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Byzantium and Africa: Ground-Breaking Exhibition Opens at the MET
A new exhibition on Byzantium's influence in Africa opens at the Metropolitan Museum of New York on Sunday, November 19.
On view through March 3, 2024, Africa & Byzantium will shed light on an underrepresented area of art history and...
Culture
National Hellenic Museum Hosts ‘Hellenic Heads’ Exhibition
Chicago's National Hellenic Museum (NHM) will host the "Hellenic Heads" exhibition by artist George Petrides, featuring six larger-than-life busts inspired by key periods in Greek history spanning 2,500 years, from ancient times to the present.
The exhibition will launch on...
Art
The Beauty of Greek Doors in Washington Photo Exhibition
The Greek embassy in Washington D.C. is currently hosting the photo exhibition of Dody Tsiantar, "Glimpses of Greece: Door Portraits". The exhibition, which will be on display until June 15, features stunning photographs taken by Tsiantar on her iPhone...
Diaspora
National Hellenic Museum Adds Two Exhibitions to Its Grand Reopening
The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) in Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood announced it has added two more exhibitions to mark its grand reopening this September.
These exhibitions join the previously announced world premiere photography exhibition Resilience by Prince Nikolaos.
In Gather Together: Chicago...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece in a Blaze of Dazzling Color in New Met Exhibition
Ancient Greece and its astonishing artifacts are presented in their true color in a new exhibition that opened earlier in July at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
"Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color" reveals the colorful backstory of...
Art
National Hellenic Museum Reopens with Exhibition by Prince Nikolaos
The National Hellenic Museum in Chicago, Illinois will reopen this fall on September 26th with a special photography exhibition titled "Resilience" by Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark.
The museum, the second oldest institution in America centered on Greek and...
Art
National Hellenic Museum Releases “Snapshots of a Life” Exhibition
The National Hellenic Museum released its digital exhibition, titled "Snapshots of a Life: The George Phillos Photograph Collection," in order to document the Greek immigrant experience in America.
The photos, which were taken mainly between 1910 to 1930, provide a...
USA
Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce Forges Relationships at Top US Military Exhibition
The ceremony inaugurating the Greek kiosk at the AUSA2019 International Defense and Security Exhibition held every year at the Walter Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC took place this week with much fanfare.
The AUSA, or Association for the United States...
Business
American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce Participates in Top US Military Exhibition
The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce is organizing the Hellenic Pavilion at the Association of the US Army's Annual Meeting & Exhibition for the sixth consecutive year.
The AUSA's 2019 show will take place from October 14-16 at the Walter Washington...
History
Exhibition on the History of Romaniote Jews Opens at Greek Consulate in NYC
A photography exhibition documenting the history of Greece's Romaniote Jews, or "Romaniotes," opens on Thursday, September 19 at the Consulate General of Greece in New York City.
The exhibition, titled “Romaniote Memories, a Jewish Journey from Ioannina, Greece to Manhattan,”...
Art
Art Museum of the Americas Hosts Nia Tavlarides Stratos Exhibition
Well-known artist Nia Tavlarides Stratos has had the distinction of having her exceptional artistic work exhibited at the Organization of American States' Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) in Washington since July 15.
Tavlarides Stratos is the first American artist...
Archaeology
Indianapolis Museum Hosts Ancient Greek Artifacts Exhibition (video)
Over 150 ancient Greek artifacts, many of which have never before seen abroad, are currently exhibited at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
The exhibition “Treasures of Ancient Greece: Life, Myth and Heroes”, features bronze and marble statues, gold jewelry and...
Diaspora
Greek-American Art Exhibition at Holy Cross Church Whitestone, New York
An art exhibition was held Sunday, April 21 at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Whitestone, New York. But it was no ordinary art show -- this one had a purpose of helping to introduce Greek art to a...
History
Stunning Exhibition of First-Known Photographs of Athens at Metropolitan Museum
The earliest surviving photographs of Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Jerusalem, taken in the mid-nineteenth century, will be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until May 12.
The photographs comprise a stunning exhibition of...
USA
National Hellenic Museum Marks Refugee Day with Powerful Photo Exhibition
The National Hellenic Museum in Chicago is marking World Refugee Day with a special photo exhibition -- Lives Afloat: The Greek Refugee Crisis through the Lens of Tasos Markou 2015-2017 -- which will open on Thursday.
The exhibition, that will...