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SUMMARY:Polish Jazz Festival – London | 11-27 Sep 2026
DESCRIPTION:Concerts by some of Poland’s best and most recognised Jazz musicians in 3 of London’s Top Music Venues.\nPolish jazz\, shaped by legends and driven by a new wave of talent\, comes to London once again with a multi-venue festival showcasing top artists at iconic venues like Cadogan Hall\, Kings Place and Union Chapel. Artists will be joined by special guests from the British jazz scene\, highlighting the cross-cultural energy driving jazz forward today. \nPoland has long been a powerhouse of jazz\, shaping the global scene with its bold\, distinctive sound. From the groundbreaking legacy of Krzysztof Komeda\, Tomasz Stańko\, Urszula Dudziak and Michał Urbaniak to a new generation of trailblazing artists\, Polish jazz continues to captivate audiences around the world. \nFor the very first time\, London jazz lovers will have the chance to experience this extraordinary musical heritage live. The Polish Jazz Festival in London is a multi-venue celebration\, uniting leading musicians from Poland and beyond to highlight the rich tradition and exciting future of Polish jazz. \nCatch some of the most dynamic talents on today’s Polish jazz scene – many of them making their Soho debuts – as the festival takes over iconic venues including Cadogan Hall and Kings Place. \nA landmark moment for jazz in London – don’t miss it. \nMore information can be found HERE.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/polish-jazz-festival-london-11-27-sep-2026/
LOCATION:Cadogan Hall\, 5 Sloane Terrace\, London\, SW1X 9DQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Jan Zatorsky: Prague – A Playground for David Černý
DESCRIPTION:This outdoor exhibition by photographer Jan Zatorsky complements David Černý: The Glorious 90s in Prague. Reprinted by Prusa Research\, on display at Vitrínka Gallery. While the gallery exhibition brings Černý’s iconic works to London in new 3D-printed forms\, Zatorsky’s photographs take you back to Prague\, where these works have become part of the city’s contemporary landscape. \nYou know the Czech capital\, Prague. She – because we call her the Mother – has of course the charming panoramas of historic buildings. And serves her visitors magnetic views of Prague Castle\, the Charles Bridge and many other sights. \nBut if you give the city a second look\, you will see a different face – with contemporary art scattered around\, in between historic buildings and the new ones too. Czech artist David Černý\, the forever ‘enfant terrible’ of Czech art\,  has his signature on many of them. In fact\, he has shaped the contemporary layer of Prague’s look like no other Czech artist. \nCzech photojournalist Jan Zatorsky\, holder of several Czech Press Photo awards\, has walked in Černý’s footprints in Prague to guide you through. His photo story from the Czech capital presents Černý’s striking pieces\, that almost shout at you with their size\, and also the less visible ones that are there to catch you by surprise – but both ways\, always make you think. \nThis photographic display accompanies the Czech Centre London exhibition of David Černý’s works\, seen around Prague\, in 3D models printed by Prusa Research\, a company that started modestly in the Czech Republic in 2012 and grew into one of the global leaders in 3D printer manufacturing. \nAt both venues you will see Černý‘s giant Babies sculptures (first made in 1999)\, which climb the Žižkov district TV tower and have already become one of the city’s symbols. The story of the legendary Pink Tank (first painted by Černý in the bright colour in 1991 to confront the remnants of Soviet political dominance and propaganda after the fall of Communism) has new chapters  written into today‘s landscape of Prague. Watch out\, so you don’t trip over it! Černý‘s more recent works include The Butterfly Effect\, honouring the Czechoslovak RAF pilots who fought alongside the Brits in the Second World War\, and the rotating head of Prague author Franz Kafka\, Instagram’s favourite sight in the Czech capital. \nDavid Černý was born in Prague in 1967 to a family of artists. He later studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague between 1988 and 1996. In 1990\, he received the Special Prize at the Kortrijk Biennale\, Belgium. One year later\, he began his residential scholarship in Boswil after receiving a grant from the Swiss Government. In 1994\, he moved to New York as an artist in residence at the PS1 gallery. Two years later\, he completed the Whitney Independent Study Program. In 1996\, he won another grant\, this time from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation in the United States\, and in 2000\, he received the Jindřich Chalupecký Award for the country’s most promising visual artist under the age of 35. In 2001\, he founded Meetfactory\, a non-profit international centre for contemporary art. He lives in Prague and is the proud father of his daughter\, Elektra. \nJan Zatorsky is a Czech photographer\, who was born into the family of a protestant pastor in Northern Moravia in 1957. He was free to work as a photographer only after the fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989. For most of the 1990s\, when people without links to the Communist regime were needed\, especially in the security forces\, he held high positions at the Ministry of the Interior and the Police. Since 2000 he was the chief photographer of the Mediacop publishing house\, which had the influential weekly magazine Týden in its portfolio. Later he became the chief photographer for the Lidové noviny a daily Czech newspaper with a democratic tradition dating back to the 19th century. \nThis exhibition is part of the 30th Made in Prague Festival organised by Czech Centre London. \nOutdoor exhibition on the fence of the Czech Embassy 26 – 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London W8 4QY\nFree access 24/7 \nVisit David Černý: The Glorious 90s in Prague. Reprinted by Prusa Research at the Czech Centre’s Vitrínka Gallery to see newly created 3D-printed versions of Černý’s iconic works\, and also stop by the Bouda Gallery to explore Landscape\, an exhibition of student works from the Studio of Ceramics and Porcelain at the Academy of Arts\, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM).
