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Who we are

Ambassadors for Hellenic Culture & Art

Published for over a decade by Ariston Foundation, Portes is a collection of carefully curated stories written by people to whom Greece is a muse. These experts—museum founders and curators, historians, archaeologists, scholars, artists and passionate members of the arts and culture community—convene annually to produce the limited edition Portes.

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EDITORS, AUTHORS & JOURNALISTS

Storytelling with love for Greece

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CULTURAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDERS

Living & promoting heritage

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ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS & DESIGNERS 

Inspired by Greece to inspire 

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HISTORIANS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS  & MUSEUM CURATORS

Discovering & preserving for ages to come

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AMBASSADORS FOR HELLENIC CULTURE & ART

Lifelong passion for Hellenism

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Contributors

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ELENA AGAPITOU​

Filmmaker & copywriter

MYRSINI ALEXANDRIDI

Artist 

NICHOLAS ALEXIOU 

President, Hellenic American Project
 

ELENI ALOUPI-SIOTIS ​Chemist & archaeological scientist
 

​CALLIOPE ANAGNOSTI

Owner & Head Pastry Chef, Madame Gâteaux Athens
 

NAOMI ANTONAKOS
Director, Stephen Antonakos Studio

 

DAN JACQUELINE P.R. ARANDA
Author & researcher

B

ANGLYN BALODIMAS-BARTOLOMEI

Professor of Education 

ARGYRO BARBARIGOU

Chef & author
 

NICOLETTA BARBATA 
Photographer & writer 

 

IOANNIS BETSAS
Associate professor, history of education

EVELYN BERVOETS

Artist 

DAPHNE BIKA
Art historian, conservator of antiquities & works of art, Ministry of Culture

 

ALEXANDER BILLINIS

Writer & author
 

CHRIS BLAKE 
Journalist, writer & editor

C

CLAIRE CATACOUZINOS
Writer & editor

 

MARIA CHRISTODOULOU

Clinical herbalist & founder, The Greek Herbalist

VASILIS CHRYSANTHOPOULOS

Photographer
 

MARIA MADONNA CONSTANTINIDES

Artist & founder, Akia Collection

ANDREA CROWLY 

Director of partnerships & philanthropy, Near East Foundation 

D

ZOE DALARI

Writer & researcher 

 

ANNEZINA DAMPOLIA

Artist 
 

GEORGE DAVLAS
Co-founder, Davlas PR

 

MIMI DENISSIActress, director, playwright, producer & theater entrepreneur

 

PAVLOS DEMERTZIS-BOUBOULIS
President, Bouboulina Museum

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​VASILIKI ELEUTHERIOU

Writer & researcher 
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VIKTORIA FASSIANOU
Director, Alekos Fassianos Estate & Museum

 

KONSTANTINOS FIKAS

Photographer 

 

YANNIS FOTIADIS 
Architect & artist 

G
ISABELLA GALANTE 

Writer & researcher
 

THOMAS GATOS

Hospitality consultant
 

SOTIRIOS GARDIAKOS
Artist 

 

LAKIS GAVALAS
Designer, fashion entrepreneur 

 

MARIA GEORGOPOULOU

Director, Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

ANGELA GEREKOU
Actress, former president, Greek National Tourism Organisation, former deputy minister at Hellenic Ministry of Culture, former Hellenic Parliament MP

NIKOLAOS DE GRECE
Artist & photographer

 

ELLA GONZALES ​

Writer & researcher
 

REUBEN GOOSSENS
Maritime historian & author 

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GIORGOS HATZINASSIOS

Composer 

STEPHEN HARRIS

Druce Curator of the Oxford University Herbaria

KRISTINA HEADRICK

Founder, YiaMas
 

LEONID ILYUKHIN
Artist & researcher

 

ANASTASIA IOANNOU
Writer & researcher

 

ANTONIA IROIDOU​​

Artist 
 

ALEXANDER JASCHIK

Photographer 

K

​BELLA KARRAGIANNIDIS

Food writer, recipe developer & photographer

DIMITRIS KALIAKOUDAS

Photographer
 

NIKOS KAVOUKIDIS

Cinematographer, director & producer

DIMITRIS KLEANTHIS
Videographer & photographer

 

ZOE KERAMEA

Artist
 

MAKOS KOUKAKIS
Chef

 

