The Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece and the 5th Art-Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair (November 25-28, 2021), for the second time honoured young artists, up to 33 years old, selected by a professional jury with the MATAROA Awards. Aiming to promote and showcase young artists as part of the country’s cultural frontline, the two co-organizers host a contest, set up a thematic exhibition and bestow a series of
Lina Tonia: Art & Music
The 5th Art-Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair hosts this year the award-winning composer Lina Tonia. Lina Tonia will present for at the opening her new composition. The work Ana(s)tassis for piano, was written by order of the art institute Ikia Garipis, Mykonos, for Art Thessaloniki 2021, where it will be presented in the first world performance by Phoebus Filkas. Lina Tonia is a world-famous Greek composer, with more than 140 compositions
Yannis Fokas – honoured artist 2021
The visual artist and peer professor at ASKT Thessaloniki, Yiannis Fokas, will be honoured at the 5th edition of Art-Thessaloniki International Contemporary art fair , 2021. Fokas is one of the most important contemporary painters in Greece. He is influential to generations of emerging young Greek artists as well as to international art. The artist’s turn or rather his decision not to curtail his emerging relation with the images of
Takis Foundation
We like to introduce Takis Foundation, a research center founded by the Greek sculptor Takis in 1986. Takis bought a 10 acre land in Gerovouno hill, located at the foot of mount Parnitha, Athens. It is a distinct geographic location, 19 meters higher than the Acropolis. Thus in the past it was named “Holy Mountain”. Prompted by the strong magnetic fields of the hill, Takis began the construction of a
Dialogue of photography and painting
The exhibition FATA MORGANA at Dettmer art projects, Cologne/Germany, presents works by the artists Monika von Eschenbach and Jana Dettmer. Both are professional artists and successful as well as architect (Eschenbach) and as lawyer (Dettmer). Fata Morgana generally means a phenomenon of reflection, which is suitable to deceive our senses with illusions. It touches the delicate line between reality and imagination. Under this onomatopoeic term, the two artists have come
RECONCILIATION OF VALUES
In cooperation with Artforum Culture Foundation and Winter Stiftung , the project Reconciliation of Values (Versöhnung der Werte) has started under the artistic direction of Heinz Zolper. In a time of irreconcilable disputes and fake news, the project would like to offer a culture platform for social interaction in love and respect. The project Reconciliation of values wants to address consciously emotions and to stimulate thoughts. The project is about recognizing
World AIDS day – is every day
AIDS, Corona and other pandemics can only be defeated together – or never. More than 12 million people worldwide are still and again and again without possible medical HIV treatment. This hits people hard, particularly in poor countries, the so-called Third World. Corona exacerbates the inadequate supply. It is a sad realization that due to the corona pandemic, the number of almost 700,000 deaths from last year will increase by over
There is no way like humanity
Heinz Zolper is a German artist who has been campaigning for women and gender rights for decades, fundamentally for human rights through the means of art. The European Artforum Culture Foundation accompanies and supports the artist in his project in cooperation with Winter Foundation Hamburg and other foundations or groups. Respect and human dignity are inalienable values that the society – and therefore every single person – must defend. That’s the
CONSPIRACY THEORIES ON CORONA – A CHALLENGE
Numerous conspiracy theories also circulate in Corona times. What is behind it? Conspiracy theories are a psycho-sociological phenomenon that broadly describes the attempt to explain a state, an event or a development through a conspiracy. It is suspected, that i.e. a targeted, secret work of a mostly small group of people will detriment a few other people or or (parts of) society . They are generally understood by the public