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/jan-zatorsky-prague-a-playground-for-david-cerny/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy London\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8QY \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art,Design,EUNIC Project
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SUMMARY:Landscape
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition project Landscape\, featuring selected student works from UMPRUM\, shows how the landscape can bear witness to human presence\, but also how it in turn shapes our behaviour. The works reflect both the states of abandonment or departure of a human from the landscape and their intensely materialised presence.  \nEvery place we enter changes us\, and we change it in return. Through our everyday actions we leave traces on the world around us\, while the landscapes we inhabit shape our memories\, habits\, and ways of living. But landscapes also have lives of their own. Long after people leave\, nature continues to grow\, adapt\, and transform. \nThe exhibition project Landscape\, through a selection of student works from the Studio of Ceramics and Porcelain at the Academy of Arts\, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM)\, demonstrates how the landscape can bear witness to human presence\, but also how it itself shapes our behaviour. Similar themes resonated in public discourse in post-communist countries in the early 1990s\, at the dawn of interest in the systematic protection of the environment and human impact on the landscape. \nThe works on display reflect two types of movement. The first is the abandonment or departure of humans from the landscape and the ways in which nature gradually comes to terms with their absence. Within this line of thinking\, we can consider Noemi Sickova’s project Meadow\, which explores the relationship between the meadow ecosystem’s dependence on human activity\, and Marie Bokova’s Wound as a Technology of Remembrance\, which addresses the phenomenon of the preservation of old varieties of fruit trees from abandoned border regions. \nThis is directly followed by the second movement: the intensely materialised presence. It is often associated with the exploitation and commodification of natural resources and with unequal relationships between humans and other organisms. \nKrystof Vicha’s Seabed Elegy uses an art installation to explore the possible future of a specific deposit and the price we are willing to pay for a particular raw material. Similarly\, in her work With Their Hands in the Ground Barbora Kurkova draws on a specific location and personal experience to reflection memory in the mining landscape of northern Bohemia\, the process of its preservation and its loss. Roman Mares seeks to address the negative consequences of the expansion and transformation of human settlements on urban fauna by designing architectural elements that facilitate bird nesting. Meanwhile\, Veronika Marikova’s video installation If you’re afraid\, don’t get on a bike reflects on the hostility and power dynamics that influence movement within the urban landscape. \nThe projects by the youngest generation invite visitors to reflect on just how far thinking about ecology and environmental issues has progressed since the 1990s. \nGiven that the exhibiting artists did not themselves experience the optimistic atmosphere of the 1990s\, they maintain a distance from the hopeful prospects that humanity is capable of effectively resolving the problems it has caused. On the contrary\, their sensitive reflection on the relationship between humankind and the landscape leads them to humility\, to weighty considerations of responsibility\, and to the need to redefine the relationship between the landscape and humankind in a fairer way. \n\nEXHIBITION DATES: 12 September – 31 December 2026\nVENUE & OPENING TIMES\nBouda Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n132 Palace Gardens Terrace\, W8 4RT\nOpening hours: Tue – Fri 10am – 5pm\nSat 12 Sep\, Sun 13 Sep\, Mon 14 Sep\, Sat 19 Sep and Sun 20 Sep: 11:00 – 17:00
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/landscape/
LOCATION:Czech Centre´s Bouda Gallery\, 132 Palace Gardens Terrace\, Kensington\, London\, W8 4RT\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:David Černý: The Glorious 90s in Prague. Reprinted by Prusa Research.
DESCRIPTION:rom protest icon to 3D-printed artwork. Created by Czech visual artist David Černý in collaboration with Prusa Research\, one of the world’s leading 3D printer manufacturers\, this exhibition explores the story of Prague’s Pink Tank of 1991 alongside some of the artist’s best-known sculptures from the 1990s.\n\nWithout exaggeration\, 35 years ago\, in 1991\, a new era of Czech visual art began. Artist David Černýpainted a Soviet tank bright pink. Legend has it he did it for a girl – but this story is far from an uncomplicated love tale.\n\nAt the centre of the exhibition is Soviet Tank No. 23\, once prominently displayed in Prague\, erected to commemorate the liberation of Czechoslovakia at the end of the Second World War. Over time\, however\, it came to symbolise Soviet expansionism and\, after 1968\, the real occupation by tanks sent from Moscow to Czechoslovakia.\n\nAs part of the London Design Festival\, Czech Centre London presents David Černý’s iconic work and its story with interesting twists and turns in a new printed edition – quite literally. The artist has teamed up with the innovative Czech company Prusa Research\, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of 3D printers\, to create a 3D-printed model of the Pink Tank.\n\nThe sculpture itself captures the optimism of the newly regained freedom of the early 1990s while bringing Černý’s trademark humour and sense of absurdity into an important debate about public space. It reflects a specific Central European experience and creates an interesting dialogue with the British one. What we cannot unsee is how it casts the shadow of threats that have once again become relevant today.\n\nAlongside the Pink Tank\, the exhibition will feature other works by David Černý\, recipient of international and Czech art awards\, whom the BBC named among the world’s most provocative visual artists. Don’t miss\, for example\, Cerny’s take on St Wenceslas statue\, depicting the Czech patron saint well known to the British public from the popular English carol Good King Wenceslas\, also presented as a 3D print.\n\nPrusa Research\, represents new chapters of Czech innovation and creativity. Today a global technological company started as a garage start-up in 2012 in Prague. This exhibition will showcase the possibilities of 3D printing in contemporary art\, demonstrating how this rapidly evolving technology is opening new creative possibilities for artists and designers too. In 2025\, Josef Prusa\, the founder of Prusa Research\, received the Czech Presidential Medal of Merit for his contributions to the economy\, popularizing 3D printing and making the technology globally accessible.\n\n 	EXHIBITION DATES: 12 September – 31 December 2026\n 	VENUES & OPENING TIMES \n\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London \n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nOpening hours: Tue – Fri 10am – 5pm\nSat 12 Sep\, Sun 13 Sep\, Mon 14 Sep\, Sat 19 Sep and Sun 20 Sep: 11:00 – 17:00\n\nPublic space outside of the Czech Embassy\, London\n26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4RT\nAccessible 24/7
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/david-cerny-the-glorious-90s-in-prague-reprinted-by-prusa-research-2/
LOCATION:Czech Centre’s Vitrínka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, Select a State\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Away Up North – An Evening Of Movie Mavericks from Finland
