November 17, 2019

The May Fair Hotel

October 25, 2019

The Hellenic Centre

October 02, 2019

Photography exhibition

Cyprus High Commission

September 28, 2019

The Hellenic Centre

September 18, 2019

London Design Festival

Stephen Lawrence Gallery

University of Greenwich

The past, present and future relations between Cyprus, the UK and wider Commonwealth community

September 09, 2019

Conference

University of Westminster

July 07, 2019

Musical Play by Eustathia

The Cockpit Theatre

June 25, 2019

Art exhibition by Mala Siamptani

Cyprus Home

June 11, 2019

Poetry Night

Cyprus Home

May 20, 2019

Art exhibition by Elena Papadopoulou

The Hellenic Centre

April 12, 2019

Cyprus Cinema Series: ROSEMARIE

The Hellenic Centre

April 03, 2019

“Cyprus in the Middle Bronze Age: New evidence from the Anglo-Cypriot excavations at Lapithos in 1913”

Lecture by Dr Jennifer M. Webb

Cyprus Home

March 14, 2019

Contemporary art exhibition

George Koumouros

“Portrait Landscapes”

Cyprus Home

March 05, 2019

Public Lecture

Cyprus Home 

February 18, 2019

Lunchtime Concert by the Cyprus High Commission in the UK with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

at the prestigious St. Martin in the Fields

February 14, 2019

Public Lecture

“Staging the Greeks in the 21st Century”

by Dr. Avra Sidiropoulou

Nash Theatre, King’s College London

January 22, 2019

An illustrated presentation of the humanitarian project MALAIKA, by Cypriot/Congolese international model and philanthropist Noëlla ​Coursaris Musunka.

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22 January 2019

Cyprus High Commission

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November 23, 2018

Melissa Hekkers, author of the My Cyprus Mandala series presented three publications included in the series (MY Nicosia Mandala, My Akamas Mandala and My Cape Greco Mandala).

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23 November 2018

Cyprus High Commission in the UK

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In a 3-hour workshop Melissa introduced students to the Cyprus Mandala series and the highlights of each area explored in the books (Nicosia, Akamas and Cape Greco). 

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Saturday 24 November 2018

St. Demetrios Greek School, Edmonton

November 11, 2018

Cyprus Short Film Day was back for the third year with more films than ever, guest filmmakers, and lots of networking! CSFD is an annual event celebrating Cypriot filmmaking in London, held under the auspices of His Excellency the High Commissioner of Cyprus in the UK, Mr. Euripides Evriviades.

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11 November 2018

The May Fair Hotel

October 27, 2018

The Cyprus Cinema Series is a new programme organised by the Cultural Section of the Cyprus High Commission, under the auspices of his excellency the High Commissioner of Cyprus, Mr. Euripides L. Evriviades.

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Screening of the award-winning feature film Boy on the Bridge, by Petros Charalambous.

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Boy on the Bridge synopsis:

In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates’ careless summer days of riding his bike and tantalizing the local residents come to an abrupt end when he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, which exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever. 

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27 October, 2018

The Hellenic Centre

September 22, 2018

Greek- Cypriot soprano Vivianna Giannaki and Argentinian guitarist Mariano Gil join “passions” in this exciting recital project, which was first presented at the world-renowned Centro Cultural Nestor Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The concert combines contemporary music compositions and tangos from Argentina along with traditional Greek songs from Smyrni and Medieval and Renaissance songs from Cyprus.

 
22 September, 2018
The Hellenic Centre

May 31, 2018

Art exhibition by Leontios Toumpouris | curated by Eoin Dara

Custom Lane, Edinburgh

31 May - 5 June, 2018

May 10, 2018

“Andronikos or The Painter” (“Αντρόνικος ή Ο Ζωγκράφος”).

Written by Evridiki  Pericleous Papadopoulou, directed by Maria Mannaridou Karsera and performed by Nektarios Theodorou. The play is inspired by the life of contemporary Cypriot painter, Costas Stathis (1913 – 1987) and it will be performed in Cypriot dialect with illustrated surtitles in English.

