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When Life becomes Art

Kostas22/09/202531/05/2024

22/09/202531/05/2024

[:el] From New York to the Czech Republic, from Sao Paolo to Uganda, from Madrid to Austria and Germany. The art of Jenny Marketou has travelled all over the world and has been presented through a vast number of both solo and group exhibitions. Her...

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

The multidimensional Greek designer of modern design

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Minas was a Greek artist who loved and was inspired by Ancient Greece, creating jewelry and objects that had the pure clarity, light, majestic and rare harmony of the design. He created with passion, love and knowledge that the balance and harmony of the designs...

Famous Greeks

The sculptor whose work is being taught in Brazilian schools

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Nikos Floros, the sculptor who has won the admiration of the public, including in New York, Rome, Abu Dhabi, Russia, has received dozens of awards and distinctions, has exhibited worldwide, and his sculptures are in major museums around the world and in private collections. Fancy...

Achievements

Celebrities favourite photographer

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Dimitrios Kambouris was the Director of Photography at Getty Images, the largest photography agency in the world, with the credits of the site’s most unique photographs being credited by him. For the last 19 years, he has captured special moments of the world’s biggest celebrities...

Good News

Greeks won first place at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Competition

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Greece won first place at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Competition held in New York with the Greek high-school student from Athens, Kyriakos Hatziefthimiadis, to become world champion in Microsoft PowerPoint and the other two members of the Greek team that participated in the world...

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Greek Amphitheater “Standing” Opposite the Statue of Liberty

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

A wooden sculpture adorns the opposite bank of the Statue of Liberty in New York. This work belongs to the Greek artist Kostis Velonis and depicts an amphitheater symbolizing the form he had in Ancient Greece. The large-scale sculpture “Life Without Tragedy” was developed with...

Achievements

The Greek radical doctor who is fighting HIV in New York

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Demetre Daskalakis is a physician, an infectious disease specialist and an activist in New York and specializes in HIV and the fight against the virus using the PreP intake method. In recent years, it has managed to substantially reduce HIV outbreaks, mainly from groups of...

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The photographer who captured a whole era

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Christopher Makos is one of the best and most-known photographers in the world, having photographed New York’s art scene since 1970, the punk and rock scene of the 1980s and 1990s in America, as well as the architecture and artistic scene of European cities. ...

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The Greek who sang with Britney Spears

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Annet Artani is a Greek-American singer and songwriter known for representing Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song “Why Angels Cry”, as well as the co-writing of the worldwide success “Everytime” sang by Britney Spears. She was born on September 6, 1976,...

When Life becomes Art

Lucas Samaras – The Greek “father” of selfies

The multidimensional Greek designer of modern design

The sculptor whose work is being taught in Brazilian schools

Celebrities favourite photographer

Greeks won first place at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Competition

Greek Amphitheater “Standing” Opposite the Statue of Liberty

The Greek radical doctor who is fighting HIV in New York

The photographer who captured a whole era

The Greek who sang with Britney Spears

Dr. Ioanna (Joan) Vernikos – The first Greek female scientist at NASA

Katerina Gogou – The carefree girl of Greek cinema who was anything...

Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

Alec Issigonis – The Greek behind the legendary Mini Cooper

Metsovo – An Autumn Fairytale in the Pindus

Stefanos Ntouskos – The Greek Who Carried His Country with Oars

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