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Athens is Focal Point of International Press in Late September
Apart from its history and its museums, Athens is expected to become the focus of international press in late September because of a series of exhibitions and conferences taking place in the city.
Various Athens sites, including the famous Benaki...
Archaeology
Greece to Lend Artifacts to Foreign Museums for Up to 50 Years
The Greek Parliament is to vote on a bill which paves the way for the lending of Greek ancient and modern artifacts to foreign museums.
Art
Exhibition of Santorini Landscapes by Noted Greek Artists Opens in Athens
An exhibition entirely based on the magical landscapes of Santorini, with an emphasis on 20th century Greek painters, has opened in Athens' Benaki Museum.
A selection of eighty-four paintings by notable Greek artists will transport the visitor both to the...
Culture
Benaki Museum Hosts Exhibit on Greek Architect Who Built Skopje in 1960's
Constantinos Doxiadis was a Greek architect who played a crucial role in the rebuilding of the city of Skopje in 1963 following a devastating earthquake which destroyed 80 percent of the city's infrastructure. At the time Skopje was part...
Art
Old Athens Comes To Life in Remarkable Exhibit at Benaki Museum
A photography exhibition opens on Wednesday in the Greek capital, with the rare black and white photos shot by the famous photographer Alexander Lamont Henderson being exhibited for the first time to an Athenian audience.
Handerson visited Athens in 1904 and...
Crime
Vandals Target Athens' Benaki Museum
An 'oil spray' attack at the Benaki Museum in Athens was reported on Monday, with signs of vandalism using a transparent, greasy substance.
This is the second time in as many months that vandals have struck, following the first incident...
Culture
Dreamer of Greek Timelessness Angelos Delivorias Dies at 81
Angelos Delivorias, one of the most prominent archaeologists of his era and former director of one of Greece’s most prestigious museums, the Benaki, passed away at the age of 81, it was announced on Tuesday.
Delivorias, born in Athens, Greece...
Culture
Writer's Greek Paradise to Become Intellectual Center
One of Greece's most beautiful homes -- once owned by a British writer described as "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene" -- is set to become a center for scholars and intellectuals.
On Wednesday, Athens' Benaki Museum and Aria Hotels revealed...
Culture
The Lure of Greece Explored at Athens' Benaki Museum
The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture presents an exhibition -- Travels in Greece (15th-19th Century) -- which will run until April 29.
It includes manuscripts, maps, prints, photographs, drawings and documents, from the Efstathions Finopoulos Collection which was donated to the museum...
Culture
Athens Museum Holds 20,000 Childhood Dreams
All of us had special toys that we treasured as we grew up but not everyone can say they were presented with a wooden horse by the leader of Greece’s independence movement.
Yet it is special artifacts like the toy...