Articles and texts written about Stefanos Daskalakis

-/-/1985
Text for the exhibition catalogue New Greek Painters – Passages, Athens – Cultural Capital of Europe 1985, Manos Stefanidis, Pieridis Gallery, in Greek  (1985_a.pdf)

-/11/1992
Texts for the exhibition catalogue Stefanos Daskalakis, Athens Gallery, Greek with French translation: “Stefanos Daskalakis: Un Elpénor sensuel de la peinture” [Stefanos Daskalakis: A sensual Elpenor of painting] Marina Lambraki-Plaka; “Stefanos Daskalakis: Une éloquence murmurée” [Stefanos Daskalakis: A whispered eloquence] Gérard Xuriguera (1992_a), (1992_b)

-/03/1995
“Les miettes du temps” [Scraps of time] by Frédéric Ferney, “Introduction” by Roland Flak – texts in French for the exhibition catalogue DASKALAKIS: Peintures 1993-1995, Galerie Flak, Paris (1995-Frederic) (1995-RolandFlak)

18/04/1995
“Daskalakis, le fatras harmonieux,” Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro – La vie des Arts, no. 15758, text in French (18_04_1995.pdf)

22/12/2005
“Stefanos Daskalakis: Gazing at Things Past,” Vivis Vasilopoulou, O Kosmos tou Ependiti – Erga kai Imeres, in Greek (22_12_2005.pdf)

13/12/2006
“Painterly reflection and mastery,” Haris Kambouridis, TA NEA newspaper, in Greek

10/12/2006
“Descent into Decay,” Irene Bella, I Vradyni newspaper, in Greek

17/01/2007
“Women Flayed by Light,” Lakis Papastathis, Eleftherotypia newspaper, in Greek  (17_01_2007.pdf)

-/12/2006 -/01/2007
“Women’s Bodies Like Omens of Destiny,” Marina Lambraki-Plaka, text for the exhibition catalogue Stefanos Daskalakis, Athens Gallery, in Greek with English translation(2006_2007.pdf)

09/11/2009-13/12/2009
“Stephanos Daskalakis, Painting as Image and as Matter,” Alexandra Koroxenidis, Exh. cat. The Perspective of Time: Pictorial Histories – Paintings from the Sotiris Felios Collection, Benaki Museum, catalogue published in Greek and English (12_2009_eng.pdf)

05/01/2011
“In the Shadow of the Parthenon,” Anne Sassoon, Artcritical – the online magazine of art and ideas, in English https://artcritical.com/2011/01/05/athens/

05/06/2013
“The magic of Stefanos Daskalakis’ painting,” Nikos Al. Milionis, Frear magazine, no. 1, in Greek 05_06_2013.pdf

02/12/2013
“People” another interior reality,” naftemporiki.gr, in Greek https://m.naftemporiki.gr/story/736638

03/12/2013
“Statues of the Everyday,” Yiannis Stamos Eleftherotypia

-/12/2013 -/01/2014
“For Stefanos,” Panayiotis Tetsis, text in English translation for the exhibition catalogue Stefanos Daskalakis: PEOPLE, Benaki Museum tetsis_eng.pdf

-/12/2013 -/01/2014
“The Existing World,” Alekos Fassianos, text in English translation for the exhibition catalogue Stefanos Daskalakis: PEOPLE, Benaki Museum fasianos_eng.pdf

-/12/2013 -/01/2014
“The Luster of the Hidden: Encounters with the work of Stefanos Daskalakis,” Lakis Papastathis, text in English translation for the exhibition catalogue Stefanos Daskalakis: PEOPLE, Benaki Museum papastathis_eng.pdf

-/12/2013 -/01/2014
“Bodies’ Memory,” Elizabeth Plessa, text in Greek for the exhibition catalogue Stefanos Daskalakis: PEOPLE, Benaki Museum plessa_eng.pdf

