The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) is organizing for the first time outside NYC an exhibition of almost 50 artworks crafted by awarded African-American writer and artist Romare Bearden (1911-1988). The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, will run Bearden’s, A Black Odyssey, until August 11. Homer’s epic The Odyssey, [...]
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Byzantine Art Travels to the US
Two film productions, one from the National Gallery of Art in Washington and one from the Greek Ministry of Culture, will be made at archaeological sites and monuments in Greece in the coming months. The purpose is the production of a film entitled, Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections, which will be [...]
San Jose Museum of Art Features Contemporary Works that Feature Scenes from Classical Greek Mythology
The San Jose Museum of Art highlights contemporary works that feature scenes from classical Greek mythology this spring. Swans, Swine, and Sirens, on view April 18 – December 1, 2013, comprises 20 works on paper from SJMA’s permanent collection. The exhibition includes works by Jeanne Aurel-Schneider, Romare Bearden, Red Grooms, Erle Loran, Roberto Matta, Reuben [...]
Mavromichalis’ N.Y. Photo Exhibit On Sandy
The Greek photographer Margarita Mavromichalis is showing off shots she took of the devasting Hurricane Sandy that rocked New York saying she hopes it will help raise funds to help the victims as part of a drive conducted by the city’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The photographs illustrate the size of the ecological disaster and human [...]
Kordakis Receives Photography Award
Greek photographer Yiorgos Kordakis was awarded the 1st Place-Outstanding Achievement at the 6th Photography Masters Cup Awards hosted in February 2013, in New York. A total of 8,500 photographers participated in the leading international awards honoring color photography in 2012. Kordakis did not only win the first prize of the contest, but was also presented [...]
Comic Superheroes Posed As Greek Art
Nicholas Hyde, an artist from Portland, Oregon, has created art prints that show contemporary comic book superheroes as ancient Greek art, combining the past with today’s tastes. The artist, influenced by the numerous figures of the ancient Greek amphorae, decided to make his own version and created Batman, Spiderman and Thor, the heroes of Marvel [...]
Olympia Dukakis Undefined
The trailer of the documentary Olympia Dukakis Undefined, directed by Greek-Cypriot Harris Mavromihalis was screened at the Greek Press Office in New York. This is a feature length documentary which follows the life of the famous stage Academy awarded actress for the last two years. The documentary describes in an exclusive way the life of [...]
Getty Museum Will Host Greek Art
Greek bronze artworks will be shown at the Getty Museum in California in 2015 as part of a promotion to showcase Greece through a series of events in the American museum, such as banquets and lectures by Greek Byzantinologists as part of the exhibit Heaven and Earth. The Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections was [...]
Lloyd and Farantouri Dazzle In Met Concert
A concert by famed Greek singer Maria Farantouri and jazz musician Charles Lloyd took place in a unique atmosphere at the Temple, in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York. Farantouri sung Happy Birthday for Lloyd’s 75th. The tenor saxophone titan spoke on stage with admiration about Greece, the Parthenon, Herodion and the country’s [...]
A History of Greek-American Radicalism
Greek immigrants were found in America as early as the late 19th century, chasing the American Dream. Many of them managed to make their dreams come true by hard work and sometimes under very tough conditions. A lot of them started from scratch, became successful businessmen and made a fortune. Many pages have been written [...]
Sounds of Greece Rocked SXSW: Watch Video & Interviews
SXSW 2013 went Greek this year with the sounds of some of GREECE’s top music exponents, including MTV Best Greek Act award winner Stereo Mike, Imam Baildi and Plastic Flowers. Brothers Lysandros and Orestis Falireas and their eight-piece band called Imam Baildi performed on Friday, March 15th, at the International Day Stage of the Austin [...]
Kounellis’ Work Shone At N.Y. Fair
One of the hits of the Midtown Manhattan Art Show at Park Avenue Armory that closed on March 20 was Greek artist Jannis Kounellis’ exhibit, a concrete wall partially encrusted with old sewing machines at the front of the booth of his gallery. According to WNYC reports, Antonio Nogara,who owns a jewelry company based in [...]
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