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Dear Reader – Alexander Chee Curated Series of Letters

Dear
Reader:

The first
ten years of my life I moved around Greece and believed in ghosts. The line between the present and the
legend was crossed daily. My aunts and grandmothers
baked wheat for the dead, and placed food at cemeteries to nourish the spirits.
They bought shoes for mummified saints who would wear them out and every
year, at their name-day, needed replacement. They
made stockings to please Kallikantzaroi, ancient demons during the holidays.
All semireligious rituals from pre-Byz...

Greenwich Village Stories – A Collection of Memories

“I was part of the cocky Hermès-tie invasion of the West Village. At the peak of the dot-com craze, I moved to New York and leased a loft on Leroy Street at the Printing House, which was practically a frat house for Wall Streeters. My annual rent could buy a small condo in Texas, but the place was spacious. My first night, I gave my bike a spin around the living room—I had arrived.”

I am honored to be included in Greenwich Village Stories, a collection of memories and love letters, an upholdi...

Peter Hujar: Ο Φωτογράφος Μιας Πόλης Που Φλέγεται

Η Σούζαν Σόνταγκ, εμβληματική μορφή των αμερικανικών γραμμάτων μεταπολεμικά, φωτογραφημένη από τον Πίτερ Χιούζαρ.

ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ–ΝΕΑ ΥΟΡΚΗ–MORGAN LIBRARY. Ορισμένες εποχές είναι τόσο βαθιά ταραγμένες, που ο χρόνος είναι απόλυτα ταυτισμένος με τον χώρο: το Βερολίνο κατά τη δεκαετία του 1930, η Καλιφόρνια τη δεκαετία του ’60. Κάπως ανάλογα, από τα μέσα τις δεκαετίας του 1970 έως τις αρχές τις δεκαετίας του ’80 –με τη μάχη για πολιτικά δικαιώματα κερδισμένη και τη σεξουαλική απελευθέρω...

A Look Inside Greece’s Aegean Film Festival

Is this the World’s Most Glamorous Place to Watch Movies?

Much like Patmos, the festival (founded in 2010) is full of juxtapositions. “We are at the Aegean,” film critic Alin Tasciyan says. “On the one hand, the program needs to reflect the openness of the sea. On the other hand, the festival’s outdoor screenings need to respect the community’s ancestry.” 

Read the full article:

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a22089029/aegean-film-festival-patmos/

David Bowie: Ο Αντι Γουόρχολ της Mουσικής

Δεν είναι εύκολο να περιγράψεις τον Μπόουι σε μια πρόταση. Ισως ήταν ο καλλιτέχνης που μας έμαθε να βλέπουμε μουσική. Αυτός που κατάφερε να συνδυάσει το αβανγκάρντ με το μέινστριμ. Χαμαιλέων, ανοιχτός σε όλα, ιδιοφυΐα… Μπορείς να περάσεις το υπόλοιπο της ζωής σου διαβάζοντας για τον Μπόουι. Ομως, το πρώτο πράγμα που ακούς τον ίδιο να λέει στην έκθεση «O Ντέιβιντ Μπόουι είναι» («David Bowie is») στο μουσείο του Μπρούκλιν, είναι η ικανότητά του να δανείζεται κουλτούρες, να τις δουλεύει, και να τις...

Seen—Not Seen: Glass Closets Rarely Just Open. More Often, They Crack, Smash, and Cut

Respect our history, we are not Americans, the pseudo-intellectuals claim. “We don’t come out the way you do. In Greece we keep bringing our partners to family events until relatives finally ask: ‘Is George coming to Easter lunch? I need to know for the seating.’” There. Simple. Once underway, you acclimate. You are finally dating a Greek, in Greece, and you are in love. So you make pretexts. Why fight with pluralism?

OUT Magazine.

“What time are you leaving?” my Greek boyfriend asked ...

Dear Reader – Alexander Chee-Curated Series of Letters

The firstten years of my life I moved around Greece and believed in ghosts. The line between the present and thelegend was crossed daily. My aunts and grandmothersbaked wheat for the dead, and placed food at cemeteries to nourish the spirits.They bought shoes for mummified saints who would wear them out and everyyear, at their name-day, needed replacement. Theymade stockings to please Kallikantzaroi, ancient demons during the holidays.All semireligious rituals from pre-Byzantinetimes...

Post Parthenon, Βefore Mykonos: The Museum of Cycladic Art

The Museum of Cycladic Art has been an Athens touchstone for more than 30 years, but only recently has it become the kind of spot that art world insiders make a point of visiting—and, more often than not, Instagramming. The resurgence began in the spring of 2017, when the contemporary art fair Documenta, which usually takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany, was held in Athens for the first time. It was a game changer for the city, which is taking baby steps back into global markets...

Post Parthenon, before Mykonos: The Museum of Cycladic Art

The Museum of Cycladic Art has been an Athens touchstone for more than 30 years, but only recently has it become the kind of spot that art world insiders make a point of visitingand, more often than not, Instagramming. The resurgence began in the spring of 2017, when the contemporary art fair Documenta, which usually takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany, was held in Athens for the first time. It was a game changer for the city, which is taking baby steps back into global markets....

Andy Warhol: Η Διαρκής Επιστροφή

Λίγο μετά το μακελειό στη Νεα Ζηλανδια, όπoυ ένας ακροδεξιός οπλισμένος με δύο ημιαυτόματα σκότωσε 50 πιστούς σε δυο τεμένη, και η πρωθυπουργός τής χώρας αρνήθηκε ακόμα και να προφέρει το όνομά του, στη Νέα Υόρκη, σε μια από τις κεντρικότερες αίθουσες της τελευταίας έκθεσης για τον Άντι Γουόρχολ (1928 – 1987) στο μουσείο Whitney, η «τοιχογραφία» “Most Wanted Men” (1964) προκαλούσε δυσφορία στους επισκέπτες καθώς αντίκριζαν τα μεγεθυμένα πορτρέτα των πιο επικίνδυνων καταζητούμενων εκείνης της επο...