-/12/2013 -/01/2014
“My Dear Stefanos,” Yannis Tsarouchis, letter written (15/03/1982) for his first exhibition at Syllogi Gallery and reprinted in English translation for the exhibition catalogue Stefanos Daskalakis: PEOPLE, Benaki Museum tsarouchis_eng.pdf

05/12/2013
“The Mute Effort of the Model,” Katerina Liberopoulou, thetoc.gr, in Greek https://www.thetoc.gr/politismos/article/o-boubos-kopos-tou-montelou

12/12/2013
“Stefanos Daskalakis: Powerful painting at the Benaki,” in2life, in Greek
https://www.in2life.gr/culture/art/article/309372/stefanos-daskalakhs-dynath-zografikh-sto-mpenakh.html

-/12/2013
Post on Website Lakis Papastathis, “For the exhibition of Stefanos Daskalakis, in Greek https://lakispapastathis.gr/posts/v/gia-tin-ekthesi-tou-stefanou-daskalaki

19/12/2014
The Academy of Athens Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
https://www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koinonia/8539_timithike-i-allileggyi

10/01/2014
“Real people and painted heroes,” Lakis Papastathis, H Efimerida ton Syndakton [The Editors’ Newspaper], in Greek (10_01_2014.pdf)

05/04/2015
“Stefanos Daskalakis,” Nicholas Deligeorgis, Taxydromos, in Greek https://www.taxydromos.gr/Epistoles/173323-stefanos-daskalakhs.html

17-18/12/2016
Publication of article in Weekend section of TΑ ΝΕΑ newspaper, December 17-18, 2016, special edition: Tribute: “Our Teacher: Leonardo Cremonini,” edited by Mary Adamopoulou, in Greek 2016.pdf

11/10/2017
“Stefanos Daskalakis. Dream Studios – Spaces where the world is recreated,” Nikos Mastropavlos, TO VIMA, Sunday edition, Culture section, in Greek https://www.tovima.gr/2017/06/09/culture/stefanos-daskalakis-xwros-anakataskeyis-toy-kosmoy/

18/03/2018
“The dream-studio of Stefanos Daskalakis,” Nikos Mastropavlos, ΕUDƐΜΟΝĺΑ blog, eudemonia.gr, in Greek
https://eudemonia.gr/ergastirio-oniron-tou-stefanou-daskalaki/

29/01/2019
“Group Portrait for a Woman: Discussion with Stefanos Daskalakis and Kalliopi Asargiotaki,” George Mylonas, Huffpost blog, in Greek https://www.huffingtonpost.gr/entry/omadiko-portreto-yia-te-yenaika_gr_5c5031ede4b0f43e410aca39

19/04/2019
“Stefanos Daskalakis,” anemourion blog post by George A. Argirou, in Greek https://anemourion.blogspot.com/2017/06/blog-post_52.html

-/-/2019
Belgian Psychoanalysis Review, presentation of painter Stefanos Daskalakis, no. 74, in French
https://www.psychanalyse.be/emage/stefanos-daskalakis/

-/05/2020
“Eight Painters on the Corona virus and the day after,” Irene Pitsoli, TA NEA TIS TECHNIS review, in Greek
https://taneatistechnis.com/epikairotita/okto-kallitechnes-gia-ton-koronoio-kai-4/

15/05/2020
“The antique pistols of Stefanos Daskalakis,” Mary Adamopoulou, TANEA Team, TA NEA, in Greek
https://www.tanea.gr/print/2020/05/16/lifearts/ta-istorika-opla-crtou-stefanou-daskalaki/

Texts by Stefanos Daskalakis

-/-/1985
Text for the exhibition catalogue New Greek Painters – Passages, Athens – Cultural Capital of Europe 1985, Pieridis Gallery, in Greek (1985.pdf)

-/11/1986
Text published in the periodical ENA, in Greek (11_1986.pdf)

-/01/1987
Τext for the exhibition catalogue Stefanos Daskalakis – Paintings, Municipal Gallery of Larissa, Katsigra Museum, in Greek (01_1987.pdf)

15/08/1993
“Liberty via Constraint,” Stefanos Daskalakis, TO VIMA-New Epochs, in Greek (15_08_1993.pdf)

