Five exhibitions in Athens alone to honour the Crete-born painter Doménikos Theotokópoulos who lived in SpainEl Greco may have left Crete, never to return, in his early 20s, but 400 years after his death, as museums the world over celebrate the man whose works were widely seen as the precursor of modern art, Greece – and his island birthplace – are feting him most.“The Greeks have been keen to recognise his Greekness,” said Richard Kagan, emeritus professor of history at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who has helped curate one of a number of El Greco exhibitions. Continue reading...
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