Lynda Benglis – American Artist

Today’s post concludes a sequence of three consecutive posts dedicated to female American artists (poets are artists). Sculpture, enamel, sculpmetal

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Veal Tongue With Fava (Yellow Lentils) – Γλωσσα Μοσχαρισια με Φαβα

I like veal tongue, both as flavour and texture, and already have posted two recipes with it as the main

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Sweet Trio of Pleasure: Killing me softly

It is known that trios always make humans trace the thin and extremely dangerous border between heaven and hell. No!

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Chance

“The work presented at Venice is optimistic in its reflection on chance and destiny; the chance of birth against the

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Lunch of 26th December 2011 in Marathon, Attica, Greece

The day of the 26th December 2011 is special. My best man “koumbaros” Manolis celebrates his name day. In addition,

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Christmas eve of 2011: The Love of Greece

Nah ist Und schwer zu fassen der Gott. Wo aber Gefahr ist, waechst Das Retende auch. Patmos, Friedrich Hoelderlin God

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A transitional government is not the right answer to Greece's problem

There is a new government in Greece. There is a new Prime Minister in Greece. The new Prime Minister is

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Byzantium in Venice: Stelios Faitakis' Imposition Symphony (2011)

The Greek painter Stelios Faitakis has painted a mural for the Danish Pavilion in the 54th Venice Biennale. It is

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A Cretan Madonna in Venice: Mesopanditissa in Santa Maria della Salute (Saint Mary of Health)

Edited on the 20th August 2024 The ties between Byzantium and Venice are centuries’ old. One of the major components

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Lunch in Marathon: Pork chops – Lamb offal (Gardoumbes) – Aubergines

Among other things, I have recently moved out of the metropolitan area of Athens to the hills overlooking Marathon, some

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