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Amid an ongoing police investigation of a Thessaloniki auction house for allegedly selling fake artworks, calls have flooded in from previous buyers, both domestic and international, willing to testify.

Heirs of Greek artists also claimed that seized artworks attributed to their relatives are forgeries.

Police in Thessaloniki dismantled an art forgery racket that was working out of a gallery in the city center, just a day before it was planning to put up several bogus paintings for sale in an online auction.

A museum is being dedicated to the renowned Greek artist Alekos Fassianos, showcasing not only his art but also unraveling his charismatic personality

This coming July marks 50 years since the partition of Cyprus by an invading army, also 50 years since a brutal Greek dictatorship meekly handed over power to civilian politicians.

The atelier of Greek painter Alekos Fassianos (1935-2022) on the island of Kea, which opened just once last year for an educational program for local children, will be open to all this year from July 15. The little house was Fassianos' "home" when he returned from rainy Paris. 'Slowly, my love for the sea made me settle in Kea, the beautiful island full of surprises,' he was quoted as saying.

Featuring works by Rania Bellou, Lynda Benglis, Vlassis Caniaris, Christo, Nikos Engonopoulos, Alekos Fassianos, Yannoulis Halepas, Christoph Keller, Karolina Krasouli, Maria Loizidou, Brice Marden, Nelly's, Dimitris Neveskiοtis, Edward Steichen and Eleni Vernadaki, the Kalfayan's (kalfayangalleries.com) new show explores how ancient Greek culture has served as an enduring source of inspiration

With judicial investigations regarding the Folli Follie scandal in full swing, the case file is being forwarded to Parliament, as two former ministers of the then SYRIZA government, Alekos Flambouraris and Alexandros Haritsis, have been implicated.

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The windows of a car belonging SYRIZA MP Alekos Flambouraris were smashed by unknown assailants in central Athens on Monday.

The former minister of state's car was parked outside his home in the downtown neighborhood of Exarchia.

The Goulandris Museum of Modern Art will be holding a silent auction on Tuesday of work by acclaimed Greek artists who were inspired by Kathimerini.

The auction will take place from 5-8 p.m. at the new museum's Pangrati premises, with proceeds from the sale going in aid of the Food Bank, an initiative of the Foundation for the Eradication of Hunger and Waste.

The Society for Macedonian Studies presents 130 pieces by acclaimed artists including Spyros Vassiliou, Loukas Venetoulias, Konstantinos Maleas, Alekos Fassianos and others, dating from the mid-19th century to the present day, for a show celebrating its 80th anniversary. The pieces have been selected to illustrate how the northern port city inspired these artists.