Culture

Yannis Ritsos – The poet of Romiossyni

Kostas11/11/202511/11/2025

11/11/202511/11/2025

Yannis Ritsos is one of Greece’s leading poets, the poet of Romiosini, as he has been described. His work consists of one hundred poetry collections and compositions, nine novels, four plays, and studies. Foreign editions of his work, which have been translated into forty different...

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The Greek-American costume designer with an Oscar Nomination

Kostas30/10/202531/05/2024

30/10/202531/05/2024

[:el] Mary Zophres is one of the most talented costume designers in Hollywood. She has worked with the most important directors of Hollywood like Steven Spielberg and Coen Brothers among others. In the movie “True Grit” she earned a nomination of the best Costume Designer. The...

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Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

Kostas02/10/202502/10/2025

02/10/202502/10/2025

Rania Bellou was born in 1982 in Thessaloniki. In 2005 she graduated from the School of Fine Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in 2006 she completed her Master’s degree in Scenography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London....

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«The photographer who captures feelings in human regard»

Kostas23/09/202531/05/2024

23/09/202531/05/2024

Chryssa Panousiadou is a qualified photographer with a master’s degree in documentary production from the University of Arts in London. Today she continues her studies in Philosophy and Arts at the Open University in Britain. Born in Greece, she began his career in 1999. Since...

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A Greek Moulin Rouge dancer holds a Guinness World Record

Kostas18/09/202531/05/2024

18/09/202531/05/2024

His performance as a true Moulin Rouge character named Valentin le Désossé earned him a place at the famous cabaret. Adonis Kosmadakis was born on Crete and took his first lesson at Kleri’s Gouvanaki school when he was 18- a relatively old age for a...

Famous Greeks

Lucas Samaras – The Greek “father” of selfies

Kostas16/09/202516/09/2025

16/09/202516/09/2025

Lucas Samaras has been hailed as the master of self-depiction in the post-war American landscape. As a painter, photographer and filmmaker, his work has anticipated the era of the so-called selfie. By being about 50 years ahead of the selfies trend and the Instagram, he...

Famous Greeks

From doctor in Australia, to Hollywood famous director

Kostas15/09/202515/09/2025

15/09/202515/09/2025

Some say that life writes the best scenarios. This is probably the case for the Greeκ-origin famous director George Miller (Giorgos Milliotis). While he began his career as a doctor in Australia, he found himself becoming a Hollywood producer, screenwriter and director. He is mostly...

Myths

The most distinguished sculptor of modern Greece

Kostas15/09/202515/09/2025

15/09/202515/09/2025

Yannoulis Chalepas was the most notable sculptor of modern Greece and his work has been influencing young sculptors in Greece and abroad. Chalepas’s work is divided in three periods. The first period, 1870-1878, covers the years of his youth and later mental illness. The second...

Famous Greeks

George Pelecanos – From the streets of Washington to the top of crime fiction

Kostas27/08/202526/08/2025

27/08/202526/08/2025

He may have decided to start writing books at the age of 31, but once he began, mediocrity was never an option. Today, George Pelecanos is regarded as one of the most important crime fiction authors in the world. From Greek roots to Washington’s neighborhoods...

Good News

Two new museums transforming Athens

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

The first weeks of 2023 brought announcements and the reveal of plans for two new Museums that “promise” to upgrade the overall appearance and cultural life of Athens and promote the Ancient Greek culture. These are the new “Archaeological Museum of Athens” in the Akadimia...

Yannis Ritsos – The poet of Romiossyni

The Greek-American costume designer with an Oscar Nomination

Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

«The photographer who captures feelings in human regard»

A Greek Moulin Rouge dancer holds a Guinness World Record

Lucas Samaras – The Greek “father” of selfies

From doctor in Australia, to Hollywood famous director

The most distinguished sculptor of modern Greece

George Pelecanos – From the streets of Washington to the top of crime fiction

Two new museums transforming Athens

“Odyssey” – New images of the upcoming Epic movie from Christopher Nolan

The People’s Poet

Alki Zei – Τhe writer who shaped generations

A pioneer of the New Athenian School in poetry and prose

Ambassador of Greek surrealism in poetry

The sacred location that inspires awe

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