The city was once a hub for an ancient Greek ritual. Now, efforts to harness its fabled past risk merely aestheticizing its current environmental and economic hardship.
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Onassis AiR Invites Applications for Residencies and Fellowships in Athens
Participants receive a monthly artist’s fee of €1,300, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, and other resources to support their work.
Plásmata II: Ioannina – Human, strange, digital, metaphysical
Onassi Stegi’s exhibition series continues in Ioannina, Greece, with contemporary art, concerts, workshops, discussions, and tours of the city.
Greek Museum Welcomes Dogs For World Stray Animal Day
Furry friends and their pawrents can visit Athens’s National Museum of Contemporary Art for free this weekend.
Protests in Greece Following Assault of Archeologist
Some believe the attack on archaeologist Manolis Psarros is connected to ongoing pressures from the tourism industry.
Onassis AiR Invites Applications for 2023–2024 Tailor-Made Residencies in Athens
Fellows receive a research fee, housing, travel to and from Athens, a research budget, and other resources to support their work.
Controversial New Law Prompts Greek Museums to Shutter
The legislation gives institutions more autonomy but less government support for efforts like fundraising and generating revenue.
Archaeologists Find Possible Remains of Temple of Poseidon
The site matches descriptions by the Ancient Greek historian Strabo, who wrote about the shrine more than 2,000 years ago.
Guglielmo Castelli the Melancholic Painter
The Italian artist speaks with Hyperallergic about his home city of Turin, the loneliness of his characters, and more.
Vatican to Return Its Parthenon Marbles Fragments to Greece
Pope Francis called the works’ repatriation a “donation.”
In a New Documentary, Refugees Reclaim Their Narrative
Refugees of the Moria camp in Lesvos, Greece are behind the camera in the film Nothing About Us Without Us.
Sorry, But This Is Not “Repatriation”
The Met’s deal with the Greek government to “repatriate” billionaire Leonard Stern’s Cycladic art collection is not what it seems.