-/-/2005
Text for the exhibition catalogue In Arte Veritas, Petros and Marikas Kydoniefs Foundation, Ploes XI, Andros, in Greek and English

23/10/2010
“Six artists write about Stavros Ioannou,” O Kosmos tou Ependyti, Culture magazine, no. 146, in Greek

-/-/2010
Text for the book GRTISTS – Creators’ Images, Nicolas A. Vernicos & Penelope Massouri, Ikaros Publishing, 2010, in Greek and English

02/10/2010
“For Art and Culture: The total domination of populism,” Vima Ideon, no. 42, in Greek (02_10_2010.pdf)

14/10/2011
“A Painter is a very peculiar creature,” Momento magazine, no. 14, in Greek
https://www.culturenow.gr/stefanos-daskalakis-o-zwgrafos-einai-ena-polu-idiorruthmo-on/

-/03/2012
Text for the exhibition catalogue Face to Face: A Collector and the Artists, Frissiras Museum

09/04/2014
“A few thoughts on my painting,” Stefanos Daskalakis, Culturenow Mag, issue 27, in Greek https://www.culturenow.gr/stefanos-daskalakhs-merikes-skepseis-gia-thn-zwgrafikh-moy/

14-15/03/2015
“For Antinous,” Stefanos Daskalakis, TA NEA weekend edition, in Greek https://www.tanea.gr/2015/03/13/lifearts/gia-ton-antinoo/

17/10/2015
Stefanos Daskalakis: «I see the world from here», ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, Life & Art/Artists in Studio
https://www.tanea.gr/2015/09/17/lifearts/stefanos-daskalakis-apo-dw-blepw-ton-kosmo/

17/05/2016
“Fear,” Stefanos Daskalakis, TA NEA, in Greek https://www.tanea.gr/2016/05/17/opinions/mpilieto-fobos-3/

-/05/2017
“The ‘Imaginary Prisons’ of Piranesi,” Stefanos Daskalakis, The Art of Crime, Issue 2, e-periodical theartofcrime.gr, in Greek with English translation https://theartofcrime.gr/imaginary-prisons-piranesi/

-/03/2018
“A few thoughts on painting,” Frear magazine, Issue 21, in Greek 03_2018.pdf

-/02/2018
Art Diary 1945-2017: The Adventure of a Collection by Vlassis Frissiras, Patakis Publishers, with text by Stefanos Daskalakis: “The Collector as Alchemist,” in Greek

01/02/2019
“In the studio – Stefanos Daskalakis: Not a day without a line,” Artviews online review, in Greek
https://artviews.gr/στέφανος-δασκαλάκης-καμία-μέρα-δίχως/

-/07/2019
“The Moon,” TA NEA, editorial Mary Adamopoulou, in Greek

11/09/2019
“Eyes Wide Shut,” TA NEA, editorial Mary Adamopoulou, in Greek  (11_09_2019.pdf)
https://www.tanea.gr/print/2019/09/11/greece/stefanos-daskalakis/

24/11/2019
“Seven painters comment on seven works from the museum of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, George Mylonas,” Liberal – independent e-news, in Greek
https://www.liberal.gr/apopsi/efta-dimiourgoi-parousiazoun-isarithma-erga-apo-to-mouseio-goulandri/275505

-/05/2019
“Tarquin and Lucretia,” Stefanos Daskalakis, The Art of Crime, Issue 6, in Greek with English translation https://theartofcrime.gr/tarquin-and-lucretia/

15/03/2020
“Five Painters for Maria Filopoulou,” George Milonas, Liberal, in Greek https://www.liberal.gr/apopsi/pente-zografoi-gia-ti-maria-filopoulou/291605

29/5/2020
“Eight Painters speak on Coronavirus and the day after: Stefanos Daskalakis,” ΤΑ ΝΕΑ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ [Ta Nea Tis Technis – Art News], Irini Pitsoli, in Greek https://taneatistechnis.com/epikairotita/okto-kallitechnes-gia-ton-koronoio-kai-4/

