble figures that were produced in the Early Bronze Age (ca 3300-2300 BCE) on the Greek islands of the Cyclades have fascinated archaeologists, art historians and collectors; they also had a strong impact on Early Modernism.
When Tina Kyriaki saw Marina Satti’s video for Greece’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, it made her mad. Very mad, in fact. “My first thought was that we were gouging out our own eyes,” the founder of Alternative Athens tells Kathimerini, quoting a Greek proverb.
An ancient artifact, missing since the German occupation, has been returned to Greece by Hanover’s municipality and the August Kestner Museum, the Greek Culture Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The organizers of the 2024 Athens Epidaurus Festival, which opens on June 1, presented on Tuesday the program for 2024, which includes 93 productions over 85 days and the participation of 2,500 performers and creators from around the world.
A 53-year-old man has appeared before a prosecutor in the northern city of Kavala on suspicion of conducting an illegal excavation at the archaeological site of Philippi.
Greeks throughout the country celebrated the Clean Monday holiday in the time-honoured fashion on Monday, with outdoor activities such as kite-flying and picnics, the traditional lenten delicacies, music and dancing.While many quit the cities to enjoy the long weekend in the countryside, municipalities in Attica were also throwing parties for those left behind, offering free […]
“Alexander the Great: The Making of a God” is the title of a new docudrama on the Netflix platform, which raised a storm of reactions, with the Greek minister of culture, Lina Mendoni, labeling it “of poor content and low quality.”
Georgia Nakou, a features editor at MacroPolis, a specialist website focused on political and economic analysis of Greek affairs, joins Thanos Davelis to break down Greece’s record year for tourism last year, the causes for concern amid questions of sustainability, and the government’s response.
Following the release of Netflix’s new production about Alexander the Great, posts on social media said the entertainment company fabricated a same-sex storyline for the ancient Greek ruler. But the posts are missing the context that sexual fluidity was the norm in Ancient Greece, according to historians, who say it is likely Alexander had relationships with men.
A new project by the Archipelago Network aims to explore the age-old maritime traditions of the Cyclades, and conserve them for future generations.