Vlassis

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

Sculptures and paintings by 26 eminent artists including Yannis Gaitis, George Zongolopoulos, Vlassis Caniaris, Costas Tsoclis and others illustrate the evolution of the abstract in Greek art from the 1950s to the 1960s at the Alex Mylona Museum. "Untitled: Greek Post-War Abstraction: The Heroic Years" showcases how the genre developed in Greece after the end of the Civil War.

Lefteris Petrounia triumphed and won the gold medal in the World Championship for the second consecutive time at the Montreal Olympic Stadium, where some of the most important pages in the history of the gymnastics are written.

When we are enveloped by darkness, art can be like an open horizon that has a healing effect on a personal and social level. At the same time, it allows us to see and assimilate the new. With this notion in mind, Vlassis Frissiras, founder of the museum of the same name, decided to call a trilogy of shows that starts this year and runs to 2018 "New Horizons in Painting."

Cultural organization NEON presents "Flying Over the Abyss," an exhibition of works at the Athens Conservatory by local and international artists influenced and inspired by "Ascesis: The Saviors of Gods," a series of spiritual exercises penned by Nikos Kazantzakis. The acclaimed Cretan author's original manuscript is also on display.

Public prosecutor Evgenia Kyvelou on Friday recommended that five people stand trial for moving illegal funds linked to kickbacks in defence contracts paid during the time when former socialist PASOK minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos headed the defence ministry.