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The "Antikythera Shipwreck” Exhibition at Beijing’s Palace Museum

theofanis.frangis — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 07:46:07 +0000

The "Antikythera Shipwreck” Exhibition at Beijing’s Palace Museum

“The Antikythera Shipwreck” exhibition of the Greek National Archaeological Museum, one of the most successful exhibitions ever organized in Greece, is displayed at the Palace Museum located within Beijing's Forbidden City, which served as the administrative, economic and cultural center of most Chinese empires in the past and it is visited in average by as many as 40.000 people per day.

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The exhibition is a cooperation between the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and The Palace Museum of Beijing, within the framework of cultural exchanges that begun during the Greece-China 2017 -Year of Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation in Creative Industries, and the exhibits consist of 342 antiquities, 6 modern models from the National Archaeological Museum, one work from the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and one work from the Benaki Museum.

The inauguration ceremony took place on September 14th, in the presence of the Secretary General of Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ms. Maria Vlazaki, the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Leonidas Rokanas, and the Director of the National Archaeological Museum, Ms. Maria Lagogianni.

The exhibition will last till December 16, 2018.

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In Beijing “The Saviors of God” by Kazantzakis and “The Birds” by Aristophanes

theofanis.frangis — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 08:31:35 +0000

In Beijing “The Saviors of God” by Kazantzakis and “The Birds” by Aristophanes

Two Greek plays on important theatrical stages of the Chinese capital

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Fri, 11/05/2018 - 19:30

Within the framework of the Year of Cultural Exchanges between Greece and China and the 18th “Meet in Beijing Arts Festival”, the State Theatre of Northern Greece presented in Beijing, on May 10 and 11, a theatrical version of the philosophical text “The Saviors of God” by Nikos Kazantzakis , directed by Andreas Koutsourelis. The audience in the “Art & Education Center for the Performing Arts” at Tsinghua University had the opportunity to appreciate from a theatrical perspective the existential issues and metaphysical queries raised in the philosophical text by the well-known in China Greek author.

Some days earlier, from the 26th of April to the 2nd of May, the Chinese directors Luo Jinlin and Luo Tong staged a performance of “The Birds” by Aristophanes in Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts, the most important theatre of the Chinese capital. The two famous directors opted for a modern approach of the ancient text and presented a youthful version of the ancient Greek comedy. The performance received excellent reviews. In fact, the ancient play is considered “a masterpiece of the ancient Greek comedy, full of criticism and sarcasm, poetry and imagination, humor and comic elements”, while the performance highlighted the uniqueness and the comic style of the text.

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Inauguration of exhibition "Greek Photographers focusing on Beijing"

theofanis.frangis — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:57:17 +0000

Inauguration of exhibition "Greek Photographers focusing on Beijing"

The inauguration of the photo exhibition "Greek Photographers focusing on Beijing" took place at the Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at 7:00 pm.

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The exhibition, which was organized within the framework of the Year of Cultural Exchanges between Greece and China by the Secretariat General for Media & Communication and the Information Office of People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, hosts 100 photos of two Greek photographers, Mr. Ioannis Marinoglou and Mr. George Doupas. The two photographers, through their works, manage to transfer us to the Chinese capital, by presenting landscapes, monuments of Chinese cultural heritage, the everyday life of the city's inhabitants and the modern face of China.

At the inauguration ceremony, Ms. Irene Daifa, Deputy Mayor of Piraeus for Cultural Affairs, Ms. Valia Kaimaki, Counselor to the Secretary General for Media & Communication, Mr. Xu Hejian, Director of Information Office of People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, and Mr. Ioannis Marinoglou, photographer, gave short speeches at the main hall of the Municipal Art Gallery which was filled with numerous art friends and a large delegation from Beijing Municipality. All the speakers, in their greetings, highlighted the good cooperation between Greece and China, particularly in the field of culture, and praised the efforts undertaken in order to bring closer the two peoples.

The exhibition will run until May 4, 2018.

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“Greek Photographers focusing on Beijing” – Photo exhibition at the Piraeus Municipal Art Gallery - April 24-May 4, 2018

garmount — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:39:54 +0000

“Greek Photographers focusing on Beijing” – Photo exhibition at the Piraeus Municipal Art Gallery - April 24-May 4, 2018

In the framework of the “Year of Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation of Creative Industries between Greece and China”, the Secretariat General for Media and Communication and the Information Office of the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality host the photo exhibition “Greek Photographers focusing on Beijing”.

