Politician detained after attacks on ‘blasphemous’ works at Greek National Gallery – The Art Newspaper
Four works at The National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens were vandalised earlier this week, allegedly by a ...
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Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution – The Art Newspaper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a bronze griffin’s head from the seventh century BC to Greece after it ...
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Just Stop Oil protestors place high-vis jacket on ancient Greek statue at the British Museum
Environmental campaign group Just Stop Oil has taken its protests to the British Museum, dressing a statue of a Greek ...
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British Museum’s hopes of a ‘loan arrangement’ for the return of the Parthenon Marbles imperilled ahead of Greek elections
The British Museum’s hopes of securing a “long-term partnership” with the Greek government over the return of the Parthenon Marbles ...
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Russian oligarch and art collector creates Bond-style lair on Greek island
Over the past few months, around 400 local construction workers have been tirelessly developing a resort on the private Greek ...
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Greek artefacts from American billionaire’s collection will be returned pending exchange agreement
Ancient Greek artefacts reportedly from the collection of the American businessman and philanthropist Leonard N. Stern could be returned to ...
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Greek Artist Sends Pro-Freedom Message with Assange NFT Drop
Esteemed artist Miltos Manetas will tokenise 50% of his Julian Assange portraits, with the goal of raising awareness for the ...
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Slow down and consider Katherina Fritsch’s first Greek exhibition—a ‘retrospective’ with a difference
A small but perfectly formed exhibition in Athens, honouring the career of the German sculptor Katharina Fritsch (b.1956), presents a ...
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Greek entrepreneur Dimitris Daskalopoulos donates hundreds of works to four international museums
Contemporary art from the D. Daskalopoulos CollectionEMST, Athens; Tate, London; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and MCA ChicagoThe Greek ...
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