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Event, Presentation
A New Kind of Pretty in Pink
The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at SFU presents a Gefyra collaboration “Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum”, a lecture by Dr. George Manginis.
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Vancouver, Harbour Centre, Room 1400
This presentation will be moderated by Dr. Dimitris Krallis, Director of SFU's SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies.
Attendance is free. The event is open to the public and in-person only.
This programming is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
ABSTRACT
On the third floor of the Benaki Museum in central Athens hangs a portrait of Queen Olga, the consort of Greece's second king, painted a few years after her wedding to George I. In March 2021, the portrait, attributed to an unknown artist, was included in the Museum's anniversary exhibition celebrating the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution. This lecture will unfold the story of this radiant but enigmatic painting, from its creation to its bequest to the Museum, offering surprising insights into 19th and 20th century Greek and European history.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
George Manginis is the Academic Director of the Benaki Museum in Athens. He has taught and researched Cypriot prehistory, Islamic art and architecture, Sinai studies, Chinese ceramics, European decorative arts and the Greek and Armenian diasporas. In 2016 he published Mount Sinai: A History of Travellers and Pilgrims and China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics, followed by Ceramics from Korea at the Benaki Museum: The George Eumorfopoulos Collection and Director's Choice: Benaki Museum in 2021, and Imperial China in 2023.