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The exhibition, which lasts from April 24th to May 4th, 2018, will host photographs by the Greek photographers Ioannis Marinoglou and George Doupas, who captured with their cameras autumnal landscapes, cultural monuments, intangible cultural heritage, the daily life of Beijingers and the combination of tradition and modernity and cultural fusion.

The selected 100 photographs were displayed at first in Beijing and from April 24, the exhibition moves to the Piraeus Municipal Art Gallery (29, Filonos str.). The opening ceremony will take place that day at 7p.m.

The exhibition is under the auspices of the Municipality of Piraeus.

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The Chinese martial art of Shaolin monks in Athens

theofanis.frangis — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:57:17 +0000

The Chinese martial art of Shaolin monks in Athens

The Shaolin monks from China are visiting our country to present their martial art in four scheduled performances entitled “Shaolin: The Legend”.

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In these performances, which have been included in the program of the Greece-China Year of Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation of Creative Industries, the actors are the real Shaolin monks who participated in the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

The “Shaolin: The Legend” performance, an ode to the strength of the human soul, will impress the fans of martial arts, especially those of kung fu, as it revives the ambience of famous Chinese films like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, “Hero” and “House of Flying Daggers”.

The Buddhist monk Bodhidarma, who arrived to China from India, is considered the founder of Shaolins’ martial art. He established a system of physical and spiritual discipline, which later transformed into the various types of martial arts that prevail in the East.

The performances will take place in the indoor stadium of Palaion Faliron (Taekwondo), on Saturday 31 March at 16.00 and 20.30, and on Sunday 1 April at 12.30 and 17.30.

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Chinese New Year’s celebrations in Athens (February 10-12)

theofanis.frangis — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:59:05 +0000

Chinese New Year’s celebrations in Athens (February 10-12)

Τhe city of Athens celebrates the Chinese New Year with a three-day event at the ‘Technopolis’ of the Municipality of Athens (Gazi).

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We would like to inform you that the city of Athens celebrates the Chinese New Year with a three-day event (February 10-12) at the ‘Technopolis’ of the Municipality of Athens (Gazi).

The Chinese New Year’s celebrations are being organized in Europe since 2009 in order to showcase and promote China’s cultural heritage, as well as to develop and strengthen ties between the different peoples. Each year, a different European capital is chosen to host the celebrations. This time it is Athens’ turn.

The festivities include:

- Excerpts from theatrical plays, performed by Beijing Opera artists;

- Traditional Chinese music performed using classical instruments;

- Traditional Chinese dances;

- Martial arts performances;

- Traditional mask-making, paper-cutting, calligraphy and sweet-making workshops.

The celebrations are organized by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, the Embassy of China in Greece, and the newspaper China Greece Times.

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The dance-theater performance “Meet the Grand Canal”in Athens

theofanis.frangis — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:49:01 +0000

The dance-theater performance “Meet the Grand Canal”in Athens

A group of artists from the historical Hangzhou Opera and Dance Theatre will present one of its most recent masterpieces in the Foundation of the Hellenic World

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The Theatron of the Hellenic Cosmos of the Foundation of the Hellenic World will host on January 23, 2018, at 20:00, an exceptional dance-drama performance, on the occasion of the Greece-China Year of Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation of Creative Industries.

Under the auspices of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, a group of artists from the historical and award-winning Hangzhou Opera and Dance Theatre, troupes from which have performed in many countries around the world, from the USA to Lebanon, will present one of its most recent masterpieces, the dance drama To Meet the Grand Canal.

Using a unique visual and dance vocabulary, this performance recounts the two-thousand-year history of China’s Grand Canal

Using a unique visual and dance vocabulary, this performance recounts the two-thousand-year history of China’s Grand Canal that connects the country’s Northern and Southern provinces, running through Beijing and Hangzhou. This production has toured the world in 2016. Although the story related is Chinese, the narrative language employed is one of truly international reach: cultural heritage itself. The Grand Canal is utilized to shed light on various aspects and periods of Chinese history, and seeks to illuminate the daily lives of simple people residing in the areas it crosses through and influenced by it. This dance drama incorporates several modernist expressive means, and enriches dance by borrowing techniques from the theater and performance art; it combines the traditional with the modern; past with future; it expands the limits of dance and theatrical art in a bold and innovative manner.

Greece and China are two countries with long histories; in Greece another emblematic canal, the Corinth Canal, has had an important contribution to the country’s development. We believe that this show constitutes an outstanding and characteristic example of modern Chinese dance art.

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The Acropolis Museum is hosting two masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum

ekampaki — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:04:20 +0000

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The Acropolis Museum is launching, on 28 October, the exhibition project “Treasures from the Shanghai Museum” by hosting two works – a bronze pan of Zi Zhong Jiang (770 - late half 7th century BC) and the hand scroll painting "Travelling along the Clear River" (17th century).

The two objects will be on display in the ground floor foyer of the Acropolis Museum from 28 October, 2017 to 30 April, 2018, where, in addition, visitors may watch an explanatory video. An information kit of the exhibition is available free of charge in Chinese, English and Greek, while the full catalogue of the exhibition project in the three languages will be available at the Museum’s shop.

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XIEYI Chinese Painting in Athens

ekampaki — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:20:52 +0000

XIEYI Chinese Painting in Athens

Masterpieces from the National Art Museum of China on display at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens.

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The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) is hosting the exhibition XIEYI CHINESE PAINTING: Masterpieces from the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) from 22 September to through 14 November 2017, as part of events for the Greece-China Year of Cultural Exchanges.

The exhibition launches EMST's collaboration with NAMOC which aims to build bridges and deepen the relations between the two cultures, help disseminate Chinese culture in Greece, exchange cultural and artistic knowledge and practices. In its turn, NAMOC will host an EMST exhibition in Beijing in 2018.

The exhibition which is divided into three parts -Free-style Painting, Illustration, Artistic Conception - expresses NAMOC’s intention to promote the culture and ethos of Chinese culture. The works of the exhibition reflect the richness of Chinese art, signs of modern times as well as the humanist spirit that runs the 5,000 years of Chinese artistic tradition. Through them, the public will experience the noble luxury of academic painting and the fluid grace of aesthetic iconography. Ancient Greece, cradle of Western civilization, has exerted a great influence on the course of world history through its cultural and technological evolution. China, one of the four great ancient civilizations in the world, has a cultural tradition that carries on unhindered while the country develops trade and technology at a dizzying pace.

The exhibition opens on Friday 22 September. EMST, seeking to give as many people as possible a chance to visit the exhibition and get acquainted with Chinese art, will have free entrance until 1st October 2017.

Info
National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST)
Website: www.emst.gr

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Art exchanges: From Corfu to China

ekampaki — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:20:34 +0000

Art exchanges: From Corfu to China

35 pottery artworks from the Corfu Museum of Asian Art will be on display for the first time at China Yuzhou Jun Royal Kiln Site Museum.

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As part of events for the “2017 Greece-China Year of Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation of Creative Industries”, the Corfu Museum of Asian Art presents the exhibition “One Road One Belt Exhibition - The Corfu Asian Art Museum of Greece in Yuzhou” at China’s Yuzhou Jun Royal Kiln Site Museum, from 29 September through to 30 November 2017.

The exhibition features 35 artifacts of Chinese ceramic art from the Museum’s collection, representing the most important periods of Chinese art from the end of the Shang up to the Qing dynasty (12th c. BC – 19th c. AD).

The works will be on display at the Yuzhou Jun Royal Kiln Site Museum, an important centre for the promotion of Chinese porcelaine as well as a hub for the revival of traditional methods of ceramic and porcelaine art and industry. The exhibits come from the Corfu Museum owner’s collection and will be on display for the first time in Chins, one hundred years after their acquisition.

The exhibition is organized by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Corfu Museum of Asian Art in cooperation with the China Yuzhou Jun Royal Kiln Museum, the Master Alliance of Art Ceramic in China and the New Silk Road / Greece-China Culture and Friendship Association. It is curated by the Corfu Museum of Asian Art Director, Ms Despina Zerniotis CMG.

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