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Athens-based visual artist Tina Karageorgi's (b. 1959) solo exhibition "Future Perfect" opens at the Skoufa Gallery (4 Skoufa, skoufagallery.gr) on Thursday.

Greeks know Sunday as a day of rest shared with loved ones and have engraved it in tradition through a large reservoir of folk songs that express the grievances and joys of the everyday person. Gazarte, with the help of curator Christos Papamichalis and innovator Andreas Vayas, has selected a series of Greek folk songs that encompass the joy and laziness that is a Greek Sunday.

The government announced a stringent plan to combat fan violence on Monday, declaring its determination to suppress deviant incidents to ensure "maximum possible assurance of public order and safety," as stated by government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis.

Marking one of the most important holidays in the Greek Orthodox calendar, the Naxos Festival (naxos festival.gr) is holding its own "panigiri" at the Bazeos Tower on August 15.

The Thessaloniki Museum of Photography is presenting an exhibition dedicated to Greek photographer Yannis Behrakis (1960-2019) with material from the rich archive of the internationally renowned photojournalist.

Whatever the outcome of the Greek general elections in May, the next day will be difficult - primarily for the economy and despite the current euphoria. As the governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, said in a television interview on April 10, "the next government will face a more difficult macroeconomic environment than the previous one."

"Mr Ambassador, please accept these photographs of my father Miltiadis Manaki, which come from my private collection. My father thought of himself as a Greek, and for this reason I offer these photographs for publication in the album dedicated to him."

Tickets are selling out fast for the Greek premiere of Tony Kushner's play "A Bright Room Called Day" by the National Theater (n-t.gr), and especially for those performances featuring English surtitles on selected dates.

The work of Karl Krazeisen (1794-1878), a Bavarian captain and self-taught artist who spent time in Greece in 1826 and is responsible for capturing images of the pantheon of 1821 War of Independence heroes, is the subject of a timely exhibition at the National Gallery.

A group of people attacked MP and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis at a restaurant in the Athens neighborhood of Exarchia, breaking his nose.

The group spotted Varoufakis at the restaurant on Valtetsiou St., or was informed of his presence, and confronted him; one or more of the group eventually hit Varoufakis in the face.