10 May, 2018

The Hellenic Centre

March 09, 2018

A project curated by Margot Bannerman and Anna Hart

With Rob Crosse, Rosie Edwards, Mikhail Karikis, Kate Owens, Kate Keara Pelan, Yorgos Petrou, Michael Taiwo, and Ersin Hussein

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8 March, 2018

February 20, 2018

‘In Cyprus where copper was first discovered...’ (Pliny, Natural History ΧΧΧIV.2-4)

Lecture by Professor Vasiliki Kassianidou, Director, Archaeological Research Unit, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus
 
20 February, 2018
High Commission of Cyprus

January 22, 2018

A public lecture by Dr Petros Karatsareas (University of Westminster) who will explore the notions of linguistic (im)properness and (in)correctness among London’s Greek Cypriot parikia (‘expatriate community’), focussing on attitudes towards Standard and Cypriot Greek

Held under the auspices of the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus Euripides L. Evriviades

The event is part of the series Cyprus Lectures and will be followed by the launch of Cyprus from Colonialism to the Present: Visions and Realities, Essays in Honour of Robert Holland, edited by Anastasia Yiangou and Antigone Heraclidou

22 January, 2018

Kings College London

November 23, 2017

33° 3' 45'' East is the culmination of ongoing independent and joint research that visual artist Yorgos Petrou and ancient historian Dr Ersin Hussein have undertaken on the themes of geological stratification and identity formation. In the process of preparing for this event they have also paused to consider the nature of their collaborative work. Their conversation and archive will also be available for viewing. Yorgos and Ersin are both based in the UK and regularly travel to Cyprus to produce work and conduct research in their respective fields. 

The exhibition is accompanied by a text by Art historian Thomas Frangenberg. 

October 01, 2017

Historian and broadcaster Dr Bettany Hughes presents a special screening of her landmark documentary The Story of Aphrodite. The film investigates the archaeology of the goddess’ birthplace in Cyprus. Join us to a fascinating journey into Aphrodite’s surprising origins, her enduring ability to inspire and excite successive generations across the millennia, and question your assumptions about the goddess of love.

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Held under the auspices of the High Commissioner of Cyprus Euripides L. Evriviades in the presence of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus Ms Egli Pantelaki to celebrate the Cyprus National Day.

Monday, 2 October 2017, The British Museum (BP Theatre), Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG

September 30, 2017

The Cyprus High Commission-Cultural Section cordially invites you to the

“Cyprus Short Film Day London 2017”

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October 1, 2017 @ 4pm - 8:30 pm

The May Fair, Stratton St, London W1J 8LT

September 18, 2017

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation in collaboration with the High Commission Cultural Section and Sunvil Travel cordially invite you to an event entitled: “Wonders of the Cyprus Hills Resorts” 

Under the auspices of the Cyprus High Commissioner in the UK 

Tuesday, 19 September 2017, The Hellenic Centre, 

16-18 Paddington Street Marylebone, London W1U 5AS, at 19:00 hrs 

A reception will follow with Cyprus delicacies, wine and refreshments. 

Art-book presentation by Maria Ikonomopoulou and Anastasia Mina

June 06, 2017

Syn[chrono]sides is an artist's book made by the artists Maria Ikonomopoulou and Anastasia Mina, comprising six abstract drawings from each artist and one together. It is a double-sided book where the back cover serves at the same time as the cover and conversely. Each artist has worked on one side of the book and both, met in the middle, created a drawing together. It is based on the process of writing and on constantly repeated single units that form geometric and organic patterns. Anastasia Mina and Maria Ikonomopoulou based in London and Rotterdam respectively, worked for a year together corresponding and exchanging drawings that resulted to the formation of this book.

Held under the auspices of the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus Euripides L. Evriviades

The Hellenic Centre 
16-18 Paddington St, Marylebone, London W1U 5AS

Nicos Hadjicostis’s book presentation

May 15, 2017

Nicos Hadjicostis is a Cypriot writer who has recently published his first book, Destination Earth (Bamboo Leaf Press, 2016). The book is the result of his 6.5-year continuous journey around the world, during which he visited 70 countries in 6 continents. Throughout his extensive travels, Hadjicostis’s aim was to explore the world as if it were one huge country, a single destination. The book proposes a new philosophy that addresses the transformative element of travel and its relation to the totality of life. 
 

The presentation will be in English and moderated by the Cultural Counsellor of the Cyprus High Commission Dr Achilleas Hadjikyriacou. 
 

The event is held under the auspices of The High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus,
Euripides L. Evriviades.

