We are always happy to share exhibitions and cultural happenings from our counterparts from across the pond. This week we bring a set of prints by Nicole Economides featured in the group exhibition Getting out of Zola in Athens. Read more!
Category: Artalk
We Were Featured on a Podcast!
We are still running the tide of having had our platform featured on Thought Row Podcast where Rod and Inci interviewed Tiffany. Thought Row Podcast is dedicated to creatives of varying backgrounds and celebrates what people love to do creatively and how it impacts their lives and the lives of others. Rod and Inci Jones …
Ties to Antiquity: An Interview with Darryl Babatunde Smith
Click here for Tiffany Apostolou’s interview with New York-based Darryl Babatunde Smith!
Life-Giving Art: 9 Women Artists of the Diaspora
Here at peri-Tēchnes we are pleased to announce the opening of the very first virtual exhibition curated by Tiffany M. Apostolou under the auspices of Hellenic American Project, Queens College CUNY. The exhibition features works by nine women artists of the Greek diaspora and opened mid May. The artists selected offer a view of a …
Art is the Highest Form of Hope
“Art is the highest form of hope.”
— Gerhard Richter
So many of us have been working from home for weeks now. Galleries, museums, cafes, and even some parks now have closed. Being an avid believer of seeing art in person, the quarantine we are experiencing collectively has rendered me restless, longing for that exciting inner turmoil evoked when in art’s presence.
The Wind-Up Doll – Aphrodite Navab and Salon Zürcher
Introduction: I am writing this while cooped up in my home, with family, as so many of us are. We are currently undergoing such a surreal experience laden with a variety of strong emotions. Having temporarily lost our freedom to see art in person, I feel even more strongly about sharing art experiences through a …
For Anyone in Athens: Opening Tomorrow
For anyone in Athens, the exhibition Pinned, Stitched and Glitzed: Challenging the Gender Stereotype will open tomorrow at Art Appel Gallery. Curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos, this exhibition is a continuation of the original with the same title shown in New York in 2015. The exhibition will show meticulous textile works by nine artists of varying …
Interview with Helene Pavlopoulou on Art, History, and Symbolism
Helene Pavlopoulou is an Athens-based artist whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional perceptions of painting. On Peri-Tecnes we love to explore work by artists who are redefining their primary medium. Pavlopoulou’s paintings create spaces where past and present commune in front of the eyes of the viewers, beckoning them to enter their fictive space. …
Aphrodite Désirée Navab: Art, Heritage, and Humanity
You can meet fascinating people at the most random and inconspicuous moments in life. It was a moment like this when I met Aphrodite Désirée Navab, an artist of Greek and Iranian descent, living and practicing in New York. Navab’s work dwells on the issues of immigration, humanity, and the elements that connect all people …
The Matter of Viewing — Georgia Kotretsos
Introduction Georgia Kotretsos is an Athens-based artist, researcher and self-proclaimed professional spectator whose work transcends mediums. She has a unique way of engaging the mind and senses through the often-overlooked intricate process of viewing. Kotretsos studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago on a Full Merit Scholarship (2004) and at the Durban …