Slovak artists Ivan Patúc and Karin Patúcová-Lunterová will be showing in Chili Art Gallery in Athens until this weekend. Karin creates through painting and sculpture through classic materials, like clay, which she chose as her main material for her series for Chili Art Gallery. Ivan Patúc investigates through his work the contradictions between past and present. He goes back to the roots…
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2010, it was Alice in the Wonderland. 2011, the Red Riding Hood is trending so much right now. Catherine Hardwicke shone a little Twilight on the classic children’s tale but that’s not over for Red Riding Hood. There’s a live bar in Athens where RR Hood (sounds more cool abbreviated, doesn’t it?) takes a quirky turn and proves to be a bad girl it’s been two seasons now. Not as dark…
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On the occasion of the -well-known by now- story when he returned a long lost icon he had accidentally bought by an art dealer, to its legal owners, the Church of Cyprus, music legend Boy George talked art, faith, and his beloved Cyprus on our over-the-phone interview for Sigma TV. The icon was stolen by the turkish troops who invaded the…
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What is it that makes champagne be considered as the most erotic of all drinks? Is it the rumour that the champagne coupe was modelled on Marie Antoinette’s perfectly rounded breasts or the legendary bath of Marilyn Monroe in 350 bottles of champagne? Or maybe the fact that champagne is featured in the best known classic love films? Champagne is present in…
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Some of you may be familiar with the art of mosaic through visiting archaeological sites around the Mediterranean. What you might not know about it, is that this art of 4000 years still lives on in its modern forms and approaches, providing exquisite pieces of art you can actually take home with you. Ioulia Athanasaki is one of the few artists…
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