High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus
13 St James Square, London SW1Y 4LB

An evening of Greek and French songs

April 19, 2017

An evening of Greek and French songs by the contemporary Cypriot composer Dr Constantinos Stylianou, performed by the exceptional soprano Zoe Nicolaidou and the renowned pianist Dr Nicolas Costantinou. These include the UK premieres of long-term collaborations with the poets Vasilis Koumis (a selection from the song cycle ‘Sinfonia’ - recently performed at the Athens Megaron) and Marcus Hediger (the song cycle ‘L’Or et l’ombre’ - already widely performed in Switzerland).

Book presentation by Dalia Staponkutė

March 16, 2017

Dalia Staponkutė is an award winning Lithuanian author, living in Cyprus for more than two decades now. Her latest book, The Third Country: My Little Odyssey provides a thought-provoking and self-reflexive perspective on the deconstruction of national, class and gender identity in Cyprus and Lithuania. Her writing moves between personal experiences, languages and countries to create fresh, profound and moving meditations on our inner lives and destinies in these unsettled times of globalisation. The book has garnered great critical acclaim and two prestigious awards - both Lithuanian literary critics and the reading public elected it Book of the Year in 2016.

The presentation will be in English moderated by the Cultural Counsellor of the Cyprus High Commission Dr Achilleas Hadjikyriacou

Organised by the Cyprus High Commission – Cultural Section in collaboration with the Lithuanian Embassy and Lithuanian Cultural Institute

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dr Marios Papadopoulos

February 21, 2017

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dr Marios Papadopoulos, presented classic and contemporary works by Christodoulos Georgiades (Winter and Spring), Astor Piazzolla (Autumn) and Antonio Vivaldi (Summer and Winter). The concert is part of the Embassy Series at St. Martin-in-the-Fields.   

By Dr Achilleas Hadjikyriacou, Cultural Counsellor of Cyprus High Commission and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College London

January 30, 2017

The years following the end of the Greek Civil War in 1949 initiated a new era for Greece that led the country through tremendous political, economic and social transformations. Inevitably, these changes had a strong impact on gender identities and relations, as well as on their representations in the film productions of the time. Aiming to highlight the ways in which Greek cinema can be examined as a cultural institution, influenced by, and influencing the socio-historical context within which it operated, this presentation consists of three parts.

In the first, social change in Greece from the perspective of gender is under scrutiny. In the second, Greek cinema is discussed in terms of its emergence as an industry and its relation to the dramatic social changes that took place in the 1950s and 1960s. To provide a more tangible analysis of this interaction between social and filmic worlds, the third and most extended part of this presentation will focus on one of the most memorable films of the 1950s Michalis Cacoyannis’ Stella (1955). Stella offers unique insights into how masculinity and gender relations as social, cultural and visual constructs were negotiated and transformed during this period in question.

Annual Cyprus Lecture by Mary Koutselini King's College London, Strand Campus

December 05, 2016

The under-representation of women in all fields of citizens’ activity is a well-documented fact in many countries. This presentation aims at investigating the representation of women in Cyprus with emphasis on their under-representation in positions of power.  Comparisons with the situation in the other countries of the European Union will highlight the barriers women face in their attempt to enter and succeed in decision-making posts.  Research-based data attest to the negative stereotypes towards and prejudices against women, the myths that prevent change and the divide between official rhetoric of equality and the policy and measures that should realize it.  In this context the role of mass media and education has been investigated and their problematic approach on the issue of gender equality has been scrutinized. The presentation points to the need for the development of dialogue between men and women on the implementation of policy measures   that will change the culture of inequality and naturalization of women’s inferiority.

Photography exhibition, The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS

October 25, 2016

Photography exhibition by Anja Jahn and Markus Bassler with images from a multi-award-winning cookbook published by Marianne Salentin-Trager at The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS

Conference, The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

October 13, 2016

This two day conference will offer an opportunity to researchers studying the history of the Greek and Cypriot communities in the United Kingdom to come together and present their work. Papers will cover a broad range of topics related to social, cultural, commercial and political history and diaspora studies.

Co-organised by the Centre for Greek Diaspora Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, the Cyprus High Commission - Cultural Section, and the Embassy of Greece, with the support of the Hellenic Centre.

Short Film Day, The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

October 01, 2016

Cyprus Short Film Day 2016 is the first official event celebrating Cypriot short film in London, held under the auspices of the Cypriot High Commissioner, Mr. Euripides L. Evriviades. 

The event is organised by the Cyprus High Commission UK - Cultural Section in collaboration with the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus. It is sponsored by the Cultural Services of the Cypriot Ministry of Education and Culture. 

