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Defusing Radical Alice Neel
Observe these two portraits On the right is the feature image of the Metropolitan Museum of Art current exhibition of the work of Alice Neel “People Come First” It is identified as a portrait of “Elenka”1936, about which there is no information except that she “presumably numbered among the several bohemians with […]
This entry was posted on August 24, 2021 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
One art exhibition
We only went to one art exhibition on Amorgos. The work of Zaxou Vasiliki. You see her here with the poster for her exhibition and the entrance to her small shop . Her exhibition was in the Chora. Her shop is in Langada. Xazou creates portraits from stained glass that she cuts into mosaic like […]
This entry was posted on August 11, 2021 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Creative Lving in the Cyclades
Of course everyone I spoke of in the last post was creative, archeologists at the museums and the Temple of Demeter, textile artists, potters, Kitron distillers. In this blog post I am highlighting another creative person, Sofia Gavala, partner in the stunning Amorgos beach hotel Lakki Village Family Beach Hotel This hotel is run by […]
This entry was posted on August 11, 2021 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Art, Culture, and Small Museums in the Cyclades
The tiny archeological museums on Amorgos and Naxos were filled with artifacts found on those islands. The intimacy of the spaces, the variety of different types of sculptures, the sense of discovery make visits to these museums delightful. The first museum that we visited was the Archeological Collection of Amorgos, in the […]
This entry was posted on August 10, 2021 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
A Memorial On the island of Amorgos in Greece 2021
We went to Greece to honor Henry’s sister Carolina who died on the Cycladic Island of Amorgos last October. She had a beautiful village funeral the next day. . It is a steep road up from the sea to the mountain village of Langada where Carolina […]
This entry was posted on August 5, 2021 and is filed under Uncategorized.
