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St Edmund Hall @stedmundhall.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

New on the Hall blog: Research shows families want clarity, hands-on fun and inspiration — and the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social is stepping up to deliver by @koutsikag.bsky.social. www.seh.ox.ac.uk/blog/inspiring-families-at-the-ashmolean-what-makes-a-museum-visit-work-for-children

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🌱 kewgardens.bluesky.social know how to party: live performance 👯, beautiful & thought provoking installations & good friends in the Temperate House, opening of #MaterialWorld, where art, fashion & plants weave a sustainable future.🌿

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A journey through the universe begins with glittering stars, shimmering galaxies, fiery suns & silver moon @RMGreenwich.bsky.social, which unveiled the cosmos at the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year private view. #photography

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

📣 Don't miss chance to take part in One World Festival 2026! Join us in creating a lively celebration that highlights the diverse talents within our local community and forges connection with family audiences. Applications close 9am on Monday 15 September: ashmolean.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/20...

A photograph of women dancing at One World Festival

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Edward Burra’s vibrant watercolours @tate.bsky.social capture the pulse of the 20th century, from nightlife and popular culture to the shadow of two wars. Fortunate t experience his first London retrospective with a dear colleague 😊. @visitlondon.bsky.social

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Celebrating the Feast of the Holy Cross in Orthodox Churches across the world, first exalted in Jerusalem in 335 after the consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the True Cross has since been a symbol of victory, hope & salvation #FeastOfTheCross

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

From yesterday 's visit to #NationalPortraitGallery , where 46 captivating portraits from around the world are displayed for the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award. ❤️

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Encountered today @tate.bsky.social the art of Emily Kam Kngwarray, who translated her Anmatyerr knowledge of Country into powerful masterpieces. @visitlondon.bsky.social

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Bidding farewell with poetry by #Elytis "a citron from which the sky spilled out, the blue hearing half under the sea" #TravelGreece

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Avlemonas, a fishing village, charms with Cycladic-style houses, tiny gulfs, crystal-clear seas & the 16C Venetian Castle. Kakia Lagada Gorge leads to the ruins of Paleochora, which we sadly didn't visit today. #TravelGreece

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Nestled among cypresses in #Kythera, the Monastery of Osios Theodoros honors the island’s patron saint. Built on Byzantine foundations, it holds centuries of history, frescoes, and icons.

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Discovering ancient #Kythera at the Archaeological Museum and icons & frescoes at the Byzantine Museum and visiting the Monastery of Agia Moni (1780) with its links to Kolokotronis, a symbol of faith, freedom & breathtaking views. #Greece

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

On the evening of St Fanourios’ feast, the Orthodox churches filled with prayer and the sweet aroma of fanouropita. The priest blesses each cake, and the faithful share it in honor of the Saint who helps us find what was lost. #Orthodoxy

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Chora, #Kythera ’s capital, blends history & charm,with the 13C Venetian Castle, picturesque chapels, stunning sea views, cobbled streets and a mixture of Greek & Venetian architecture #GreeceTravel

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Amid sand and stone, under a ruthless sun, #flowers dare to bloom #nature

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Wandering through #Mylopotamos, encountering dried up waterfalls & old watermills, the Byzantine churches inside the Venetian castle of Kato Chora, & finding a way to pay homage to the stalagmite cave church of Agia Sophia with its 13C frescoes #Kythira #TravelGreece

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

On Sundays, #Potamos breathes with life. Market stalls brim with olive oil, honey, cheese, semprevivas, melons, figs & voices weaving everyday stories & local news. #Kythera

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

The air shifts from pine, eukalyptus, thyme, oregano, myrtle, fennel, rosemary & sage in the hills to jasmine, heather, juniper & geranium in garden courtyards. But here & there, the scars of fire reminded us of nature’s fragility. Dd

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Stepped into living history: from the miraculous icon at the Monastery of #PanagiaMyrtidiotissa, to the hilltop serenityof #AgiaElesa, the sacred quadrilateral of Agios Dimitrios (Purko) & the beautiful, deserted, peer-school; faith, beauty & #heritage meeting at every turn.

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

#Karavas village hides a lush ravine where fresh springs flow from the hills, surrounded by wild trees. #NatureBeauty #VisitGreece

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Radiohead @radiohead.wastehq.social · 16/08/2025

This Sunday on BBC 6 Music, Mary Anne Hobbs will be talking to @thomyorke.wastehq.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social‬ at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social‬ about the new exhibition, This Is What You Get. Listen live this Sunday 17th August at 6pm BST waste.lnk.to/bbc.ashmolea... 📸 Iona Wolff

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

#MorethanHuman @designmuseum.bsky.social explores how design can serve the entire living world 🌏. 140+ works spanning art, architecture & tech, including 🐙 octopus-friendly sculptures & 🌊seaweed installations. A bold rethinking of design in the age of climate crisis.