Cyprus Short Film Day 2016 features six short films that won awards at the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus in 2015 by filmmakers Spiros Charalambous, Renos Gavris, Christina Georgiou and David Hands, Stelios Kammitsis, Yiannis Kokkinos and Alexandra Matheou. The film programme also includes two award-winning films by filmmakers Daina Papadaki and Marilena Parouti.

The screening is followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and drinks reception.

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Photographs by Katerina Kalogeraki

Artist talk at The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG

September 29, 2016

Is reconstructing the past as speculative as constructing the future? Exploring the politics and poetics of the archaeological finds, four prominent artists from Cyprus, Alev Adil, Haris Epaminonda, Maria Loizidou, and Christodoulos Panayiotou will discuss the ‘archaeological turn’ in contemporary Cypriot art. Developed by Christina Lambrou and Elena Parpa, the artists’ talks will be followed by a round-table discussion chaired by Dr Gabriel Koureas, Department of History of Art, Birkbeck, University of London.
 

Held under the auspices of the High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus Euripides L. Evriviades to celebrate the Cyprus National Day.

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Photographs by Tas Anastasi

Public Lecture, British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

September 22, 2016

The lecture will provide a description of the conditions and development of postal routes to and from Cyprus, reflecting the growth of commercial activity and population. Topics will include the Venetian period, the Ottoman postal service, Austrian and British post offices that operated in Cyprus, and Cypriot posts including the development of rural posts.
 
Held under the auspices of the High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus Euripides L. Evriviades

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Photographs by Tas Anastasi

Theatre play, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016, Venue 124 Z00

August 13, 2016

Macbeth: without words is a new production by Ludens Ensemble that premiered at the Hidden Door Festival 2015 in Edinburgh as a work in progress receiving eminent reviews (Herald Scotland). Macbeth traveled to Pafos and Limassol, Cyprus in November 2015 as part of the events organised by Pafos, European Capital of Culture 2017. The performance was then staged in Edinburgh at the ‘manipulate Visual Theatre Festival 2016’ and received two four star reviews (Herald Scotland, Edinburgh49).

The Edinburgh Fringe run 2016 is organised by the Cyprus High Commission in London – Cultural Section and is held under the auspices of the High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus Euripides L. Evriviades.

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Photographs by Charalambos Charalambous

Art exhibition at Cyprus High Commission, 13 St. James's Square London SW1Y 4LB

July 07, 2016

The exhibition will present selected works created by students of St. Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School, year 7, 8 and 9, which provide a fresh perspective on elements shaping the process of construction, experience and representation of our private and collective identities.

Held under the auspices of the High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus Euripides L. Evriviades.

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Photographs by Katerina Kalogeraki

Art Exhibition, Europe House, 12 Star Gallery, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU

June 06, 2016

As our life is influenced by what is happening around us, the Time and Space, where we happen to find ourselves in has a strong impact on our emotions and behaviour. For the artists these feelings give them the energy to bring out the fire inside and together, to create unique results. The exhibition is set to explore these feelings through the works of two Cypriot artists, Frixos Papantoniou and Sumer Erek who with a variety of individual approaches and media create works influenced by the strength of their cultural upbringings.

Organized by the Cyprus High Commission, Cultural Section under the auspices of the High Commissioner of Cyprus in the UK Euripides L. Evriviades.

Photographs by Jamie Smith

Music concert, The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

June 02, 2016

A unique concert dedicated to the music of the contemporary composer Constantinos Stylianou who has dazzled audiences worldwide with audacious works such as the opera Picknick im Felde and moving song cycles such as L’Or et l’Ombre. The concert will feature a selection from the cycle 12 Préludes for solo piano, each one inspired by a work of art (painting or sculpture), to be performed by the acclaimed pianist Eleni Mavromoustaki. She will also be joined by thrilling violinist Victoria Mavromoustaki in the UK premiere of his Violin Sonata. The concert will be preceded by a short but thought-provoking panel discussion on the multi-faceted relationship between music and the visual arts, chaired by the composer himself and with the participation of the artist Frixos Papantoniou and the pianist and musicologist Dr Nicolas Constantinou.

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The event is organised by the Cyprus High Commission-Cultural Section under the auspices of the High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus in the UK, Euripides L. Evriviades.

