{"id":589782,"date":"2026-08-11T09:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/589782\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T09:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:14:12","slug":"from-chania-to-paros-greek-artists-mark-31-year-gallery-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/589782\/","title":{"rendered":"From Chania to Paros: Greek artists mark 31-year gallery journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group exhibition tracing more than three decades of contemporary Greek art will open in Paros, Greece next month, bringing together artists connected through a gallery journey that began in Chania in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Chania to Paros 1995\u20132026\u201d will open at t.k. place Art Gallery in Paroikia on 12 September and run until 3 October.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-359004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SteliosinaPinkShirt-_72043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"744\"  \/>\u201cStelios in a Pink Shirt\u201d by Christina Aktidi.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition continues the work of Tzamia-Krystalla Art Gallery, established in Chania in 1995 by Nikos Grafas and Manousos Chalkiadakis. The gallery\u2019s artistic journey later continued in Santorini for almost two decades before moving to Paros.<\/p>\n<p>Works by artists who joined the gallery\u2019s story at different stages will be presented together, covering painting, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media and contemporary handmade art jewellery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-359005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NothingHappens-andYe_83947.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\"  \/>\u201cNothing Happens, and Yet Everything is Present\u201d by Stelios Petroulakis.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Grafas, while also recognising Chalkiadakis\u2019 ongoing contribution to the gallery\u2019s artistic direction.<\/p>\n<p>Participating artists are Giannis Adamakis, Dimitris Andreadakis, Christina Aktidi, Olga Verykaki, Theofilos Katsipanos, Christos Kehagioglou (KECH), Lida Kontogiannopoulou, Leon Granetas (NOEL), Manousos Chalkiadakis, Michalis Manousakis, Tasos Misouras, Konstantinos Patsios, Stelios Petroulakis, Marilitsa Vlachaki and Andreas Zymbragos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group exhibition tracing more than three decades of contemporary Greek art will open in Paros, Greece next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-589782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}