From New York basement to global success
By Martin Banks They’re one of the most innovate bands around and, now, a Belgian audience will be treated to an all-too-rare appearance.
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March 2, 2026 Soaraway success for Belgium’s most novel resto
By Martin Banks Having “checked in” you move from the departure lounge when the “boarding” sign illuminates.
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February 23, 2026 Delacroix masterpiece to finally visit its inspiration
Eugene Delacroix’s iconic 1826 oil painting “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi” will travel to Greece in April for the first time since its creation, marking the 200th anniversary of the heroic Exodus of Messolonghi’s besieged defenders.
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February 22, 2026 Cambridge and Venice ….. more in common than you might think
By Martin Banks It makes for a good pub quiz question: name the English city that most resembles Venice.
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February 20, 2026 Benaki marks Exodus of Messolonghi anniversary
The city in the drawing is crouched low, almost like an extension of the lagoon. The unknown artist’s gaze sweeps over ruins that still bear witness to the ferocity of the siege. Huts on stilts and wooden posts mark the fishing zones. Most public squares and streets are dirt and mud, while the squat houses […]
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February 17, 2026 Byzantine scholar Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler dies
Greek historian Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, an emblematic figure of Greek and European intellectual life, has died at 99, leaving behind a vast scholarly legacy that reshaped the study of Byzantium and its place in European history.
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January 19, 2026 On a high note: Inside the Greek National Opera’s new era
Something remarkable has been happening to opera in Greece. Since 2017, when the Greek National Opera left its historic Olympia Theatre in downtown Athens and moved to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on the city’s waterfront, the company’s relationship with its audience has been transformed. Sold-out performances have become the norm; the quality and […]
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January 5, 2026 The big bang of the contemporary art scene
Anyone predicting in early 2000 that Athens would evolve into an important point on the international contemporary art map would almost certainly have received a skeptical look. Greece didn’t have a fully operational Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) at the turn of the century, nor a biennale, nor even a consistent presence of artists at […]
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December 26, 2025 Alexander the Great’s palace at Pella officially opens to visitors
The archaeological site of the Palace of Pella, the birthplace and childhood home of Alexander the Great, has officially opened to the public, marking a major milestone in the long-term effort to make one of ancient Macedonia’s most important monuments accessible and understandable to visitors. The palace complex, covering roughly 70 acres, occupies a prominent […]
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December 23, 2025 The Alchemist of Metal: Spyros Lemonias and the New Era of Greek Metal Art
By Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis In the Peloponnese, where sparks carve fleeting arcs of light inside the silence of a workshop, one creator is redefining what contemporary sculpture can be. Spyros Lemonias, Mechanical Engineer and founder of Crazy Metal Sculptures, takes a material known for its hardness and rigidity and reshapes it into art infused with […]