DESCRIPTION:After its milestone 40th anniversary\, the legendary Midnight Sun Film Festival makes a one-off pilgrimage to the home of film history\, the Cinema Museum in London. Founded in the Finnish Arctic Circle by Director brothers Aki and Mika Kaurismäki\, the renowned international film festival has been exciting movie fans at the top of the world for decades. \nLondon will be treated to a showcase of films curated from the vaults of the Finnish Film Archive. In the true spirit of the festival that never sleeps\, there will be new discoveries and contemporary classics from Finnish mavericks. The highlight will be a live accompaniment by notable Finnish musicians Lau Nau and Henri Utan K. This continues the festival’s long legacy of reinterpreting silent cinema with fresh\, contemporary live scores. \nThe evening closes with a rare 35mm screening of Mika Kaurismäki’s wisecracking cult film The Liar (1981)\, written and starring his brother Aki. It is preceded by Aki’s tribute to the Lumiére brothers\, The Foundry (2007) and festival favourite Finnish Frustrations (1969)\, a groundbreaking feminist short by Eija Kaarresalo-Kasari. \nTervetuloa – a warm welcome. \nProgramme \n7PM: INTRO \nMidnight Sun Film Festival (Heikki Ortamo\, 1987\, 9min) \nThe greatest film festival (anti-)promotional short ever made\, which explains why Midnight Sun is a unique event for both Finnish film buffs and some of the stellar international talents who attend it. The latter also appears in this hilarious guide to a very Finland way of sharing films. \nFormat: 35mm. \n7.15 PM: PART ONE \nJean Sibelius at Home (Aho & Soldan\, 1927\, 6 min) – live score by Lau Nau \nLate autumn\, 1927\, at the home of maestro Jean Sibelius in Ainola\, Finland. A charming\, little\, free-form documentary about Sibelius and his family celebrating an autumn day. Heidi and Margareta Sibelius play four-hand piano\, Aino is busy in the garden\, the morning papers and a cigar start the master’s day. A classic from Finnish documentary pioneers Heikki Aho and Björn Soldan. \nFormat 16mm. \nOnce Upon Time There Was Winter – and Snow (Unknown\,1934\, 6 min) – live score by Lau Nau \nThe Finnish realm of snow and ice. In this unknown gem from almost a century ago\, the progress of an icebreaker ship feels like a symbol of the modernisation and urbanisation of the world: slow but inevitable. The relationship with nature is still carefree. Joys of winter are taken for granted\, and the urban core of Finland produces images that may seem like a fairytale to an outsider. Greetings from a time of innocence. \nFormat: DCP. \nVarala\, Women’s Paradise (Aimo Jäderholm\, 1947\, 9 min) – live score by Henri Utan K \nSummer 1947\, a poetic\, skillfully rhythmic documentary about Varala\, the legendary women’s physical education institute. Located in a scenic peninsula on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi\, it is the pride of Finland’s second city\, Tampere. For decades Varala has been a haven for women’s sports. “Even though we only appear to be playing\, we are doing it for the good of the fatherland.” \nFormat: 16mm. \nRocky VI (Aki Kaurismäki\, 1986\, 9 min) \nA musical parody of Rocky IV (1985) topped with Aki Kaurismäki’s singular deadpan humour. Rocky\, played by Silu Seppänen of Leningrad Cowboys fame\, defends the Free World and battles the hulking Siberian boxer\, Igor. Has Rocky finally met his match? \nFormat: 35mm. \nA Planet Far Away (Juho Kuosmanen\, 2023\, 16 min) – live score by Lau Nau & Henri Utan K \nUsing handmade trickery\, silent cinema is reawakened with a modern twist. From the Cannes-winning director Juho Kuosmanen (Compartment No. 6)\, the final instalment of the celebrated silent trilogy tells a story of lighthouse-keeper Marlanda and her little brother Maximilian. It’s a bedtime story about the end of everything and the extraordinary attempts to survive it. But it’s not bedtime\, it’s just the interval. \nFormat: DCP. \n8:15 PM: INTERMISSION \n8:30 PM: PART TWO \nThe Foundry (Aki Kaurismäki\, 2007\, 4 min) \nAnother proletarian life slice\, this time set in Karkkila\, hometown of director Aki Kaurismäki. Workers at a foundry eat their lunch while watching the Lumiére brothers’ film La Sortie de l’usine Lumière à Lyon (1895). \nFormat: DCP. \nFinnish Frustrations (Eija Kaarresalo-Kasari\, 1969\, 7 min) \nDiminishing dances. The last chance for women and men to find a partner. In seven minutes\, this feminist cornerstone of Finnish cinema isolates an aspect of sexual inequality with a narrative starkness. \nFormat: DCP. \nThe Liar (Mika Kaurismäki\, 1981\, 53 min) \nMika Kaurismäki’s debut film set the tone for his groundbreaking Finnish cinema of the following decades. Ville Alfa (Aki Kaurismäki) is a lazy\, young student vainly trying to finish his first proletarian novel. He likes to walk the streets of Helsinki\, tell stories\, spin lies and scam money off his friends. All for more drink and more women. Then one day\, he meets Tuula (Pirkko Hämäläinen) and tries to change. A witty tribute to Jean-Luc Godard\, and a delightful discovery for many. \nFormat: 35mm. \nTotal duration: approx. 2.5 hours including interval. \nMUSICIANS \nLau Nau \nLau Nau\, AKA Laura Naukkarinen\, is a Finnish composer and sound artist whose music is imbued with an idiosyncratic\, finely honed\, sonic world view. Her palette often consists of traditional instruments\, singing voice\, modular synthesisers and field recordings. \nReleasing albums on record labels in Europe\, US and Japan\, Lau Nau has toured internationally for 25 years. Venues such as the Castro Theatre in San Francisco\, Super Deluxe in Tokyo\, and NYC’s Knitting Factory have all welcomed her music. Lau Nau has played live accompaniment to silent films at festivals such as Midnight Sun Film Festival\, San Francisco Silent Film Festival and Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato. \nHenri Utan K \nHenri Utan K [ˈhɛn⟨r⟩ɪ uːtʌn kɒ] is the moniker of Finnish-born\, London-based experimental guitarist and composer Henri Växby. On the fringes of the new music scene since the early 00s\, his work moves between part-improvisation and full composition\, combining stark dissonance with gently hypnotic soundscapes and ambient drones. \nHenri studied composition at Goldsmiths University under Prof. Roger Redgate and at City St George’s University under Dr Claudia Molitor. He has been featured on BBC 6 Music\, BBC Radio 3\, at the Rainy Days Festival and Cafe OTO. Henri is also co-leader of avant-pop duo French For Cartridge and Finnish\, post-Beatles outfit Icons of Elegance. \nThe event is supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland. \nDate \n1 October \nTime \n19:00 \nDoors Open \n18:00 \nRefreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar. \nVenue location and access information. \nBook tickets here. \nSubject to availability\, tickets will also be sold on the door.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/away-up-north-an-evening-of-movie-mavericks-from-finland/2026-10-01/1/
LOCATION:The Cinema Museum\, 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road)\, London\, SSE11 4TH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Sofia Mitsola in Conversation with Alyce Mahon
DESCRIPTION:Join London-based artist Sofia Mitsola and Alyce Mahon\, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Cambridge\, for an in-conversation spanning Mitsola’s art practice. The conversation marks the launch of the monograph\, Sofia Mitsola: Sisterly Affections\, published by DCV. Featuring the essay The Coquetterie of Sofia Mitsola by Alyce Mahon\, the conversation follows the ongoing dialogue between the two speakers.   \nMitsola’s paintings investigate the female form. Her invented characters are informed by diverse references from ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology\, the writing of Vladimir Nabokov to Gustav Klimt. Depictions of goddesses or mythical creatures rather than real people\, are set in simple geometric backgrounds\, imagined architecture or Cycladic islands and through them\, she plays with ideas of voyeurism\, confrontation\, and power.  