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Photographs by Katerina Kalogeraki

Exhibition, Peltz Gallery, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD

April 27, 2016

RELAPSE collective is pleased to present its first exhibition, with guest artist Penelope Koliopoullou, under the auspices of the Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus, Dr. Costas Kadis. The exhibition focuses on the concept of identity as constructed and performed through social rituals and its embodied, visceral manifestations. We invite the public and artists to take a step back from themselves, and join us in a ritual of self-observation in order to open the work to collective authorship negotiated between performer and viewer thus reclaiming the constructs of our own identity.

Created by artists Vasiliki Antonopoulou, Nikolas Kasinos and Dimitrios Michailidis, RELAPSE is an online community aiming to give artists working in different disciplines and geographic locations, the opportunity to come together and produce collaborative work; an attempt to dissolve the limitations distance and boundaries impose upon collaborative artistic production.

Curated by Dr Gabriel Koureas & RELAPSE and organized by the Cyprus High Commission, Cultural Section

Photographs by Dominic Mifsud

© Copyright 2016 Birkbeck Media Services / Dominic Mifsud

Museum visit, Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RB

March 22, 2016

As a leading member of the network European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in London, the Cyprus High Commission – Cultural Section provided an opportunity to foreign diplomats and representatives of cultural institutions to learn about the history and archaeology of Cyprus from the Bronze Age until the Roman period through a private tour at the Cypriot collection of Fitzwilliam Museum, guided by the assistant curator for the Cypriot, Greek and Roman galleries, Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou.

Photographs by Doros Partasides

Book launch at The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

February 26, 2016

This event celebrates the publication of the 113 Cypriote objects in Reading Museums, from the collections of the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology at the University of Reading and of the Reading Museum, at the heart of the town. The objects in this publication range from pottery, lamps and metalwork to ceramic and stone sculpture, donated to the museums during the 20th century. Some of these artefacts were collected by the Palmer family during their 19th-century travels in Cyprus while others were  formerly in the British Museum. Some specific items were given in honour of specific individuals, such as W.M. Childs, the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Reading. More than 50% of the objects are on display in the Ure Museum while others are actively used by local children as part of the Reading Museum School Loans scheme.

The Reading’s Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities will be presented by the curator of Ure Museum, Prof. Amy Smith.

Held under the Auspices of the High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus in the UK, Mr Euripides L. Evriviades.

Photographs by Katerina Kalogeraki

Conference at Council Room (K2.29), Strand Campus, King's College, London WC2R 2LS

December 04, 2015

Conference at Council Room (K2.29), Strand Campus, King's College, London WC2R 2LS

An international conference in honour of Professor Robert Holland, co-organised by the Centre for Hellenic Studies and the Cultural Section of the Cyprus High Commission, London.  The conference is being held to honour Professor Robert Holland’s acclaimed work on Imperial and Commonwealth History in general and the history of Anglo-Hellenic relations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus in particular.

The conference will bring together scholars specializing in modern Cypriot History and will create the forum for new findings on the island’s colonial and post-colonial experience, with a strong focus on Cyprus' transition from a colony to an independent state. Simultaneously it will witness how modern Cypriot History has evolved in British historical academia over recent years.

The conference will be of interest to students of modern Cypriot history, Anglo-Hellenic relations, colonialism and post-colonialism.

The event is held under the auspices of the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus, H.E. Euripides L. Evriviades.

Photographs by Katerina Kalogeraki

Jazz concert at The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

November 30, 2015

Soprano Katerina Mina and the musicians Marios Toumbas (piano), Charis Ioannou (saxophone) & Irenaeos Koullouras (double bass) perform a festive programme of some of the best Christmas Jazz songs, and famous songs by Cole Porter, Kurt Weill and Bart Howard, to excite and thrill the audience!

Photographs by Katerina Kalogeraki

Art exhibition at Camden Image Gallery, 174 Royal College St, London NW1 0SP

November 19, 2015

Ignatios Mitrophanous deals with the terrible reality of the universal and existential chaos. Like physicists, he as a painter is also an experimentalist, who seeks to represent the unseen world and ascribe meaning and order to it. In Ignatios Mitrophanous’ paintings, installations and sculpture, the artist presents his personal understanding of bringing together scientific illustrations of the natural phenomena and works of art; of perceiving the world as a sequence of molecules collisions as contrasted with a meaningful and purposeful living. Curated by Efi Kyprianidou.