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

#Millet: Life on the Land @nationalgallery.bsky.social provided glimpses of 19C rural France through the eyes of Jean-François Millet, the painter who inspired Van Gogh, Degas & Pissarro, and who could empathise with the people who spent their life working on the land.

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

#AbstractErotic @thecourtauld.bsky.social Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse & Alice Adams explode sculpture with surreal forms, raw materials & feminist power. A captivating selection of Bourgeois’s 1960s drawings reveals how her dreamlike, abstract forms shaped & mirrored her practice.

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

A treat #HaywardGallery #YoshitomoNara delves into rebellion, solitude, freedom and spirit, through 150+ drawings, sculptures & paintings. Each reflects deep emotions, alongside influences from home, nature, solitude & punk.

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

#dresscodes kensingtonpalace.bsky.social explores how royal fashion shapes power, identity & change. Enjoy outfits from Queen Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess Margaret, Vivienne Westwood alongside, new designs by young producers. #RoyalStyle #FashionHistory

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

It was such a wonderful day - many thanks to our teams for making it happen 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

What a couple of days 🧠💗 grateful too faculty & participants for the deep dive into regulation, risk & innovation at the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social UK Socrates Seminar. Inspiring sessions, creative outputs & hopeful discussions @blavatnicschool.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social #AspenUK

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#Keifer "was not overly interested in the emotional aspect of #VanGogh’s work or in his unhappy life. What impressed [him] was the rational structure, the confident construction of his paintings.’ Enjoy both artists @royalacademy.bsky.social

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

First visit to #AlbionBarn&Fields as part of our annual @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Board away day ;a great location to think collectively about our identity & our future 😊

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

#DesignandDisability #V&A is a radical rethinking of who shapes culture and celebrates the powerful impact of Disabled, Deaf & neurodivergent creatives on design, from the 1940s to today. #DesignJustice #DisabilityCulture

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Do you have a spare 5 minutes today? Complete our short survey & we’ll enter you into a prize draw to win £100. Share your thoughts at: online1.snapsurveys.com/54s8pw

A black and white etching by Rembrandt of a man writing at a desk, looking out at us. A younger man is stood behind him.

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Third short work visit to #Glasgow, and once again, without a doubt I am leaving the city with the fondest of impressions; everyone I encountered in the streets, the train, the museums, the hotel was very welcoming, very friendly & very inclusive @visitscotland.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Thinking, laughing & learning together with my @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social inspirational 🌟heads of teams @holburn.bsky.social (🙏🏽Chris & Sophie for your time & insights) @victoriaartbath.bsky.social @romanbathsbath.bsky.social

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

#Encaenia is one of my favourite days @UniofOxford.bsky.social - honouring exceptional individuals & enjoying 🍓🍓🍓& cream at @StHildas.bsky.social with lovely colleagues 🤗

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Back @nationalgallery.bsky.social to revisit #Siena on its last day - the best belated birthday treat ❤️

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

🍃Cooling down with 500 years of books & botany @britishlibrary.bsky.social #Unearthed exhibition; encountering from Darwin’s plant-collecting box to guerrilla gardening zines, and finding out about gardening’s radical roots. 🌿

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Delightful start of the #AIMConference2025 children, followed by thought - provoking talks on co-curation, commercialisation, community engagement and collectively imagining our future; and concluding with an evening of surprises at the Mary Rose @aimuseums.bsky.social @phdockyard.bsky.social

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Good to reconnect with friends & meet new colleagues @aimuseums.bsky.social... and did I mention the lively volunteer tour @phdockyard.bsky.social or the sunset?

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

#TheMikado GLO's 10th production of the classic operetta reimagines the tale in a quirky English car factory. Directed by Richie Scott,and included lovely MD. #TheMikado #GilbertandSullivan

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Lovely private view @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social of Ashmolean Now #DaphneWright: Deep-Rooted Things exploring still life, memory & identity; featuring Sons & Couch, a striking life-size sculpture of the artist’s children, created in agreement and collaboration- moving & personal.

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Marina Tabassum’s A Capsule in Time, the 2025 #SerpentinePavilion is a poetic interplay of light, movement & memory. Rooted in place, climate & culture, her kinetic design draws on South Asia’s Shamiyana tents; inviting connection, celebration & stillness. #Architecture @SerpentineUK.bsky.social

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Happy #Pentecost 🔥in the icon of Pentecost we see the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit, sent down upon the Apostles to teach the nations and baptise them in the name of the Holy Trinity. We also reopened our Cathedral's small museum @visitlondon.bsky.social

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Stayed local this 🌧️ afternoon for #LondonGalleryWeekend enjoying new & established 🎨 artists @lissongallery.bsky.social , Palmer Gallery & Patrick Heide Contemporary Art @visitlondon.bsky.social

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Gina Koutsika @koutsikag.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

#EdmunddeWaal's poetic, poignant words followed by @mertoncollegechoir.bsky.social, #BetteZhaoyiYan, #YuchenZhang & improvising collective responding to audiences & artefacts, while exploring themes of brokeness & fragments @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social in collaboration with #CulturalProgramme

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