Andros
Dimitris Mytaras | Andros | To September 30
The Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art on the Cycladic island of Andros is hosting a big retrospective exhibition on one of the important Greek painters of the 20th century, Dimitris Mytaras, who died last year aged 83.
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Search under way for missing ferryboat passenger
Four coast guard boats and a helicopter were looking on Thursday for a 23-year-old passenger who went missing from the Nisos Rodos ferryboat between the Aegean islands of Andros and Tinos in the early hours.
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Andros museum hosts tribute to expressionist Dimitris Mytaras
"He was always happy when he was painting and standing like a bird in front of the easel," Harikleia Mytara once told me of her husband's love for his art. Our conversation took place a few days before his death at the age of 83 in February 2017, after years of suffering from multiple ailments.
Weekend in Andros
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Cycladic islands: Weekend in Andros (PHOTOS)
Swimming, hiking, culture, and flavors: there is time for everything during a weekend in one of the most interesting Cycladic islands. Just 2 hours from the port of Rafina, Athens, Andros is a must option for a weekend this time of the year.
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Beautiful beaches of Andros (photos)
Andros is the northernmost island of Cyclades and second in area after Naxos.
It has an area of 374 square kilometers and longitudinal shape in a N-NW to S-SE direction. Its highest mountains are Petalo and Kouvara (maximum altitude of 997 m., highest peak is Profitis Ilias).
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Argilos, a multilingual colony
What kind of residential, political and commercial structures did the Greek colonies on the northwestern coast of the Aegean have 2,700 years ago? Which language prevailed when the colonists mixed with the local Thracian population and what was their relationship to the rest of the Hellenic world?
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5 Reasons to visit Folegandros in Greece
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Summer with Engonopoulos, Lappas and nudes
There's an interesting lineup of art exhibitions scheduled around Greece this summer, and then of course there's documenta, which as well as its home city Kassel in Germany is also taking place at locations in Athens until mid-July. On the islands, several tributes have already launched, focusing mainly on painting and honoring the Greek sculptor George Lappas, who died last year.
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Vicious crime on Andros, elderly man strangled and burnt
A man, aged 89 years, was found strangled on the island of Andros, the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago. The assailants had killed the man before trying to burn his body. Residents of the Gavrio village of Andros, where the crime took place, are in a state of shock as relatives and friends of the deceased are being called to testify.