18/06/2020
“Artists talk about values: Stefanos Daskalakis,” TA NEA, in Greek
https://www.tanea.gr/print/2020/06/18/opinions/oi-texnes-miloun-gia-aksies/

02-03/01/2021
“A Farewell to the past two decades: 38 people from the cultural world select their favorite books, albums, songs, films,” TA NEA weekend edition – Personalities, 2-3/01/2021, in Greek
https://www.tanea.gr/print/2021/01/02/lifearts/apoxairetismos-stin-eikosaetia/

13-14/02/2021
“In Remembrance of Pavlos Samios (1948-2021) “The Munificent Painter” by Stefanos Daskalakis,” TA NEA weekend edition 13-14/02/2021, in Greek  (14_02_2021.pdf)

Interviews and talks

11/2006
“Painter of the material and the materials of the Painter in the work of Stefanos Daskalakis,” interview with Iris Kritikou, Express, no. 90, in Greek (11_2006.pdf)

03/12/2006
“As we get older, we understand what’s worth spending time on,” interview with Margarita Pournara, Kathimerini, K magazine, no. 183, in Greek (03_12_2006.pdf)

27/12/2006
“Ι destroy in order to progress,” interview with Mary Adamopoulou, TA NEA, in Greek (27_12_2006.pdf)

12/12/2009
“Stefanos Daskalakis: “You paint in order to become someone else,” brief dialogue with Christos Theophilis, O Kosmos tou Ependyti, Culture magazine, no. 101, in Greek (12_12_2009.pdf)

29/11/2013
“They are people, not models,” Efimerida ton Syntakton [Editors’ Newspaper], Interview with Pari Spinou, in Greek  (29_11_2013.pdf)

30/11/2013
“Painting is beautiful when it does not lie,” Interview with Antonis Karatzaferis, Eleftheros Typos newspaper, in Greek (30_11_2013.pdf)

30/11/2013
“The melancholic beauty of the silence of the gaze,” Stefanos Daskalakis interviewed by Giorgos Kiousis for Eleftherotypia’s online newspaper, Enet, in Greek http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=401641

01/12/2013
“Stefanos Daskalakis: Hand-to-Hand Painting,” Nikos Mastropavlos, TO VIMA, in Greek https://www.tovima.gr/2013/11/29/culture/stefanos-daskalakis-i-zwgrafiki-swma-me-swma/
https://www.in.gr/2013/12/02/culture/stefanos-daskalakis-i-zwgrafiki-swma-me-swma/

08/12/2013
“We paint to go against our will,” Interview with Thanassis Niarchos, ΒΗΜagazino, in Greek(08_12_2013.pdf)
https://www.tovima.gr/2013/12/09/vimagazino/stefanos-daskalakis-zwgrafizoyme-gia-na-pame-enantia-sti-thelisi-mas/

30/4/2014
“If you don’t believe, you won’t change a thing,” Eleonora Orfanidou interviews Stefanos Daskalakis, Shedia- Street Paper, in Greek https://www.shedia.gr/article_issues/den-pistepseis-den-8a-alla3ei-tipota-synentey3h-to/

30/12/2016
K.N. Kazamiakis’ Open University – Guided tour of the temporary exhibition Hermitage – Gateway to History at the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, 30/12/2016, in Greek

19/01/2017
“Leonardo Cremonini’s Greek Students,” round-table discussion at the Italian Institute of Athens with Marina Lambraki-Plaka, Takis Mavrotas, Eurydice Trichon-Milsani, Stefanos Daskalakis, Irini Iliopoulou, Vicky Hatzilakou, in Greek

3/10/2017
Rendez-vous with Other Gods, photography exhibition by Angeliki Tsigkou, panel presentation for opening of exhibition with participants: Tassos Vrettos (photographer), Stefanos Daskalakis (painter), Yota Festa (actress narrated text by Andrea Schroth), Angeliki Tsigkou (architect/photographer), IANOS Café, in Greek

