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Meissen Workshop, Personifications of the Four Seasons, c. 1755, hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, Musei Capitolini, Pinacoteca Capitolina Cini, Rome.

The Four Seasons Allegory in Meissen Porcelain

June 20, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou Uncategorized

Meissen porcelain Four Seasons busts (c. 1755) reveal how 18th-century Europe visualized time through allegory, craftsmanship, and classical tradition.

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Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, Interior with Woman and Mirror, 1940. A stylised female figure with closed, lowered eyes sits in an interior space beside a mirror, rendered in a cubist-inflected style with flattened limbs and decorative wallpaper patterning.

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika’s Interior with Woman and Mirror

June 16, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou Uncategorized

Luminous, stylish, and charged with youthful energy, Ghika’s Interior with Woman and Mirror is a masterclass in creative dialogue. Here’s how a Greek modernist absorbed the lessons of Picasso, and painted something entirely his own.

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Brother Peter, recipient of the 2019 Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Award

Thank you Brother Peter

November 3, 2019
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Uncategorized

Brother Peter Tabichi’s passion for education in Kenya inspires reflection on teaching values, reminding us true learning is rooted in care, vision, and commitment to students’ futures.

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