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/sofia-mitsola-in-conversation-with-alyce-mahon/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Revisiting: Fernweh\, or Nostalgia for Unknown Lands
DESCRIPTION:Revisiting: Fernweh\, or Nostalgia for Unknown Lands brings together 15 international artists and 17 artworks from the Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection\, spanning sculpture\, painting\, photography\, printmaking\, collage\, video\, lightboxes\, and books\, and dating from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century\, to explore Greece as a symbolic construct of both past and present\, escaping fixed notions of place.  \n\nOne year after its debut in Athens in 2025\, where it inaugurated the Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection Space\, the exhibition Fernweh\, or Nostalgia for Unknown Lands comes to the Hellenic Centre in London with a renewed perspective\, shaped in part by the spatial parameters of the venue.   \n\nAt its conceptual axis lies Fernweh – the German word for a “longing for distant places”\, first recorded in 1835 by the German Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau to describe the melancholic longing he felt for places he had never visited. The term frames an exhibition that draws on the legacy of Romanticism to explore humanity’s enduring desire to pursue the unattainable and to reinterpret reality through the intertwined lenses of knowledge\, memory\, and imagination. The artists assume the role of observers\, navigating between experience and reverie\, romantic projection and historical consciousness. They reflect on Greece not only as a geographical territory but as a cultural and symbolic landscape – one long defined by journeys\, myths\, memories\, and perceptions shaped over time.  \n\n \n\nCurated by Katerina Hadji and presented by the Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection in collaboration with the Hellenic Centre. \n\nImage: William Nelson Copley\, Homeric Emblem\, 1961\, Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection\n\n \n\nSPECIAL PUBLIC EVENTS\n\nTuesday 13 October\, 18:00 – 21:00 – Exhibition Private View. RSVP here.\n\nFriday 16 October\, 09:30 – 11:00 – Breakfast reception. RSVP here.\n\nSaturday 17 October\, 11:00 – Exhibition Private Tour with curator Katerina Hadji. RSVP here.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/revisiting-fernweh-or-nostalgia-for-unknown-lands/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art
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SUMMARY:A Different Kind of Pop: Giorgos Ioannou’s Works 1960s – 1970s
DESCRIPTION:Marking the centenary of the birth of Giorgos Ioannou (1926–2017) this exhibition is the first significant presentation of the artist’s work in the UK. Focusing on works produced between the late 1960s and 1970s – a period shaped by the Greek military dictatorship – these distinctive works explore the political undercurrents that emerged in Ioannou’s practice during that time. Although exceptionally prolific in Greece\, Ioannou’s work remains relatively unknown in the UK. This exhibition introduces his striking paintings to a wider international audience\, highlighting his creative vision as well as his passion for democracy and human rights. \n\nThroughout his career\, Ioannou developed a rich and varied visual language\, becoming particularly renowned for his use of pop art and comic-book imagery. Although his work evolved in parallel with\, and independently of\, American Pop Art\, he should not be understood simply as a Greek Pop artist. His paintings weave together personal memory\, political trauma\, nostalgia\, folk traditions and autobiography\, resulting in a deeply individual artistic vision. \n\nIt was during the years of the Greek military junta that Ioannou established his distinctive visual language. While engaging with the imagery and visual vocabulary of pop art\, he remained firmly committed to interrogating the social and political realities of his time. Ioannou operated within a climate of censorship\, yet the immediacy and accessibility of his approach enabled him to engage directly with the political climate of the period\, articulating his concerns with clarity and urgency. \n\nMany of the works included in this exhibition were first shown during the years of the dictatorship. Despite his opposition to the regime\, Ioannou continued to exhibit widely throughout the period\, including the Greek Pavilion at the 1970 Venice Biennale\, at the height of the regime. \n\nThe exhibition is accompanied by a small publication and a programme of events\, including an in-conversation with the artist’s son\, artist Dimitris Ioannou and Kostas Stasinopoulos\, Director of Exhibitions and Programmes at KYKLOS\, moderated by independent critic\, historian and curator Andrew Wilson. \n\nLead sponsor Alpha Bank London. With support from the Onassis Foundation and The Panayotis & Effie Michelis Foundation. 
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/a-different-kind-of-pop-giorgos-ioannous-works-1960s-1970s/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261016T180000
DTSTAMP:20260701T155347Z
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SUMMARY:4th Global Congress on Addiction Medicine\, Behavioral Health & Psychiatric Research
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the 4th Global Congress on Addiction Medicine\, Behavioral Health & Psychiatric Research (GABP 2026)\, a Hybrid Event taking place on October 15–16\, 2026\, in Paris\, France. Centered on the theme “From Brain to Behaviour: Advancing Integrated Care in Addiction and Mental Health\,” this global forum brings together leading experts to discuss the latest developments in behavioral health\, psychiatric research\, and addiction treatment. Designed for psychiatrists\, psychologists\, addiction specialists\, clinicians\, researchers\, and healthcare professionals\, the conference provides a timely platform for sharing insights\, innovative approaches\, and impactful clinical findings.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/4th-global-congress-on-addiction-medicine-behavioral-health-psychiatric-research/
LOCATION:Millennium Hotel Paris Charles De Gaulle\, Zone Hoteliere 2 Allee Du Verger Roissy En France\, 95700\, Paris\, France\, paris\,france\, WA\, 95700
CATEGORIES:Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Scitechseries":MAILTO:julieanderson7674@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T103000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090542Z
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Andrew Wilson with Dimitris Ioannou and Kostas Stasinopoulos
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a breakfast reception\, followed by a conversation and Q&A discussing Giorgos Ioannou’s expansive artistic practice and methodology. The talk is led by independent critic\, historian and curator Andrew Wilson\, who invites Kostas Stasinopoulos\, Director of Exhibitions and Programmes at KYKLOS\, and Dimitris Ioannou\, artist\, the son of Giorgos Ioannou\, to engage and reflect on Ioannou’s work. \n\nThis conversation accompanies our exhibition A Different Kind of Pop: Giorgos Ioannou’s Works 1960s – 1970s\, 8 October-19 November. \n\nThis event is sponsored by the Hellenic Centre’s official air carrier\, Aegean Airlines. \n\nImage: Giorgos Ioannou\, Thinking On the Way\, 1974\, oil on linen\,100 x 70 cm\, courtesy the Artist’s Estate and Kalfayan Galleries\, Athens.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/in-conversation-andrew-wilson-with-dimitris-ioannou-and-kostas-stasinopoulos/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261016T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261016T110000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090609Z
CREATED:20260814T090605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090609Z
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Irene Y. Panagopoulos\, Katerina Hadji & Dr. Nayia Yiakoumaki
