Soap of Gold

Eleni Marneri Gallery presents an one-off series of gold-embellished soap by Dimitra Natural. Made out of symbolism rather than luxury, this original idea found its roots in ancient texts of Homer’s litterature and the Old Testament. The prime material for the soap is olive oil, which Homer called “liquid gold”. In an effort to materialize this metaphor in an allegoric and…

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Belgium Christmas Markets and Miniatures Exhibitions

Flea markets are an all-year-round tradition in Belgium, but they reach their peak of fabulousness just around Christmas. Apart from the Sunday classic flea market in Place aux Marche des Herbes (Herbs Market Square) in Brussels, here are a couple of other indoors Christmas markets in Belgium, worth visiting this Christmas season. – Nivelles, Grande Place, Marché des Artisans, Salle…

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Cyprus restaurant wins “Green Key” Award

I let this article slip into the “Arts and Culture” category because, first, I consider culinary an art and, second, because environmental consciousness is a matter of culture as well. Commissioner for the Environment of Cyprus Republic, Mr Charalambos Theopemptou, presented the first “Green Key” Award to be awarded to a restaurant in Cyprus. The winner of the prize is…

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Open conversation with Norwegian ceramist Idun Storrud

Norwegian ceramist Idun Storrud, currently showing in Chili Art Gallery, Athens, will be in the gallery for an informal discussion (in greek or in english), on Saturday 3rd December 2011 from 12.30-16.30 pm. Chili Art Gallery, Demophontos 13-15, Thisseion, Athens Tel. nr (0030) 210 7292564 – (0030) 6936 755550 Web:   www.chiliart.gr Email: info@chiliart.gr

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A Fairytale Bazaar

Chili Art Gallery is organizing a fairytale bazaar ahead of Christmas and New Year. In these times of values under crisis, the Chili Art Gallery is inviting 16 artists-contemporary storytellers, all of them committed to the desire to do nothing but replicate themselves as symbols of social roles. Artemis Sideridou As a counterpart of the great sadness and the lost…

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