Christoforos Katsadiotis' vandalized works by an MP from the right-wing Niki party, remain absent from the National Gallery—a delay that has sparked protest from 29 artists demanding the temporary removal of their own works until his are reinstated
A video of a member of the Greek Parliament taking down and smashing exhibits in the Athens National Gallery has emerged. In the footage, the right-wing member of the populist party Niki (Victory), Nikolaos Papadopoulos, can be been seen grabbing the two works and throwing them to the floor. The incident, which occurred on Monday, […]
Speaker of parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis announced that Papadopoulos would be censured for anti-parliamentary behavior, resulting in a 50% reduction of his parliamentary salary for one month.
Nikos Papadopoulos, an MP from the right-wing Niki party, was detained and later released on Monday after vandalizing exhibits at the National Gallery in Athens.
A member of the Greek parliament from the right-wing populist party Niki reportedly stormed into the National Gallery in Athens and in a frenzied state smashed a protective glass panel on Monday. Greek MP Nikolaos Papadopoulos has been arrested and accused of aggravated property damage after grabbing icons and shouting “It was an insult to […]
Here is a list of things to do this weekend in and around Athens: Events at the Greek National Opera (GNO) Visualizing the Voice of Maria Callas On the occasion of the celebration of 100 years since Maria Callas’ birth, GNO partners with the Digital Media Lab of the Technical University of Crete to create […]