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to collect as a way of making sense of the world? What lies behind the desire to pursue the unattainable? A morning conversation on collecting\, curating\, and the ideas that shape how Greece is imagined and reinvented. Founder of the eponymous collection Irene Y. Panagopoulos\, Katerina Hadji\, curator of the show\, in conversation with Dr. Nayia Yiakoumaki\, Director of the Hellenic Centre\, come together to explore the ideas behind the exhibition Revisiting: Fernweh\, or Nostalgia for Unknown Lands. At the centre of their conversation lies the act of collecting – not simply as gathering of objects\, but as a way of ordering the world and deciding which stories are kept\, shown\, and passed on – a desire that extends naturally to Fernweh itself: the longing for distant places that gives the exhibition its name\, and the desire to understand the world through knowledge\, memory\, and imagination. \n\nFollowing breakfast at 09:30\, the discussion runs from 10:00 to 10:45. \nImage: Elizabeth Peyton (b. 1965)\, Lord Byron\, c. 1989\, oil on panel\, 38.1 x 35 cm\, Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/in-conversation-irene-y-panagopoulos-katerina-hadji-dr-nayia-yiakoumaki/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261016T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261016T210000
DTSTAMP:20260921T102921Z
CREATED:20260921T102919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T102921Z
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SUMMARY:Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
DESCRIPTION:The Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague comes to London as part of its eight-concert UK tour\, performing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with young Czech violinist Matteo Hager as soloist.\n\nThe London concert takes place at St George’s Hanover Square\, the historic Mayfair church where George Frideric Handel was a parishioner. The programme combines much-loved Baroque and Classical works with music by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.\n\nProgramme:\nJohann Pachelbel — Canon in D major\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Eine kleine Nachtmusik (selection)\nJohann Sebastian Bach — Air on the G String\nGeorge Frideric Handel — Water Music (selection)\nAntonio Vivaldi — The Four Seasons\nAntonín Dvořák — Waltz\, Op. 54 No. 1\nAntonín Dvořák — Slavonic Dance\, Op. 46 No. 8\n\nMatteo Hager\nMatteo Hager is a young Czech violinist studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Supported in his development by renowned Czech violinist Václav Hudeček\, he is the soloist throughout the orchestra’s UK tour.\n\nBohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague\nFounded in Prague and led by director and chief conductor Martin Šanda\, the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague (BSOP) is an ensemble of around 70 musicians whose repertoire spans classical music\, film music and crossover projects. For this tour\, the orchestra performs in chamber formation.\n\nUK Tour 2026\n\n 	15 October\, 7.30pm — Reading\, The Great Hall\, University of Reading\n 	16 October\, 5pm – London\, St George’s Hanover Square\n 	16 October\, 7.30pm — London\, St George’s Hanover Square\n 	17 October\, 7.30pm — Brighton & Hove\, All Saints Church\, Hove\n 	18 October\, 7.30pm — Eastbourne\, St Saviour’s Church\n 	5 November\, 7.30pm — Newcastle upon Tyne\, All Saints Church\n 	6 November\, 7.30pm — Edinburgh\, Greyfriars Kirk\n 	7 November\, 3pm — Inverness\, St Andrew’s Cathedral\n 	7 November\, 7.30pm — Inverness\, St Andrew’s Cathedral\n 	8 November\, 7.30pm — Glasgow\, Destiny Church\n\nThis event is part of the 30th Made in Prague Festival organised by Czech Centre London.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/bohemian-symphony-orchestra-prague-vivaldis-four-seasons/
LOCATION:St. George’s Hanover Square\, Mayfair\, 2A Mill St\,
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261020T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261020T203000
DTSTAMP:20260921T102847Z
CREATED:20260921T102846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T102847Z
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SUMMARY:CZECH TRAITORS AND THE MEANING OF CZECH TREASON
DESCRIPTION:‘Traitors’ are a very popular subject today\, and the idea that ‘treason’ is lurking in society is an age-old concept. The talk will focus on how traitors have regularly appeared in modern Czech history since the 19th century. As a small nation with leaders constantly striving to establish a special identity or independence in central Europe\, Czechs could often appear as traitors to those who saw them as disloyal or rebellious. Yet if many Czech traitors would be interpreted by the nation as heroes or liberators\, others could be seen as simply evil because they betrayed the nation to Habsburg\, Nazi or Communist oppressors. The talk will focus on three notorious phases of ‘Czech treason’: the Omladina trial of the 1890s; the treason of Czech leaders during the First World War; and the controversial case of Emanuel Moravec during the Nazi occupation. Each of them reveals something about Czech identity during years of national crisis. Each also shows that treason itself is a slippery concept\, whose meaning is usually in dispute until one side finally wins the power struggle\n\nMark Cornwall is Emeritus Professor of Modern European History at the University of Southampton. He has researched and taught modern Czech history for over 30 years\, and lived in Czechoslovakia in the late 1980s. He is currently researching the communist secret police (StB)\, and also writing a book about treason\, including Czech traitors\, in the late Habsburg Empire. In 2022 the Czech Academy of Sciences awarded Prof. Cornwall the ‘Palacký Medal for Merit in the Historical Sciences’ for his work on Czech history.\n\n Price £15 including a glass of wine
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/czech-traitors-and-the-meaning-of-czech-treason-2/
LOCATION:Embassy of the Czech Republic\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090638Z
CREATED:20260814T090637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090638Z
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SUMMARY:Spinning Myths\, Painting Shadows: Women and the Origins of Greek Art
DESCRIPTION:The Origin of Painting: Greek Women Artists from Antiquity to the Present is a lecture series that sets out to trace the remarkable history of Greek women’s contributions to the visual arts over nearly three millennia. \n\nAccording to Pliny the Elder\, the origins of painting lie in the gesture of a Greek woman. As her beloved prepared to leave\, Kora of Sicyon traced the outline of his shadow on a wall in an attempt to preserve his image. This founding myth of Western art has been revisited by generations of artists\, yet the women who followed in Kora’s footsteps have remained largely overlooked in art history. \n\nIn the first lecture of the series art historian Gelly Gryntaki discusses the role of women in mythology and ancient societies. She shines a light on the earliest female weavers and ancient female painters for whom evidence still exists\, from Arachne and Penelope to Timarete and Anaxandra. \n\nThe second lecture\, in December\, explores the Greek female painters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, women’s roles\, political and social conditions\, and the general difficulties women faced in becoming artists: Eleni Altamoura\, Sofia Laskaridou\, Thalia Flora-Karavia.\n\nFuture lectures in 2027 will turn to sculpture and focus on the work of Natalia Mela\, Alex Mylona\, and Nafsika Pastra. The series will culminate in the bold experimental practices of the late 20th century – performance\, installation\, and video work by Maria Karavela\, Niki Kanagkini\, and Klonari/Thomadaki.  \n\nEach lecture is richly illustrated and densely informative\, offering participants an encounter with works\, lives\, and contexts that have too often been overlooked. Following each session\, attendees receive a carefully curated bibliography along with recommendations for films\, documentaries\, websites\, and cultural texts.   
