Maria Mavroudi live on her much-praised Kallichoron Art Boutique Hotel in Astypalea
Kallichoron Art Boutique Hotel has won awards for responsible business, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and for its delicious food. Now, like the entire tourism sector, this Dodecanese retreat on Astypalea Island enters a new era in which Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are reshaping the rules for hospitality. We asked Maria Mavroudi, a co-founder of the hotel and a marine insurance...
Winning streak: Day Bowman.
Wales Contemporary winners at the Mall Galleries, London
By James Brewer
Prize-winners among the best contemporary Welsh artists – whose work includes reminders of a past industrial era and coastal and seaside singularities—have been celebrated in London.
Wales Contemporary/Cymru Gyfoes, a new international competition developed by Milford Haven’s Waterfront Gallery in association with the Welsh Government, put on an outstanding display at one of the capital’s leading...
The late Basil and Elise Goulandris.
Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation brings new contemporary glory to Athens
By James Brewer
Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, Picasso, Cézanne – the modern masters and more are to the fore in a new setting, thanks to the opening of a world-class gallery in the heart of Athens.
The dream of shipping magnate Basil Goulandris and his wife Elise of such an arts centre has come true, many years after they sadly passed away. The couple, great art lovers, shared a great desire...
The BDI@1,082; Supras “spoil” the broth…
John Faraclas
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) ended up 16 points earlier on today following the long weekend due to the spring Holiday as well as due to end of the European Union’s election process. Now if we have so far stressed the perplexed and enigmatic geopolitics affecting not only the markets but our lives, do take cover from what is next to come. And remember: news is what they DON’T tell us. John Faraclas’ brief daily recap:
The Capes’ BCI was up 40...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/28/the-bdi1082-supras-spoil-the-broth/
Irene P. Panagopoulos
Irene Panagopoulos: how merchant shipping connects with the art world
By James Brewer
“Shipping takes me everywhere in the world. Art helps me understand the world,” says Irene Panagopoulos, alluding to the indissoluble link between these great achievements of humanity.
Ms Panagopoulos is president of Magna Marine Inc, a private commercial shipping company founded by her late father, Pericles S Panagopoulos, one of Greece’s most successful shipowners. She and her family with...
Unforgettable Mrs Niki Goulandris, we thank you for everything you have contributed for the protection of the environment in our country.
With great sorrow we were informed of the passing away of Niki Goulandris. Τhe Museum of Natural History will remind us all, in the years to come, of her dedication to principles centred on planet Earth and its protection.
The relationship between Niki Goulandris and HELMEPA was the mutual appreciation which was born when George P. Livanos conceived the idea...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/11/unforgettable-mrs-niki-goulandris/
Dr. Kanellos Charalambous with Dr. Maray Georgousis
Vietnamese Art: between Asia and the Western World
by Maray Georgousis, Dr. Art Historian*
Modern Vietnamese art inherits rich elements from a culturally diversified past. Starting with the world-known bronze drums and impressive artilleries of the Au Lac kingdom three centuries ago, it descends through the ages to the works of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Indochina painters, created in the capital city of Hanoi in 1925. Thus, Vietnamese cultural...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/08/vietnamese-art-between-asia-and-the-western-world/
Papua New Guinea launch-day greeting.
Oceania: Royal Academy voyages through 500 years of Pacific culture
By James Brewer
In 1768, Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook left Plymouth on HMS Endeavour on the first of three voyages to search for the fabled Terra Australis Incognita and to map the southern oceans. To Europeans, this made him a hero and discoverer – but he was far from being a pioneer. People living in the Pacific had for centuries been highly sophisticated, capable mariners. Thanks...