Jannis Kounellis

The Embassy of Italy in Turkey has brought to Ankara an important exhibition of Italian contemporary art that represents a rich kaleidoscope of artistic trends and techniques of established masters and emerging young artists.

Greek politicians on Friday paid their respects following the deaths on Thursday of two of Greece's most important 20th century painters: Dimitris Mytaras, aged 83, and Jannis Kounellis, aged 80.

Writing on Twitter on Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described Mytaras as "an important and great representative of the Greek visual arts."

After the loss of the painter Dimitris Mitaras, the renowned man of Art, Giannis Kounellis died in Rome at the age of 81, leaving a huge legacy behind him for the next generations.