The best-known Greek art is ancient. The Parthenon, Nike of Samothrace—Greece’s most heralded artistic contributions to the modern world stem from antiquity. But ancient Greek painting and sculpture, and the Byzantine icons that followed, are part of a living tradition of art done in Greece and by Greeks. Dr Hara Papatheodorou will discuss the importance of Classical, Hellenistic, and Byzantine art for the Greek art of today. She will examine the influence of antiquity on artists such as Konstantinos Parthenis, Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, Giannis Tsarouhis ,Lukas Samaras, and George Lazogas among others. Dr Papatheodorou is herself an artist who has exhibited widely in Greece and abroad. She has taught art history in Greece and Canada, and is the author of a forthcoming book of fables, Fairytales of the Brush.

The lecture will be in English. Reception will follow.