CHRISTOS KOUKIS
Poet

ISMENE KILIA
Writer & researcher

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IOANNA LALAOUNI
Director, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum

 

ANNE DE PASQUALE LONNBERG
Actress, songwriter, scriptwriter, musician & author

 

NIKOLETTA LIAKOSTAVROU

Head, OTE Group Telecommunications Museum
 

NIGEL LOWRY

Founder & director, Greek Shipping Hall of Fame, journalist, Lloyd's List Athens Correspondent

CHRISTINA LORIDAS

Writer & founder

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ATHENA MACHA -BIZOUMI
Associate Professor of Folklore, Democritus University of Thrace

 

ELIAS MAMALAKIS
Chef & TV-host

 

THOMAS MALOUTAS

Professor emeritus of social geography, Harokopio University

GIOTA MANTZOURATOU

Wildlife photographer
 

ROBERT MCCABE
Photographer 

 

JOHN MCKESSON CAMP II

Director, Athenian Agora Excavations, American School of Classical Studies at Athens Stavros Niarchos Foundation professor of classics  
 

YASSONAS MEGOULAS
Artist & designer

 

CHRISTINA MORALI 

Artist & ceramicist & Head, Yannis Moralis Studio

 

ANTHE MITRAKOS
Co-founder & editor, Portes Magazine

 

VASILIKI MITRAKOS

Co-founder, Portes Magazine

THEODORA MILLER

Artist & designer

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PETER NIKOLAIDIS

Marine biologist & oceanographer, Aegean Institute 
 

ANDRONIKI PAPADOPOULOS

Writer & researcher
 

IOANNA PAPANTONIOU

Founder, Basil Papantoniou Foundation & Greek Costume Society, educator, stage & costume designer
 

DESPOINA PAPADEAS

Writer & artist
 

TEDI PASCARELLA 
Writer & researcher

 

FILIA XILAS PATTAKOU
Writer, researcher & author 

STELIOS PARLIAROS
Pastry chef

GISIS PAPAGEORGIOU
Illustrator & author

 

KOSTAS PAPASPILIOS

Researcher, TV presenter & author

 

VANGELIS PARAVAS

Marine researcher & conservationist, former president of MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal
 

DESIREE OPIAT PRINSLOO
Artist 

XENIA POLITOU

Aegeas AMKE curator of modern Greek culture, Benaki Museum

DIMITRIS POLYMENOPOULOS
Journalist & photographer

 

KATHERINE POSEIDON
Writer & researcher

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KARL REBER
Director, University of Lausanne Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece 
 

KATERINA SAKELLIOU
Chef​

KILLIAN SCHMITZ-HUBSCH

Architect, educator & author

DEAN SIRIGOS
Editor & journalist

ARIS SOTIRIOU
Founder, Neanikon 

ANETTE SPAAN

Photographer

 

IOANNA STAMOULOU

Chef 

 

TASSOS STATHOPOULOS

Journalist & author

T

ROBERT U. TAYLOR
Artist 

LINDA THEODOROU ​

Writer, researcher & author 
 

ARISTOULA TOLI 

Co-founder, Avles arts organization, dancer, educator & researcher
 

COSTAS THEOCHARIS
Illustrator & author

 

​​GABRIEL TOMPALIDIS
Artist & illustrator
 

​​VASILIS TSATSARAGKOS

President, Olympic Airlines Employee Cultural Center (POLKEOA)
 

​CHARIS TSEVIS​

Artist 
 

AMARYLLIS TSEGOU

Founder, The Tasty Other, photographer & recipe developer

FOTIS TZANAKIS
Journalist 

 

​GEORGE TZIALLAS

Tourism expert, former secretary at Hellenic Ministry of Tourism

V

PANOS VALSAMAKIS
Head, Valsamakis Ceramics 

 

DIMITRIS VAFEIADIS 
Mosaic artist 

 

​MARY VERGOU
Head, Benaki Toy Museum

 

NATALIA VOGEIKOFF-BROGAN 
Head archivist, American School of Classical Studies at Athens

 

ELENA VOTSI
Jewelry designer 

THEODORE VOKOS

Managing Director, Posidonia Exhibitions

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DIANE ALEXANDER WHITE
Photographer, Field Museum Chicago

 

AGATA WIERUSZEWSKA

Artist 

ARTEMIS ZENETOU

Executive Director, Fulbright Foundation in Greece

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