15/12/2017
Little Geographies of Painting: Piraeus, B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music, panel discussion moderated by art historian and independent art curator Iris Kritikou with painters Yiannis Adamakis, Stefanos Daskalakis and Frangisko Doukakis, in Greek

23/09/2018
The Culpable in Greece has two faces,” Interview with Stavros Theodorakis and Stefanos Daskalakis,” Thanassis Niarchos, TA NEA – Οpposites Attract, in Greek (23_09_2018.pdf)

01/06/2018
Greek periodical Nea Efthini [New Responsibility – periodical of freedom and language] double issue 40-41 with cover by Stefanos Daskalakis and interview with George Mylonas “The Truth of a Work”, in Greek

22/10/2018
“Vlassis Frissiras – A Great Collector,” presentation by Stefanos Daskalakis and art historian/journalist Hera Papapostolou at the Association of Greeks from Egypt, in Greek

30/06/2019
Dico Byzantios: Abstraction and Figuration, Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros (curated by Kyriakos Koutsomallis). Round table discussion “Greek Artists in Paris” with Stefanos Daskalakis, Pavlos Samios, Takis Mavrotas and Kyriakos Koutsomallis, in Greek

02/09/2019
“In the studio of Yannis Tsarouchis – Interview with Stefanos Daskalakis,” George Mylonas, Huffpost blog, in Greek https://www.huffingtonpost.gr/entry/sto-eryasterio-toe-yianne-tsaroeche-senenteexe-me-ton-stefano-daskalake_gr_5d6cec0ae4b011080451ec0a

06/12/2019
Little Geographies of the Studio, B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music with art historian and independent art curator Iris Kritikou, “The Neighbors of Remoundou Street, an in-depth discussion with Stefanos Daskalakis and Pavlos Samios,” in Greek

05/06/2020
“Every crisis forces us to confront ourselves,” interview for Polis Magazino, polismagazino.gr, in Greek https://www.polismagazino.gr/στέφανος-δασκαλάκης-κάθε-κρίση-μας-φ/

07/06/2020
“Art is an Answer to the Void” interview for the newspaper TO VIMA with Marilena Astrapellou, in Greek (07_06_2020.pdf) in English 07_06_2020
https://www.tovima.gr/printed_post/i-texni-einai-cri-apantisi-sto-kenocr/

17/08/2020
“Stefanos Daskalakis: “Painting in the summer,” interview with George Mylonas, Liberal, in Greek https://www.liberal.gr/apopsi/stefanos-daskalakis-zografizontas-to-kalokairi-/318171

13-14/04/2021
“Eva Expecting”… from conception to creation,” interview with Zeta Tzioti, Axianews, weekend edition 13-14/2021, in Greek / “The creation of a painting: Eva Expecting,” Collector Iordanis Kotzaivazoglou in discussion with painter Stefanos Daskalakis and Zeta Tzioti, Artviews
https://artviews.gr/η-δημιουργία-ενός-πορτραίτου-η-εύα-έγ/

09/05/2021
“The moment is the only realuty that exists”, interview with Zeta Tzioti, Axianews (09_05_2021.pdf)
https://artviews.gr/στέφανος-δασκαλάκης-κάθε-φορά-που-ξ/

Filmography – Television programs

09/02/1988
“George Mavroïdis,” Millie Giannakaki, Paraskinio program, TV channel ERT1, in Greek

-/-/-
“Stefanos Daskalakis: Peri Technis,” Liberty Polizou, film direction Theodoros Panou, TV channel Seven, in Greek

09/01/2006
“Yannis Tsarouchis,” Part 1-2, Liberty Polizou, film direction Theodoros Panou, TV channel Seven, in Greek

26/04/2006
“Comments on a Portrait – director Lakis Papastathis in conversation with the painter,” Paraskinio program, TV channel ERT1, in Greek  Video in Greek

12/05/2008
“Sculptures see history,” Lakis Papastathis, Paraskinio program, TV channel ERT1, in Greek

