Culture

Athens in May will host a city festival featuring exhibitions, gastronomy events, entertainment events and outdoor activities!

Regional authorities in Western Greece have launched a digital mobile museum in the town of Kalavryta to promote the destination’s history and culture.

Greece will participate in the Venice Biennale 2022 with a VR work and sound installation of artist Loukia Alavanou that focus on the link between ancient Greece and the Roma …

The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens has plans to become autism-friendly and create a positive experience for its visitors.

The Greek Culture Ministry has announced a strategic plan to restore and promote the landmark Ioannina castle in Western Greece.

Greece and Bangladesh have agreed to boost cooperation in the fields of culture and education.

The Athens Epidaurus Festival has unveiled its summer 2022 events program that will feature some 70 productions and 2,000 performers.

The ‘zeibekiko’ dance and the musical instruments ‘bouzouki’, ‘tzouras’ and ‘baglamas’ have found their place on Greece’s intangible cultural heritage list.

The Greek Culture Ministry will proceed with a number of projects on Crete to protect and upgrade the island’s cultural monuments and landmark sites.

Greece has pledged to support the efforts of the ALIPH Foundation to protect cultural heritage sites in conflict areas.

The historic “Astikon” café on the Greek island of Kythira has joined the Historic Cafés Route, an organization representing European cafés with a history of over 100 years.

The cities of Chania and Rethymno on the island of Crete, Greece, are to each get their own new archaeological museum.

Greece’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list now includes seven traditional practices that originate from Corfu, Lefkada, Nisyros, Evritania, Kozani and Kavala.

The Athens Photo Festival 2022 has extended the deadline for the submission of works by artists and photographers until March 25.

Joint actions to strengthen cooperation between Greece and the United States in the field of culture are expected to take place this year.

The Greek Culture Ministry has announced a 42-million-euro project to restore and promote archaeological sites on the Dodecanese islands.

Kasta tomb, the largest burial monument discovered at Amphipolis in Central Macedonia, will open its doors this year, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said.

The National Theater of Rhodes will undergo a 17.23 million euros restoration project and is expected to be fully operational by 2025.

The Greek Culture Ministry has inscribed Corfu’s Philharmonic Orchestras in the National Index of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Greece’s Central Archaeological Council has given the green light for the ancient temple of Aphaea on the island of Aegina to get a new lighting system.