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/spinning-myths-painting-shadows-women-and-the-origins-of-greek-art/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T203000
DTSTAMP:20260921T103432Z
CREATED:20260921T103429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T103432Z
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SUMMARY:Viktorie Hanišová: The Mushroom Gatherer
DESCRIPTION:Why do Czechs love mushrooms so much? And what happens when the forest becomes a refuge from the rest of the world? Join acclaimed Czech novelist Viktorie Hanišová to celebrate the English-language publication of The Mushroom Gatherer (Houbařka)\, a compelling novel of solitude\, family\, memory and the longing for human connection.\n\nDeep in the Bohemian Forest\, Sára lives a life of her own making. For seven years\, she has followed the same woodland paths\, gathering mushrooms to sell and keeping the rest of the world at a safe distance. Her days are quiet\, solitary and meticulously ordered – until the death of her mother begins to unsettle everything she has tried to leave behind.\n\nAs Sára sorts through her baskets of chanterelles and boletes\, she is also forced to confront the memories\, wounds and complicated family ties that have shaped her life. The forest offers her freedom and refuge\, but it also becomes the place where the past catches up with her.\n\nIn conversation\, Hanišová will explore the novel’s themes of isolation\, vulnerability\, family and trauma\, as well as the distinctly Czech passion for mushroom picking.\n\nViktorie Hanišová is a Czech novelist\, translator\, and teacher\, widely regarded as one of the most distinctive voices of her generation. She studied English and German at Charles University in Prague and debuted in 2015 with the novel Anežka. Her subsequent books include The Mushroom Gatherer (as Houbařka\, 2018)\, Rekonstrukce (2019)\, the short story collection Dlouhá trať (2020)\, Beton a hlína (2021)\, and the novel Neděle odpoledne (2022). Her political novella Tvůj táta je v ohni is forthcoming in 2026.\n\nViktorie Hanišová\, The Mushroom Gatherer\, translated by Véronique Firkusny\, Seagull Books\, 2025\, 300p\n\nAdmission: £5 (+ Eventbrite fee)\n\nThis event is part of the 30th Made in Prague Festival organised by Czech Centre London
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/viktorie-hanisova-the-mushroom-gatherer/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy Cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
ORGANIZER;CN="Czech Centre London":MAILTO:info@czechcentre.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T203000
DTSTAMP:20260921T103513Z
CREATED:20260921T103511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T103513Z
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SUMMARY:Viktorie Hanišová: The Mushroom Gatherer
DESCRIPTION:Why do Czechs love mushrooms so much? And what happens when the forest becomes a refuge from the rest of the world? Join acclaimed Czech novelist Viktorie Hanišová to celebrate the English-language publication of The Mushroom Gatherer (Houbařka)\, a compelling novel of solitude\, family\, memory and the longing for human connection.\n\nDeep in the Bohemian Forest\, Sára lives a life of her own making. For seven years\, she has followed the same woodland paths\, gathering mushrooms to sell and keeping the rest of the world at a safe distance. Her days are quiet\, solitary and meticulously ordered – until the death of her mother begins to unsettle everything she has tried to leave behind.\n\nAs Sára sorts through her baskets of chanterelles and boletes\, she is also forced to confront the memories\, wounds and complicated family ties that have shaped her life. The forest offers her freedom and refuge\, but it also becomes the place where the past catches up with her.\n\nIn conversation\, Hanišová will explore the novel’s themes of isolation\, vulnerability\, family and trauma\, as well as the distinctly Czech passion for mushroom picking.\n\nViktorie Hanišová is a Czech novelist\, translator\, and teacher\, widely regarded as one of the most distinctive voices of her generation. She studied English and German at Charles University in Prague and debuted in 2015 with the novel Anežka. Her subsequent books include The Mushroom Gatherer (as Houbařka\, 2018)\, Rekonstrukce (2019)\, the short story collection Dlouhá trať (2020)\, Beton a hlína (2021)\, and the novel Neděle odpoledne (2022). Her political novella Tvůj táta je v ohni is forthcoming in 2026.\n\nViktorie Hanišová\, The Mushroom Gatherer\, translated by Véronique Firkusny\, Seagull Books\, 2025\, 300p\n\nAdmission: £5 (+ Eventbrite fee)\n\nThis event is part of the 30th Made in Prague Festival organised by Czech Centre London
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/viktorie-hanisova-the-mushroom-gatherer-2/
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Czech Centre London":MAILTO:info@czechcentre.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090705Z
CREATED:20260814T090704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090705Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Christos Dikeakos  
DESCRIPTION:This talk offers a journey through five decades of Christos Dikeakos’ artistic practice. In conversation with curator Emily Butler\, Dikeakos will reflect on key works that marked his career\, including the series  Sites and Places: Athens  (1986-1997).  At once archival and conceptual\, these works reflect on the layered nature of history\, the continual movement of cultures\, and the enduring\, shape-shifting presence of Greek mythology within present day life. These investigations led to the series Sites and Places: Vancouver (1990-2015)\, a series that engages deeply with the pre-colonial histories of North America\, while also probing the mythic and deep historical strata within a place.  \n\nIn parallel\, Dikeakos has a long–standing fascination with collecting. The Collectors comprises a series of insightful portraits of artists\, patrons\, curators\, writers and art lovers\, which reveal the inside world of collections\, providing a close view of the relationships that people forge with objects that fascinate them. Whether expansive urban landscapes or intimate scenes from orchards in the Oakanagan Valley\, Dikeakos’ photographs foreground the multi-layered nature of reality and examine the semiotics of image and language and the interplay between memory and place.  