-/-/2010
“Time’s Gaze: Contemporary Painters meet the Public,” in conjunction with the 2009 exhibition “The Perspective of Time: Pictorial Trajectories – Paintings from the Sotiris Felios Collection,” Benaki Museum -Pireos Street, Athens, Part 1-2, Paraskinio program, TV channel ET1, in Greek

-/-/2011
Hotel Triton, “S. Daskalakis,” film direction Katerina Patroni, ET1, in Greek

13/05/2013
“Ellenico Plurale,” Takis Hatzopoulos, Paraskinio program, TV channel ET1, in Greek

12/2013-01/2014
Stefanos Daskalakis’ guided tour of the exhibition “People” at the Benaki Museum, 12/2013-01/2014, in Greek

14/01/2014
“The Portrait in Painting and in Photography: Discussion with Stefanos Daskalakis and Platon Rivellis,” Benaki Museum, in Greek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq2PzhJr6bY https://www.blod.gr/lectures/to-portreto-sti-zografiki-kai-ti-fotografia/

05/24/2016
“Non Finito in Art,” IANOS Café, discussion with Kostis Kazamiakis and Stefanos Daskalakis, in Greek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qazjbwrZZqU

07/06/2016/Ημερομηνία προβολής 07/06/2016
Magic Lamp, televised interview: Stefanos Daskalakis “First of all Painting” directed by Costas Aristopoulos for TV channel Vouli, in Greek
program.ert.gr/details.asp?pid=3481109chid=8

05/12/2016
Daskalakis-Madenis-Rorris, Municipal Gallery of Patras, guided tour of the exhibition by Stefanos Daskalakis, 05/12/2016, in Greek https://www.patrasevents.gr/article/259536-stefanos-daskalakis-ksenagisi-stin-dimotiki-pinakothiki-patron-051216

11/04/2018
Ianos Café, Unexpected Encounters, Sotiris Felios in conversation with painters Stefanos Daskalakis, Maria Filopoulou, Emmanouil Bitsakis, moderated by Margarita Pournara, in Greek
https://www.facebook.com/IANOS.GR/videos/10155098228800938/
https://www.tanea.gr/2018/04/15/lifearts/aproblepti-synantisi-me-syllektes/

Book Covers

1996
Charles Bukowski, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, translated from the English by Gérard Guégan, Grasset Publications – Paperbacks, in French, cover illustration Stefanos Daskalakis Interior with Green Chair (1994)

1996
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, translated from the Italian by Maria Kasotaki, Patakis Publishers, in Greek, cover illustration Stefanos Daskalakis Still Life

1997
Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Le Cocteau au Mendiant, L’Eau tranquille [The thief’s knife, Tranquil water], short stories translated from the Spanish into French by André Gabastou, Antoine Soriano Editor, cover illustration: Stefanos Daskalakis Interior with a chimney (1989)

2011
Lakis Papastathis, This Summer She’s Playing Clytemnestra, Polis Publishers, in Greek, cover illustration Stefanos Daskalakis Portrait of Andrea (1998)

2009
Nicholas Glossas, Technology for Grade 7, Organization for Scholastic Books, Athens, in Greek, book cover Stefanos Daskalakis Still Life (2004)

2009
Collective work, Grammar & Language- Grade 5, From pomegranate to spinning wheel, vol. 3, in Greek, book cover Stefanos Daskalakis Still Life (2004)

2016
Cover for Dimitris Petrou’s poetry collection, Χωματουργικά [Earthwork], Μikri Arktos Publishers, in Greek

Illustrations

1996
Panagiotis Dimouleas, From Apollodorus’ Mythological Library: Gods and Heroes of the Greeks, Volume One, EKATI Publishers, Athens, paintings by Stefanos Daskalakis (1995)

05/06/2013
Frear magazine, issue 1, illustrated with drawings by Stefanos Daskalakis,

30/09/2013
Frear, illustrated with works by Stefanos Daskalakis, Issue 2, 07-08/2013. Available online
https://frear.gr/?p=2122