ACG Deree History of Art Society

Σας περιμένουμε αύριο 19.00!

Coup De Coeur: 16 καλλιτέχνες συμμετέχουν σε μία νέα εικαστική εμπειρία Από τις 14 έως τις 17 Φεβρουαρίου στο Νέο Ηράκλειο

Reminder: Don’t miss tomorrow’s lecture by Dr. George Manginis, Academic Director of the Benaki Museum, at the 6th Level Auditorium at 14:10!!
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A beautifully painted yet somewhat saccharine portrait of young Queen Olga of Greece has been hanging for over seventy years at the Benaki Museum. It was donated by Mary Karolou, daughter-in-law of the Queen's private secretary and biographer Julia Karolou. Heretofore, the artist's signature on the portrait had remained undeciphered. Thanks to the portrait's inclusion in a recent exhibition, an attribution was made possible. This lecture will introduce the exciting life of the artist who painted the rosy-cheeked Queen and will weave together the lives of four women between the 1870s and the 1950s.

Art History Week is coming up next week! We will have presentations over three days (Mon, Tues, Wed activity hour) by three conservators who work with the College's art collection. They are: Dessy Griva, paper and photography conservator of the Benaki Museum; Maria Petrou, sculpture conservator; and Elina Kavalieratou, painting conservator of the National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum. Each conservator will present her particular specialty and also demonstrate conservation techniques on artworks from the ACG Collection. I urge you not to miss this opportunity to find out more about conservation and see first hand what a conservator does to preserve and repair artworks of various media.

JOIN US THIS FRIDAY! We are happy to announce that on Friday, May 28, we will be hosting an online lecture by Dr. George Manginis, Academic Director at The Benaki Museum. The lecture is titled "Bosphorus-on-Thames: Byzantine Footprints in Victorian London," and will take place via Zoom at 15:00-16:00 (GMT +3). We are looking forward to this interesting talk! If you are interested please send us a message for the link to the Zoom meeting!