MARGARITA POURNARA

Exploring the modern Greek identity in reverse

I have to admit that as I headed to the Museum of Cycladic Art for a tour of “Antiquarianism and Philhellenism,” I suspected I would most probably get bored at the sight of golden table clocks and oil paintings depicting rebellious men in frilly white foustanellas.

Captain of storied Skopelitis ferry sails to the rescue again

“Everyone expects support, help and solutions from the state. But do you know who the state is at the end of the day? Me and you!”

07.03.2021 / 13:41

On a small island, vaccines are a ‘gift from heaven’

With the customary calmness of a ship captain Vassilis Zabetoulas was scanning the horizon through the large windows on the bridge, where the contours of Halki were visible in the distance.

18.02.2021 / 20:48

When ‘the maids pelted passers-by with snowballs’

Author, journalist, researcher and former deputy mayor of Athens Eleftherios Skiadas has a brain like a hard drive packed with stories about the city.

04.02.2021 / 14:47

Syros initiative points the way in protection of stray animals

The Greek government is in the process of drafting a new framework for the care and protection of pets and strays and if its legislators are looking for some inspiration, Syros may be a good place to start.

27.01.2021 / 12:18

Greek-American diaspora writing its own history, before it’s too late

The neighborhood of Astoria was almost entirely Greek when I spent a few months there a decade ago, carrying out research at Queens College on a Fulbright scholarship.

07.01.2021 / 20:50

Felios Collection joins Google Art platform

Greece is represented on the Google Arts & Culture platform by organizations such as the National Gallery, the Benaki Museum and the Theocharakis Foundation.

11.12.2020 / 19:01

Zappeion statues come into the light

People who often walk in the garden of the Zappeion Mansion in downtown Athens know that they are always in good company, with the statues of great Greek benefactors, poets and philosophers.

02.12.2020 / 21:10

Take a tour of Santorini like no other

Close your eyes for a moment. When you open them, you’ll find yourself in the main square of Fira, on the southern Aegean island of Santorini. Then, as if by magic, you’re flying above the cable car, down to the sea and plunging into the caldera to explore the underwater crater before emerging on Nea Kameni to tour the volcanic islet.

01.12.2020 / 21:10

Kostas Prapoglou: A curator making art blossom in the city

Kostas Prapoglou’s apartment in the downtown Athens district of Kypseli really is the “time capsule” he describes. It looks out over the openness of Fokionos Negri Square and is a perfect period piece of 1960s middle-class Athenian residential architecture.