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/artist-talk-christos-dikeakos/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T063000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T220000
DTSTAMP:20260921T103347Z
CREATED:20260921T103345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T103347Z
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SUMMARY:Brother Tree Sound: Folk Tales\, Landscapes and a Life Story
DESCRIPTION:For this 30th edition of the Made in Prague festival\, Brother Tree Sound will play 3 string quartets with fascinating connections to Prague. They will be playing a quartet bursting with folk melodies\, dances and life – quartet no 1 ‘From my Life’ by the 19th century Czech composer Bedřich Smetana\, who was considered by many to be the father of Czech classical music and whose music is inspired by the history\, legends and landscape of his native Bohemia. This autobiographical quartet tells the story of the composers life in four parts from the carefree\, early days of his youth\, through midlife love and heartache into his later years when the music depicts the anguish he felt with the onset of his deafness.\n\nElizabeth Maconchy was born in England to Irish parents. She studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams. Feeling drawn to the music of Eastern Europe and composers such as Janáček she travellled to Prague to study with Czech composer Karel Boleslav Jirák. Her quartet no 3 is short but intensely felt\, with discussion between the four players around a central theme that dominates with intent.\n\nKateřina Horká is an emerging Czech composer. Her String Quartet no. 2 ‘Icelandic Landscape’ was the winning piece of the 7th Antonín Dvořák Composition Competition. Kateřina’s music draws inspiration from many styles and genres. This quartet is evocative and spacious depicting the vast open spaces of Iceland.\n\nProgramme:\nBedřich Smetana String Quartet no 1 in E minor ‘From My Life / Z mého života\nElizabeth Maconchy String quartet no 3\, op 15\nKateřina Horká String quartet no 2 ‘Icelandic Landscape’\n\nBrother Tree Sound\, string quartet
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/brother-tree-sound-folk-tales-landscapes-and-a-life-story/
LOCATION:Fidelio Cafe\, 91-95 Clerkenwell Road\, London\, EC1R 5BX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="Czech Centre London":MAILTO:info@czechcentre.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261105T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261105T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090738Z
CREATED:20260814T090737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090738Z
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SUMMARY:Mnemosyne Grove: Photography\, Memory and Time | Georgia Metaxas in Conversation with Dr. Marta Weiss
DESCRIPTION:Mnemosyne Grove is Georgia Metaxas’ first monograph\, published by Perimeter Editions (Australia\, 2024). Using the olive tree as its central motif\, the work traces connections between land\, family archives\, migration\, and storytelling\, reflecting on photography’s capacity to serve as a nexus for multiple personal histories. \n\nDrawing on her Greek-Australian heritage\, Metaxas journeys between two sites of familial significance in Greece: an olive grove in Palairos\, where ancient trees named after women in the maternal line have stood for over five centuries\, and Ithaca\, the island from which her father’s family migrated to Australia in 1901. Through photographs\, archival materials\, and inherited narratives\, Mnemosyne Grove considers memory as a porous and evolving process\, one shaped as much by absence\, imagination\, and retelling as by historical fact. The project is further informed by Homer’s Odyssey\, a text whose themes resonate with Metaxas’ own journey. \n\nGeorgia Metaxas will be in conversation with Dr. Marta Weiss\, Senior Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Their discussion will explore the making of Mnemosyne Grove and the ways the work has continued to evolve\, from an exploration of memory and family history towards an ongoing investigation of photography’s relationship to time\, repetition\, return\, and regeneration. 
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/mnemosyne-grove-photography-memory-and-time-georgia-metaxas-in-conversation-with-dr-marta-weiss/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261106T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261106T210000
DTSTAMP:20260921T103316Z
CREATED:20260921T103315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T103316Z
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SUMMARY:Ballerinas
DESCRIPTION:“They have two faces. The smiling\, perfect one the audience sees. And then the dark one that emerges behind the curtain\, when the rehearsed smile falls and the face contorts into a grimace because they are choking…”\n\nPart memoir\, part reckoning\, Ballerinas is a raw\, darkly comic exploration of the elite ballet conservatory system and the feverish atmosphere of the 1990s. Adapted from her acclaimed autobiographical novel\, performer and director Miřenka Čechová traces the often brutal journey of young girls pursuing ballet dreams\, exposing a world shaped by discipline\, ambition and sacrifice.\n\nBlending movement\, theatre and personal testimony\, Čechová creates a deeply intimate work that lays bare both the physical demands and psychological cost of artistic training. Revisiting past traumas with unsparing honesty and self-deprecating humour\, Ballerinas becomes not only an examination of a toxic system\, but also a powerful search for identity\, resilience and catharsis.\n\nThe show will be performed in English. \n\nMiřenka Čechová is a Czech author\, choreographer\, director and performer whose multidisciplinary practice spans theatre\, dance and documentary storytelling. A former classical ballet dancer and co-founder of the theatre companies Spitfire Company and Tantehorse\, she has built an international reputation for creating deeply personal\, socially engaged works that transform autobiography and real-life testimony into powerful physical theatre. Her acclaimed books and performances include Miss America and Ballerinas\, the latter receiving nominations for both the European Union Prize for Literature and the Theatre Newspaper Award.\n\nConcept\, Direction and Performance: Miřenka Čechová\nDramaturgy: Martina Kinská\nDirectorial Collaboration: Janka Ryšánek Schmidtová\nTheatrical Collaboration: Tereza Dočkalová\nSet Design: Petr Boháč\, Eva Matoušová\nMusic: Martin Tvrdý\nLive Music: Mary C\nLighting Design: Filip Horn\nAnimation: Linda Arbanová\nVideo: Tereza Vejvodová\nCostumes and Objects: Eva Matoušová\nProduced by: Spitfire Company\n\nWith the support of the City of Prague.\n\nThis event is part of the 30th Made in Prague Festival organised by Czech Centre London.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/ballerinas/
LOCATION:Coronet Theatre\, 103 Notting Hill Gate\, Kensington\, London\, W11 3LB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music,Theatre & Dance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Czech Centre London":MAILTO:info@czechcentre.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261112T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261112T230000
DTSTAMP:20260921T103115Z
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SUMMARY:LENNY
DESCRIPTION:LENNY is an award-winning Czech pop artist (recipient of 7 Anděl Awards\, the Czech equivalent of the GRAMMYs)\, known for her unmistakable voice\, strong songwriting\, and a sound that blends modern pop\, rock\, and emotionally charged ballads.\n\nLENNY has previously shared the stage with artists including Mike Shinoda\, Imagine Dragons\, LP\, and Emeli Sandé. Her debut album Hearts went straight to #1\, and her breakthrough single “Hell.o” was awarded Song of the Year in the Czech Republic\, topping airplay\, Spotify\, and iTunes\, while also achieving Gold status in Italy. LENNY has been featured in Vanity Fair Italy and Forbes 30 Under 30. in 2022 she collaborated with Mike Shinoda (of Linkin Park) on her song “Lithium”.\n\nThis autumn she’s dropping her fifth album – and you can be there when she plays it live for the first time at London’s legendary Notting Hill Arts Club.\n\nThis event is part of the 30th Made in Prague Festival organised by Czech Centre London.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/lenny/
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="Czech Centre London":MAILTO:info@czechcentre.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261119T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261119T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090803Z
CREATED:20260814T090802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090803Z
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SUMMARY:Greece’s Gender Divide: Femicide Through the Lens
