“Bitter Sweet” through Chen Hongzu’s eyes and brushes

I became a fan of Chen Hongzu about a year ago, when I discovered her first exhibition abroad, in James Freeman Gallery, London, where she returned tonight to present her latest paintings.   (read in greek HERE – για ελληνικά ΕΔΩ) The young Chinese artist has managed to create her own trademark style in characters that I can now instantly recognise. Last year, I…

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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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Ivan Patúc and Karin Patúcová-Lunterová showing in Athens

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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