Photographs by Sydney Cunningham

Conference at London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Rd, Holloway, London N7 8DB

October 30, 2015

A study day on Cyprus archaeology and its multidimensional impact on politics, identity, tourism and education. Participants include a wide range of speakers ranging from renowned academics to school teachers and emerging artists who seek to understand how our heritage influences professional, individual and collective identities. Through this diversity of themes and methodologies Cyprus archaeology and heritage will be re-approached and re-examined not only in a historical but also in a more contemporary context.

Organised in collaboration with London Metropolitan University and the British Museum.

Photographs by Stephen Blunt

Documentary screening/Artist talk at The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG

October 15, 2015

One thousand six hundred years ago, the famous sanctuary of Aphrodite in Palaepaphos was silenced, but the overtones of her worship continued to resonate through time. To mark the Cyprus National Day, the Cultural Section of Cyprus High Commission presents the documentary Wanassa, Kypris, Aphrodite! The Great Goddess of Cyprus and Motherless Beautiful, artwork by visual artist George Petrou. The Great Goddess reveals herself on screen for the first time in a documentary based on the research of Dr. Jacqueline Karageorghis and directed by Stavros Papageorghiou. Archaeological sites related to the cult of Aphrodite in Cyprus, ancient artifacts from museums around the world and interviews with internationally acclaimed academics compose the mosaic of the Great Goddess of Cyprus and attest to her Cypriot origin. Alongside the documentary screening George Petrou will present recent video and photographic work departing from the myth of the birth of Aphrodite and its impact on notions regarding beauty, desire and love across time, space and civilizations.

Organised in collaboration with the Department of Greece and Rome of the British Museum under the auspices of the Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus, Dr. Costas Kadis.

Photographs by Anastasios Anastasi

Public Lecture at The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

October 01, 2015

During the eighteenth, and most of the nineteenth century, the only testimonies we have of how Cyprus looked like are the works of artists who travelled to the island. Dr Rita Severis, Executive Director of Costas & Rita Severis Foundation which since 2014 hosts the Centre of Visual Arts & Research (CVAR), delivers a lecture on how these art works unfold a panorama of the island which includes the monuments, landscape, flora, architecture and everyday life of the people. While examining their art and comparing views out of three centuries, one can also follow the developments that took place and the changes that occurred. These paintings speak of the history of Cyprus and its people and remain a strong testimony of our cultural heritage.

Event organised in conjunction with the Cyprus Tourist Organisation.

Photographs by Doros Partasides

Public Lecture at British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

September 24, 2015

Ashley Baynton-Williams, a fourth generation map dealer, researcher and author will outline (and illustrate) the evolution of the mapping of Cyprus from late medieval times to the first years of the British period, describing the landmarks, the people and the events that shaped the mapping of the island over four centuries. Part of the research material presented has been funded by the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation.

Organised in collaboration with The British Library European and American Collections under the auspices of the High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus, Euripides L. Evriviades.

Photographs by Anastasios Anastasis

Art Exhibition at Cyprus High Commission, 13 St. James's Square London SW1Y 4LB

September 15, 2015

The exhibition brings together the work of the artists Doros Partasides, Jane Maclean, Yorgos Papadopoulos, Clare Grossman, Michael Minas, Cos Gerolemou and Despina Symeou who draw common inspiration from nature. The participating artists, through different mediums, provide innovative approaches on how we can see nature as a unifying heritage and inspiration.

The event is set under the auspices of the High Commissioner of Cyprus in the UK, Euripides L. Evriviades and will be opened by the Director of the Foreign Press Association in London, Mr. Christopher Wyld.

Photographs by Doros Partasides

Archive Launching at Cyprus High Commission, 13 St. James's Square London SW1Y 4LB

September 06, 2015

The mainland Greek and Greek Cypriot Migration outside Greece and Cyprus has been documented in audio, video and print using the modern electronic facilities and consists of original research outcomes of academics and lay people alike. Narratives of migrants’ lives, their letters and travelling documents, old photos and beloved belongings they brought from the motherland, alongside historical references and copies of previous research have been deposited at the Department of Archives and Corporate Records of King’s College London. The completion of the catalogue opens these archives to the public via the Internet and in more traditional methods. 

The launching of the archive is held under the auspices of the High Commissioner of Cyprus in the UK, Euripides L. Evriviades.

