Dreaming of Greece

May in the Acropolis

As a student in university, I took a history class about ancient Greece, and I became so deeply fascinated by Greek theatre. I had always dreamt of visiting Athens, and to get to see the places I had learnt about. I made that dream a reality last week on a family trip to Athens with my parents and children.

It was a wonderful and inspiring trip, in particular as I looked into the National Museum online collection, in hopes to see some women artists work. I found on their online collection that they had both a Rosa Bonheur and a Rosalba Carriera, together with very many other women artists both from history and contemporary. I was so excited to visit the space.

And when I did, even when I didn’t get to see Rosa or Rosalba, I found many other (and new to me) women artists in exhibit, this was definitely one of the highlights of the trip.

Top:

Thaleia Flora Karavia

Girl on the Beach, c 1922 to 1925

Bottom:

Josephine Dima-Ziller

Seesaw

Aglaia Papa

Self-Portrait, c. 1932

Rena Papaspyrou

Episodes in Matter, 1980-1981

Bia Davou

Binary Contrast, 1978

And on my last day, I saw on the outside of another museum. sign written on it, a beautiful reminder of hope. I am taking the space and marking a path for myself and other artists in my Patreon. If you would like to see what I will be sharing this June, you can click on the button below: