The Wizard of Oz

Artist Miltos Michailidis presents a new exhibition featuring paintings and sculptures evoking the fantasy tale "The Wizard of Oz" at the a.antonopoulou art gallery (20 Aristofanous). Rather than illustrating pages from the classic story, he reimagines the adventures contained in them, in combination with landscapes and images from video games. Admission is free of charge.

The aging reformed mobster who has admitted stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" gave into the temptation of "one last score" after an old mob associate led him to believe the famous shoes must be adorned with real jewels to justify their $1 million insured value.

It's one of the most recognizable outfits in American movie history, the blue-and-white checked gingham dress a young Judy Garland wore as Dorothy in the classic 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz."

The dress worn by Hollywood screen star Judy Garland when she played Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” was auctioned at $1.56 million in New York. It was the chief highlight in a sale by Bonhams auction house where 400 pieces of Hollywood memorabilia were auctioned. Total sales by the auction house and Turner Classic Movies netted total sales worth more than $4 million.