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Presentation of two monumental artworks by Takis at The Global Centre for Circular Economy and Culture & the PCAI venue in Delphi

11 April 2022

Presentation of two monumental artworks by the globally renowned artist Takis at the newly launched π, The Global Centre for Circular Economy and Culture and the PCAI venue in Delphi.

Visitors have the chance to admire those emblematic Signals – Archimedes screw, which Melina Merkouri, former Minister of Culture, once called the totems of the 20th century.
The two Signals – Archimedes Screw, works of 1972 and 1975, loans from the Takis Foundation, will be exhibited in the courtyard of Pi are...

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FIAC Online Viewing Rooms – White Cube – Takis, Georg Baselitz, Bram Bogart, Tracey Emin and others

27 February 2021

FIAC Online Viewing Rooms – White Cube – Takis, Georg Baselitz, Bram Bogart, Tracey Emin and others.

FIAC Online Viewing Rooms

White Cube Online and Paris office:
Until 7 March 2021

FIAC Online Viewing Rooms:
4 – 7 March 2021

To coincide with the inaugural edition of FIAC Online Viewing Rooms, explore works by Takis, Georg Baselitz, Bram Bogart, Tracey Emin, Theaster Gates, Mona Hatoum, Al Held, Carmen Herrera, Dóra Maurer, Kenneth Noland, Virginia Overton, Park Seo-Bo and Léon Wuidar.

Signal
1972
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Menia Kouli for Art’s sake

9 February 2021

Menia Kouli for Art’s sake

Menia Kouli

One of the candidates in this 2^nd GIWA Awards, in the Arts Category, is Menia Kouli who is also featuring in Arts, social related articles and events in Allaboutshipping.co.uk.

She responds to Anny Zade’s quick questionnaire as follows:

Tell us briefly about yourself.

I love what I do. I am devoted and passionate about contemporary arts. I got my BA in Business Administration from University of Laverne and for more than 18 years I have been promoting,...

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Takis at White Cube in West Palm Beach

1 February 2021

Takis at White Cube in West Palm Beach

Menia Kouli, Director of Public Affairs , Takis Foundation KETE

Menia Kouli advises that White Cube is pleased to present a selection of works by Al Held, Sarah Morris and Takis at the Off-Site project, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Al Held | Takis | Sarah Morris

Born Panagiotis Vassilakis in Athens, Takis (1925–2019) explored the gap between art and science. Beginning in the 1950s, working in Paris, London and New York, he earned worldwide acclaim for his...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/01/takis-white-cube-west-palm-beach/

Takis: Tate Modern’s take on a master of kinetic art

7 July 2019

In the magnetic orbit of Takis.

Takis: Tate Modern’s take on a master of kinetic art

By James Brewer

At the age of 93, the Greek artist Takis is working full tilt. In his hillside studio overlooking Athens, the “sculptor of magnetism, light and sound” is exploring solar power and other alternative energy sources for his sculptural toolkit.

“I know how to use energy,” he asserts, and this is backed up resoundingly – sometimes deafeningly – by his largest exhibition in the UK which continues at Tate...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/07/takis-tate-moderns-take-on-a-master-of-kinetic-art/

Takis

13 June 2019

Takis

3 July – 27 October 2019

Supported by Tate International Council

Over a 70-year career, Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis, b.1925) has created some of the most innovative art of the 20th century. A sculptor of magnetism, light and sound, he seeks out the essential poetry and beauty of the electromagnetic universe. Takis was one of the most original artistic voices in Europe from the 1960s and remains a pioneering figure today. Tate Modern will stage Takis’ largest exhibition in the UK, bringing...

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