Museums & Galleries brings together the visual and material culture of Kythera, opening pathways into objects, exhibitions, photographs and collections shaped both on the island and across the diaspora.
Use this area as a curated entrance into the archive. It is designed for slower discovery, where one image, artefact or exhibition can lead you deeper into the stories, people and places that surround it.
MFA show first ever devoted to Aphrodite 01.11.2012 By John O’Rourke Sleeping Hermaphrodite, Roman, Imperial Period, first century BC, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome. Photo courtesy of Museum o...
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Bostoniano.info - October 27, 2011 in Boston When: Through February 20, 2012 Where: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, More exhibit information at end of article. Photograph: "Votive Relief with A...
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By Chris Bergeron GateHouse News Service Patriotledger.com Posted Nov 19, 2011 Photograph: Aphrodite (Capitoline type), Roman, Imperial Period, 2nd century A.D. Marble probably from the Greek island of Paros. Throughout...
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Other sculptures and paintings: Head of Aphrodite (Bartlett Head), about 330-300 BC Statuette of Aphrodite emerging from the sea,Greek or Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Hellenistic or Imperial Period, first century BC or...
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7 February 2012 - by ArtfixDaily Staff Photograph: Eros Wearing a Lionskin, Greek, 100–1 B.C. Terracotta, pigment, and gold, 15 3/4 in. high. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Henry Lillie Pierce Fund) Aphrodite may be t...
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By David Saunders Antiquities, Collections, Exhibitions, Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty Museum Photograph: Aphrodite Spanking Eros, Greek, 200–1 B.C. Bronze, 11 5/16 in. high. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 57.AB.7 Did you recei...
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First US Exhibition Devoted to the Goddess includes a Number of Important Loans from Italy LOS ANGELES—Typically associated with beauty and erotic desire, Aphrodite is one of the most compelling and powerful of ancient...
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By Sebastian Smee Boston Globe October 30, 2011 The Judgment of Paris – Itallic, Etruscan, Hellenistic Period, late 3rd – 2nd century B.C. small Exhibition will move to the Getty Villa, California, from March 28th to Ju...
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by Sean McLachlan Dec 29th 2011 Photograph: Statuette of Aphrodite untying a sandal (Sandalbinder), Greek, East Greek, Late Hellenistic Period, 1st century B.C., Terracotta. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Catharine Page P...
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The original exhibition has now moved from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to the Getty Villa Editor's note: Kytherian's in Southern California have already arranged to undertake a group visit to the Exhibition Typicall...
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Provides a template for what a future Aphrodite Museum would look like The object of beauty Love, desire and yearning sizzle through the hallways of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts this winter where the “Aphrodite and th...
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[An artefact from the Antikythera shipwreck] Material: Parian marble Dimensions: H. 1.93 m. Provenance: Antikythera shipwreck. From the material retrieved in 1900-1901 (28.1.1901 [head], 30.1.1901 [torso]) Date: Early 1...
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will open at the National Archaeological Museum in April 2012. This will include the worlds 'first computer' - the Antikythera mechanism. National Archaeological Museum 44 Patission Street, Athens 10682 Greece Offices: 1...
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The Bakken Museum 3537 Zenith Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55416 UNITED STATES OF AMERICa (612) 926-3878 thebakken.org This is unique Museum, with a specific theme, which captures the imagination of people of a...
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Alexander the Great exhibition coming to Sydney By ArtsHub Saturday, March 10, 2012 Photograph: The Macedonian queen's wreath, which Robin Lane Fox asserts is 'the single most beautiful object in gold on the planet'. Pho...
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Childhood home of Lafcadio Hearn Established in 1978 The Townhouse has a long standing commitment to the comfort of our guests. The Townhouse offers you a unique range of bed and breakfast accomodation in a relaxing, co...
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NOTICE OF EXHIBITION: A Journey to Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Takashima Toshinobu Photo Exhibition 1st Session “Chief City of province of the Gods” 2nd Session “Travelling Hearn” April 1, 2012 (Sunday) — March 20, 201...
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Pictures of the closed Old Hora Museum. Is a disgrace that our Museum remain closed for so long. Bad News: earthquake damage. To fix we need over €300 000. Good News: European Union can finance all of it (except extra co...
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