{"id":95658,"date":"2026-05-04T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/?p=95658"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:33:00","slug":"alexandros-georgiou-soul-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/articles\/alexandros-georgiou-soul-portraits","title":{"rendered":"ALEXANDROS GEORGIOU: SOUL PORTRAITS"},"content":{"rendered":"

For almost an entire year, artist Alexandros Georgiou established a temporary live art studio in the \u0395\u039c\u03a3\u03a4 foyer, as part of the Public Programme for the exhibition Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives<\/em>. He invited visitors and their animal companions to participate in a unique portrait-making process\u2014one that involved painting the pets rather than their human owners.<\/p>\n

Throughout this project, Georgiou sought to capture not only the animals\u2019 form but also their \u201csoul\u201d\u2014their distinct inner presence\u2014approaching each subject with the sensitivity and attention traditionally reserved for human portraiture. The artist had pledged that once the project ended, these portraits would be gifted to the companions of the animals depicted.<\/p>\n

After a year in residence and more than 200 sittings , the studio is now drawing to a close, leaving behind a moving archive of what the artist calls Soul Portraits<\/em>.\u00a0\u0395\u039c\u03a3\u03a4 wove this body of work into a unique artist\u2019s book that stands as a tender and vibrant testament to Georgiou\u2019s generosity and commitment, as well as to the deeply affectionate bond we share with our non-human companions. The book launches on Thursday, May 14 at 19:00, at \u0395\u039c\u03a3\u03a4 Caf\u00e9, with copies available for purchase at SHOP AT \u0395\u039c\u03a3\u03a4 following the event.<\/p>\n

Visitors may collect their pets\u2019 portraits on the same day, from 19:00 to 22:00, as well as on Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17, from 11:00 to 14:00. On portrait collection dates, the artist will be present to sign copies of his book.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For almost an entire year, artist Alexandros Georgiou established a temporary live art studio in the \u0395\u039c\u03a3\u03a4 foyer, as part of the Public Programme for the exhibition Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives. He invited visitors and their animal companions to participate in a unique portrait-making process\u2014one that involved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":95654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-exhibition-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,1,30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95658"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95664,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95658\/revisions\/95664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}