Paraskevi Plevri showing in BICHA Gallery, London

Artist Paraskevi Plevri is sharing her “Landscapes of Memory” with the visitors of BICHA Gallery, London, until the 10th July. In this solo exhibition of hers, Paraskevi explores perceptions of memory, time and space. Her rich, layered psychological landscapes are personal, infinite places, inhabited by all our imagined pasts and futures. “Sorry to see you go” by Paraskevi Plevri. The…

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“Imagine it as Art” by Kikos Lanitis

Kikos Lanitis’ paintings have always influenced me since the very first glance. It’s the dynamics that the image obtains by the mixture of figures, rough materials, words and phrases with warm colors, red being his favourite by far. The artist himself says his paintings awake such strong emotions that they are tough to look at. I’d say they “up-set” your mind in a way…

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“The single most beautiful object in gold on the planet” – ancient Greek Queens’ and Princesses’ fashion in Oxford

This is the phrase in which historian Robin Lane Fox describes one of the exhibits at the “Heracles to Alexander the Great: Treasures from the Royal Capital of Macedon, a Hellenic Kingdom in the age of Democracy”exhibition. Referring to one of the queens’ necklaces displayed since Thursday at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Robin Lane Fox named it “the single most beautiful object in gold on the…

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A weekend full of Art on PaulaTrendsets

I’ve been mostly focused on fashion since I started blogging on WordPress last November, but since PaulaTrendsets is a global trendspotting and trendsetting blog about fashion, art and culture, this weekend is dedicated to our Art & Culture section, introducing you to interesting art exhibitions in Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Italy and the UK. Choose from the links below to “visit” the show “Imagine it as Art”…

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Boy George talks art, faith, and… Cyprus (video)

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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