‘Benaki museum Main Building’

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Zizi Makri.China 1956 : Prints and Drawings
Benaki museum Main Building |

This exhibition is a tribute to the oeuvre of Zizi Makri (born in 1924), a major figure in engraving, mosaic and tapestry.
The exhibition will show pieces inspired by her travels in China in 1956, a series of woodcuts and pastels created using on-site sketches as their starting point and drawing on [...]

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Headdresses : Souvenirs of encounters with Asian cultures
Benaki museum Main Building |

The exhibition will showcase approximately 100 hats, head bands, fezzes, straw hats, children’s caps, wedding wreaths, diadems, brooches and other head coverings and decorations, basic accoutrements of traditional clothing, that bear witness to ethnic features, and reveal the history, beliefs, customs and aesthetic preferences of the people who wear them.
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