Newsletter March 2021
Spring Arrives in Athens
Let’s talk about anniversaries. There’s the unsettling kind: the fact that it’s been a whole year since our first lockdown. Then there’s those proud milestones you want to shout from the rooftops. This March marks 200 years since the Greek Revolution. As we wait for Athens to bloom again with its usual colour and vitality, freedom has never felt more sacred. But Persephone’s spring daisies dance across the city’s ancient monuments, reminding us that all things have a season – and all things come to pass. This month, we share some cool culture fixes for right now, served up with some brighter days inspiration.
Thomas Gravanis
An Art Lover’s Guide to the New Piraeus Gallery District
You may think you know Piraeus - as the place you go to jump a ferry for the islands. But a wave of new international art gallery openings is transforming this historic port city into a hip hub for discerning art lovers as well. Read More
Thomas Gravanis
8 Things to Do in Athens to Feel Like a Local
Some of the best things about Athens? Those little backstage sights and sounds that can add up to an urban experience bordering on the theatrical. Here’s how to claim some of that celebrated Athenian groove for yourself (though you might have to be patient for just a little while longer). Read More
5 Great Virtual Art Exhibitions to Visit in March
One year on, our resourceful galleries continue to find engaging ways to captivate our senses and channel the city’s bold artistic impulses through shuttered doors. We’ve found five fascinating digital exhibitions to quench your culture cravings during the month of March. Read More
What’s On in Athens in March
Antiquarianism and Philhellenism
Current restrictions have thrown rather a large bucket of water over our comings and goings. But if you do happen to find yourself in the Athens Airport Arrivals Level this month, do visit the Museum of Cycladic Art’s pop-up exhibition. It opens a poetic window onto the outbreak of the Greek Revolution of 1821.
Until 30 April
Witness Belgian techno superstar Charlotte de Witte let rip with her latest DJ set, smack bang in the middle of Ancient Messene for this electrifying on-line gig.
Until 25 May
A musical theatre romp that uses the tradition of Greek folk shadow play to tell the tale of Lord Byron’s heroic and poetic encounters with Greece.
28 March-11 April
The gates of the National Garden become an open-air gallery of patriotic portraits to spotlight the heroes and lesser known figures of the Greek Revolution and Ottoman Greece.
Until 4 April
Athens Virtual Science Festival
The annual Athens Science Festival rebounds with a new digital format, a cracking line-up and a timely hook: our new world order of scientific heroes.
27-29 March