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Prince Tribute Kicks Off the Athens Open Air Film Festival 2016

Athens Open Air Film Festival 2016 event turns six this summer, kicking off on June 21 with the projection of the 80’s blockbuster Purple Rain (1984), a movie by Albert Magnoli. This is the first time in three decades that the...

Photo Clubs in Greece and Turkey Host Joint Exhibition in Celebration of Peace and Friendship Between Neighbors

The Mytilini Photography Association alongside Izmir Photography Group, Chios Photo Club and Bergama Photography Group are co-hosting a collective exhibition titled Neighbor's Light (Fos Geitoniko in Greek, Komşunun Işığı in Turkish). This collaboration between the four cities' photo clubs aims to bring Greece and Turkey closer together through a common...

Santorini Experience, Sporting Event to be Held October in Santorini

"Santorini Experience" will be held on October 7-9 on the volcanic island. Santorini authorities said that the event is a very good promotion of the island to foreign tourist markets. This year's program includes open sea swimming from the beaches nearby the...

Greece's Electronic Music Festivals to Attract Tourists this Summer

The days of young dance loving tourists flocking to Croatia for summer dance festivals may very well be a thing of the past. The Electronic dance scene in Greece this summer is made up of a show-stopping line up of...

Journalist Helen Kapalos Documentary on Medical Marijuana Screening

While working at Channel 7, journalist Helen Kapalos found that Australia's unregulated black market was allowing a situation where dealers where able to take advantage of sick and desperate people searching to illegally purchase marijuana for medicinal purposes. Kapalos set out...

Greece's Posidonia Maritime Exhibition Opens at Athens Metropolitan Expo

On June 6 the 25th Posidonia maritime exhibition will open at Athens Metropolitan Expo. The exhibition has been coordinated in large by Greek organizers who announced Thursday that they expect a huge turnout of over 20,000 visitors. The event will take place through...

Jean Nouvel Exhibits Triptyques at Athen's Gagosian Gallery

From May 26 through July 30 Jean Nouvel will exhibit Triptyques at the Gagosian Gallery in Athens. Appropriately titled, the three-paneled colored mirrors, each in an edition of six make up the Triptyques exhibit. With the central panel fixed to the wall, the...

Yioryios Papayioryiou Exhibit ‘Distorting the Inherent’ Translates Realities into Abstracts

Creative Sydney-based artist, Yioryios Papayioryiou is presenting his latest works at an exhibition titled "Distorting the Inherent" at the Arterial Gallery in Sydney from May 4 through May 28. While translating architectural principles into visions of fashion and art, Papayioryiou has used...

Ai Weiwei Athens Exhibit Speaks Volumes Highlighting Europe's 'Immoral' Response to Refugee Crisis

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is no stranger to political activism and drawing attention to issues he finds of importance and human interest. His new exhibition is currently at display at the Athens Museum of Cycladic Art from May 30 to October...

Acropolis Museum Celebrates International Museum Day 2016 With Free Entry to Museum and Special Events

May 18 is International Museum Day. On this day, the Acropolis Museum celebrates with free entry to events and activities from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. In honor of this year’s International Museum Day, the Acropolis Museum produced, in...