Photographs by Petros Pentayiotis

Stage reading at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE

June 17, 2015

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Set in Kerinia during the three days of the 2004 Annan referendum in Cyprus A Slight Risk examines the latent conflicts camouflaged in the psyches of an apparently trouble-free couple that came to spend the rest of their lives in a place by the sea and under the sun. In this acutely researched play which was first presented in Kypria International Festival 2012, Paris Erotokritou, engraves the potent ties of the English with their home and property-ownership. Bursting open the clichés of the moneyed, tanned middle-aged, ex-pat A Slight Risk unravels the exploitative relationships and the politics hiding in the brick and mortar of a house in the northern occupied part of Cyprus forcing not only a change of address, but a crumbling demolition of desires and expectations.

Photographs by Doros Partasides

Photographic Exhibition at Cyprus High Commission, 13 St. James's Square London SW1Y 4LB

June 16, 2015

The Cyprus High Commission presents photographs of the renowned interiors photographer, Simon Brown depicting traditional homes of villagers in rural Cyprus.  The exhibition re-approaches Cyprus as a constantly changing social and cultural entity, providing an opportunity to experience the psyche of the rural cosmos in a Mediterranean landscape.

The event is organised in conjunction with the Cyprus Tourist Organisation under the auspices of the High Commissioner of Cyprus in the UK, Euripides L. Evriviades.

Photographs by Anastasios Anastasi

Museum Visit at AG Leventis Gallery, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG

June 09, 2015

Being an active member of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) London network, the Cultural Section of Cyprus High Commission provides an opportunity to foreign diplomats and cultural institutes’ representatives to meet the ancient Cypriot History and Culture through a private tour at the A G. Leventis Gallery at the British Museum, guided by the curator of the Cypriot Collection Dr Thomas Kiely.

Photographs by Doros Partasides

Participation in international literature event at British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

May 12, 2015

Cyprus participates for the first time in ELN VII, one of the most important international literature events, with the poet Christodoulos Makris who presents poetry from his most recent publication The Architecture of Chance (Wurm Press, 2015).

Public lecture at Room 2, Lecture Block, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA

May 11, 2015

The Cultural Counsellor of Cyprus High Commission in London, Dr Achilleas Hadjikyriacou, delivers a public lecture on the representations of masculinity and gender relations in the Greek Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, examining the cultural, social and political dimensions of one of the most controversial films of this period.

Event organised by The Modern Greek Section of the University of Cambridge and the Society for Modern Greek Studies.

Photographs by Doros Partasides

Art exhibition at Europe House, 12 Star Gallery, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU

April 15, 2015

Departing from an observation that the work produced by Cypriot visual artists often resonates in a very particular way, this show is set to explore what we begin to think as Cypriot sensibility. Within a great variety of approaches and content, there is a sense of something purely visual and difficult to articulate: something that provokes a Cypriot-specific reception of images encompassing particular aesthetics, sensitivity, and emotional quality.

Helen Michael, Anastasia Mina, and George Petrou exhibit work from their current practices, created both individually and collaboratively for this show. Hopefully, could you please rethink under-standing will allow space for the artists and viewers to explore the possibility of existence of a Cypriot visual dialect.

Photographs by Jamie Smith

Piano concert at The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

December 15, 2014

Piano concert - Ermis Theodorakis, a renowned pianist, performs compositions by four living contemporary Cypriot composers (Tasos Stylianou, Andreas Moustoukis, Andreas Yangopoulos and Haris Sophocleous). The compositions will be performed for the first time in the UK.

Photographs by Petros Pentayiotis

Documentary screening at Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, London N22 5HJ

December 08, 2014

The documentary, produced by Panicos Neocleous in 2011, narrates the true story of Yannis Maratheftis, a Greek-Cypriot and Fethi Akıncı, a Turkish-Cypriot who fought on opposite sides during the Turkish invasion in Cyprus. Memories follows the journey of Akıncı to locate the soldier (Maratheftis) he shot in 1974 and the friendship which consequently developed between them, promoting a message of peace and reconciliation.

Photographs by Petros Pentayiotis

Art exhibition at Cyprus High Commission, 13 St. James's Square London SW1Y 4LB

October 12, 2014

To mark the Cyprus National Day, the exhibition brings together four distinguished British Cypriot artists (Doros Partasides, Yorgos Papadopoulos and Cos Gerolemou who are based and work in the UK. Their work is inspired by the society, history and culture of Cyprus. Through different mediums and themes the artists offer a kaleidoscopic view of the island as a living and constantly changing entity.

The exhibition will be opened by the spouse of the  President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mrs Andri Anastasiades.

Photographs by Doros Partasides