The Spring Fresco found at the Late Bronze Age site of Akrotiri in Santorini is considered to be the first painting of a nature scene in European art history
Painted by a Greek master around 515 BC, the Euphronios Krater became a prized acquisition of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art before its return to Italy in 2008. Its destination reflected a crucial distinction: the vessel was Greek...
The artistic traditions of the centuries-old monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece—from medieval frescoes to icons painted today—will be explored at a conference in England this October. Organized by the Friends of Mount Athos, the gathering will take...
Homer’s The Iliad, which recounts the fabled story of the Trojan War, is perhaps the most famous of ancient Greek literary works. Its subject matter is rousing and electrifying yet also profoundly human. It is a tale of war...
Yannoulis Chalepas is Greece's synonym for sculpture masterpieces. This true genius came from Tinos, a Greek island rich in marble, and became the foremost figure in modern Greek sculpture. His incredible artistic gift, which made him famous across the...
Many ancient Greek statues depict male figures with what we might today consider to be small penises. This is quite intentional and reflects the different cultural values of the period.
A woman's explanation of why ancient Greek statues have small...
A magnificent marble bust of Helios, the ancient Greek sun god, that was unearthed at the ancient Agora of Athens in 1970 is one of the most spectacular exhibits of the Ancient Agora Museum.
Helios was said to drive his...
A remarkable early work by Domenikos Theotokopoulos was venerated for generations in Greece before its hidden signature revealed the identity of its creator. Inside a church in the heart of Ermoupolis on the Greek island of Syros, a remarkable...
Two paintings by French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir are missing after a heist at a museum dedicated to the artist in southeastern France, local officials said.
The theft took place at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice on the French...
On the Greek island of Rhodes, one of the most iconic and authentic forms of traditional craftsmanship in the Dodecanese—the art of pebble mosaic—is gaining fresh momentum and stepping firmly into the modern era.
Through an impactful collaboration between the...
The British Museum will lend two fragments of the Parthenon sculptures to an exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, while Greece has rejected a request to lend nine Parthenon fragments from the Acropolis Museum for the same exhibition.
British Museum to Lend...
Women writers in Renaissance Italy faced strict limits on what they could study, publish, and discuss in public. Yet poets Gaspara Stampa and Isabella Andreini found ways to challenge those rules. A study led by Nicla Riverso shows how...
The Hellenistic period significantly departed from the Classical ideals of beauty and perfection that had previously dominated Greek art. Instead of focusing on the idealized forms of gods, athletes, and heroes, Hellenistic artists found inspiration in the most marginal...
The Derveni Krater exhibited at the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki is one of the most elaborate metal vessels from ancient Greece yet discovered.
Found in 1962 in an undisturbed Macedonian tomb of the late 4th century B.C. at Derveni not...
Last exhibited in 1932, Carl Bloch’s monumental painting “Prometheus Unbound” was recently discovered in Greece.
The painting was found at the former royal palace of Tatoi in 2022 and after undergoing extensive conservation was transferred to the permanent collection of the...
