A statue of Eros is being displayed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, within the framework of the exhibit Changing Image of Eros, Ancient Greek God of Love, from Antiquity to Renaissance. The statue of Sleeping Eros demonstrates that love as we know it doesn’t just last forever — it’s been around forever too. [...]
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Dianne Pappas’ Recall Exhibition in Brentwood, LA
Greek American artist Dianne Pappas is now crafting installations with familiar materials, such as wood, cement and tape in an attempt to explore and understand unknown spaces and relationships. While having worked in a variety of media including printmaking and glass, photography and sculpture are her fundamental tools. Pappas will be presenting her latest sculpture [...]
Greek Gods, Myths and Mortals in Baltimore
Port Discovery Childrens’ Musuem in Baltimore will be hosting Gods, Myths And Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece until Jan. 13, 2013, presenting its visitors with a unique mythology based exhibit that transports them back to the bedrock of western civilization. Created by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, this visiting exhibition invites visitors of all ages to [...]
US Greek Embassy Celebrates EU Open House Day 2012
The Greek Embassy in Washington DC will be showcasing Greece’s cultural heritage at this year’s EU Embassies’ Open House Day by having traditional food products and flavorful samples from select Washington restaurants. “Greece Makes Senses” is offering a tasty tour of the Greek cuisine. Performing dance groups will also add to the event with music [...]
“Aphrodite and the Gods of Love” Exhibition at the Getty Villa Museum
Τhe J. Paul Getty Museum’s Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, LA, is hosting the first US-wide exhibition exploring the origins, myth, cult and Roman adaptation of the ancient Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. “Aphrodite and the Gods of Love” will run until July 9th and aims at demonstrating the complex identity of the goddess as [...]
Pratt Institute to Present Works of Renowned Architect Theoharis David
Pratt Institute will celebrate renowned architect, alumnus, and longtime Pratt Architecture Professor Theoharis David, FAIA, with two exhibitions in 2012. Pratt’s School of Architecture will present “Built Ideas: A Life of Teaching, Learning, and Action,” an exhibition of David’s models, photos, and concept drawings, from March 2 through March 30, 2012, at the Hazel and [...]
Exhibit Based on Ancient Greek Tragedy Presented at Nasher Sculpture Center
The Nasher Sculpture Center is an art haven that lies tucked behind the numerous imposing skyscrapers of Dallas, Texas. On Jan. 28, several of Elliott Hundley’s pieces will make the center their home. “The Bacchae” is a new exhibition of 11 works by Hundley that will run until April 22. The exhibit is based on [...]
Wall Street Journal Praises Greek Exhibition Αt Alexander Onassis Foundation NYC
The US Media has made several extensive reports on the new exhibition hosted at the Cultural Centre of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in Manhattan, NY. The exhibition entitled “Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd-7th century AD” was inaugurated on December 7, 2011, and will be open to the public until [...]
‘Transition to Christianity’ Exhibition at Onassis Foundation in the USA
An exhibition (December 7, 2011 – May 14, 2012) named “Transition to Christianity-Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd-7th Century AD” is jointly organized by the Onassis Foundation (USA) and the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens with the scholarly support of an advisory committee from the Program in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University. Many eminent people are [...]
1000-Years-Old Palimpsest of Archimedes Exhibited at Walters Art Museum
“Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes” is a palimpsest that mostly contains recovered writings of the great Greek mathematician, but it also includes two other recovered texts that have caught the attention of a variety of scholars. A large portion of these writings exist nowhere else, any other copies having been lost or destroyed [...]
Onassis Foundation in NY to Host New Exhibition
Various cultural activities are planned within this year’s exhibition hosted at the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in New York. The exhibition is titled “From Antiquity to Byzantium” and will open its gates to the public on the 6th of December to the 21st of May 2012. The new annual exhibition of the Foundation [...]
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