DESCRIPTION:How do films and the media shape our understanding of violence against women and what does it distract us from? This all-female panel brings together former Judge Betty Iliadou\, Dr. Tonia Kazakopoulou and Dr. Afroditi Koulaxi to examine how coverage of femicide\, centered on victimanhood and emotional spectacle\, can distract from political and legislative failures and even shape judicial verdicts.\n\nThe discussion is grounded in two emblematic Greek films recently screened at The Garden Cinema as part of their ongoing Greek Salad film strand: Mihalis Cacoyannis’ Stella (1955)\, whose heroine defies misogynist convention even as the film remains shaped by the male gaze\, and Tonia Marketaki’s John the Violent (1973)\, which uses a real-life murder as a springboard for a feminist inquiry that feels startlingly radical decades on.\n\nUsing excerpts from both films as a starting point for their conversation\, our speakers ask how the moral codes of the 1950s and 60s still echo today\, touching on gender inequality\, patriarchy\, and the ways violence against women continues to be justified.\n\n\n\nThis event builds on our 2025 event\, Greece’s Gender Divide: Unmasking the Crisis of Femicides. \n \nThe Q&A is moderated by Erifili Missiou\, Filmmaker and Head Curator & Programmer at The Garden Cinema\, London. \nPresented in collaboration with The Garden Cinema.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/greeces-gender-divide-femicide-through-the-lens/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film,Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090825Z
CREATED:20260814T090824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090825Z
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SUMMARY:Piano Recital with Costas Fotopoulos
DESCRIPTION:Costas Fotopoulos’ piano recital begins with two giants of the Baroque era\, both born in 1685:  three highly original harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti are followed by the sixth of the Partitas composed for keyboard by J. S. Bach. Published in 1731 and consisting of seven movements encompassing a wide variety of emotions\, it is arguably Bach’s greatest suite.  \n\nThe recital’s second half opens with two rich and highly expressive works by Chopin: the second of his Op. 62 set of Nocturnes and one his last as well as one of his greatest and most popular pieces: the First Ballade in G minor.  Fotopoulos will then perform his own Hommage à Chopin\, composed as a tribute to the great master\, before performing two of Granados’ wonderful Twelve Spanish Dances inspired by the folk music of his native country.  \n\nThe recital will end with a fiendish transcription of three movements from Stravinsky’s electrifying Firebird Suite. Transcribed by Guido Agosti\, it is dedicated to the memory of his teacher – the pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni. 
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/piano-recital-with-costas-fotopoulos/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261128T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261128T160000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090847Z
CREATED:20260814T090845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090847Z
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SUMMARY:Greek Tragedy Upside Down: Electra and Medea Through the Lenses of Contemporary Queer and Feminist Theory 
DESCRIPTION:Join award winning director\, choreographer\, performer and dramatist Mayra Stergiou and multi-award-winning\, published artist\, writer and researcher Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh as they delve into how approaching tragedy through the queer and feminist lenses disrupts inherited hierarchies of gender\, power\, time\, and authorship embedded within the classical canon. 
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/greek-tragedy-upside-down-electra-and-medea-through-the-lenses-of-contemporary-queer-and-feminist-theory/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks,Theatre & Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261203T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261203T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090910Z
CREATED:20260814T090909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090910Z
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SUMMARY:The Uses of Oppression: Greek Newspapers in the Ottoman Empire 1830-62
DESCRIPTION:Marina Sakali\, Lady Marks\, discusses her book The Uses of Oppression\, with Dr Şükrü Ilıcak (Αssociate Professor\, University of Athens)\, following the development of the Ottoman Greek press from its birth in 1830 until 1862\, employing the vivid reflections of its editors\, correspondents\, advertisers\, commentators\, and readers as a lens through which to view the everyday lives of this generation of Ottoman Greeks.  \n\nDuring the middle decades of the 19th century\, a generation of Ottoman Greeks was caught up in radical social and political changes\, including the period of reforms known as Tanzimat. The Ottoman Greek press was both a product and an agent of these changes.  \n\nThe Uses of Oppression follows the development of the Ottoman Greek press from its birth in 1830 until 1862\, employing the vivid reflections of its editors\, correspondents\, advertisers\, commentators\, and readers as a lens through which to view the everyday lives of this generation of Ottoman Greeks – their social aspirations\, their reactions to political events\, their reception of Western-style norms\, and other contemporary issues.  \n\nIn collaboration with the Anglo-Turkish Society.  
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/the-uses-of-oppression-greek-newspapers-in-the-ottoman-empire-1830-62/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261210T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090932Z
CREATED:20260814T090931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090932Z
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SUMMARY:Michael Anastassiades In Conversation with Writer and Curator Emily King
DESCRIPTION:The designer Michael Anastassiades in–conversation with writer and curator Emily King. Discussing Anastassiades’ recent exhibitions at the Melas Martinos gallery in Athens and the Taka Ishii gallery Tokyo\, Anastassiades and King explore the process of design\, in particular its fundamentally iterative nature.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/michael-anastassiades-in-conversation-with-writer-and-curator-emily-king/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art,Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261217T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261217T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T091015Z
CREATED:20260814T091013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T091015Z
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SUMMARY:Proofs of the Impossible: Three Greek Women Painters\,1821–1960
DESCRIPTION:The Origin of Painting: Greek Women Artists from Antiquity to the Present is a lecture series that sets out to trace the remarkable history of Greek women’s contributions to the visual arts over nearly three millennia.  \n\nAccording to Pliny the Elder\, the origins of painting lie in the gesture of a Greek woman. As her beloved prepared to leave\, Kora of Sicyon traced the outline of his shadow on a wall in an attempt to preserve his image. This founding myth of Western art has been revisited by generations of artists\, yet the women who followed in Kora’s footsteps have remained largely overlooked in art history. \n\nThe first lecture began in antiquity with Timarete and Anaxandra.  \n\nIn the second lecture of the series The Origin of Painting: Greek Women Artists from Antiquity to the Present\, art historian Gelly Gryntaki explores the Greek female painters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, women’s roles\, political and social conditions\, and the general difficulties women faced in becoming artists: Eleni Altamoura\, Sofia Laskaridou\, Thalia Flora-Karavia. \n\nFuture lectures in 2027 will turn to sculpture and focus on the work of Natalia Mela\, Alex Mylona\, and Nafsika Pastra. The series will culminate in the bold experimental practices of the late 20th century – performance\, installation\, and video work by Maria Karavela\, Niki Kanagkini\, and Klonari/Thomadaki.  \n\nEach lecture is richly illustrated and densely informative\, offering participants an encounter with works\, lives\, and contexts that have too often been overlooked. Following each session\, attendees receive a carefully curated bibliography along with recommendations for films\, documentaries\, websites\, and cultural texts.  
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/proofs-of-the-impossible-three-greek-women-painters1821-1960/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art,Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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