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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
PARIS – Artist Andreas Angelidakis’ first monolithic exhibit in Paris used Greek columns, disco lights, and construction in the underground dome of the iconic Espace Niemeyer, designed to show how society today perceives Greek culture.
Commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, the show, titled ‘Center for the Critical Appreciation of Antiquity’, weaved together archaeology, architecture, pop culture, mass tourism, and nightlife in an immersive show that transcends history.
He told The Spaces that it was “both a metaphorical excavation into the history of Athens and into myself as an artist,” his largest work including a monumental column surrounded by his signature soft ruins.
It was, he said, part of his continuing research into the history of the Greek Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, synchronized with modernity through the use of ordinary materials such as scaffolding and printing.
What looks like marble is really printed fabric, like the central Ionic column hanging on scaffolding, and it incorporates a modern container, 3D-printed sculptures, construction wires, furniture and interactive life-size books printed on foam blocks to “add more layers of modernity and flamboyant playfulness to the exhibition,” the report said of his uniqueness.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CAIRO — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials.
BROOMALL, PA – Following the blessings and vision of His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey, the Metropolis of New Jersey together with the Metropolis Philoptochos initiated the newly created Walking with Christ ministry with the First Seminarian Benefit Luncheon, hosted at the St.
LONDON — Prince William and his wife Catherine have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home, The Sun newspaper reported — the first footage of Kate since she had abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition two months ago.
ATHENS - "The statements of the Turkish president regarding the illegal invasion of Cyprus in 1974 constitute a blatant distortion of the historical truth and an insult to the memory of the victims," according to Greek diplomatic sources on Tuesday.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it's impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals, suggesting the former president's legal losses have put him in a serious cash crunch.