Jenny Saville, Painter

Back in 2010, I wrote on painting the human body. One of the artists whose works I included in the post

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Aurora – Dawn – Χαραμα

The landscape is barren. There are a few burned trees. But the symphony of colors enveloping the tortured landscape is beautiful, almost

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Roula, Despoinarion, Manolis

This is a thank you note to the three champions of commenting on this blog. They are: Roula with 100

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Panathinaikos on the Obama – Erdogan agenda

Στη συναντηση Ομπαμα – Ερντογαν στο Λευκο Οικο, συζητηθηκε και η αγορα των μετοχων του Παναθηναικου. Ιδου η στιχομυθια: Ομπαμα:

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Salaam Aleikum (*) Panathinaikos!

(*) Salaam aleikum means ‘peace be upon you’. (*) Σαλαμ αλεκουμ σημαινει “πορευου εν ειρηνη”. Και ιδου, εντω μεσω της

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Greece as Manon Lescaut in the Louisiana swamps: "sola, perduta, abbandonata"

In the early hours of Friday, 2nd September 2011, the attempt to rescue Greece from bancrupty suffered yet another setback.

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Ristorante "Il Colombaio", Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy

One hot evening in August 2011 I found myself in the garden of the restaurant “Il Colombaio” in the outskirts

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Real Greece – Part IV: Aegean Sculpture – A Church in the village of Marpissa, Paros, Greece

I was for a few days on the island of Paros, Greece, where one night I saw under the weak

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Objects that tell a story: (1) Carved Rosewood Sofa

Today I start a new series of posts, on objects that tell a story. The first object is a carved

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Alain Resnais' and Marguerite Duras' "Hiroshima Mon Amour"

‘I remember Hiroshima’ ‘You remember nothing’ “You saw nothing in Hiroshima. Nothing.” ” I saw everything. Everything.” It has been

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