Lydia Venieri

"Femicide”

Sept. 3, 2025
Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, New York City

Through commemorative portraits, sculptures, acts of visual mapping, and forensic reconstructions, the exhibition presents a range of perspectives that make visible what is often rendered invisible. The artists’ works serve as powerful tools of memory, mourning, resistance, and transformation, inviting viewers to reflect deeply on the lived experiences behind the data. ...

LENAKI, THE CURSE OF FIRE

Nov. 16, 2024
The 65th Thessaloniki Film Festival

In this docu-drama by Dimitris Indares based on his 2021 essay, "Lenaki, two fires and two curses", he illusrates the narrative with interviews, drama, and animations by Lydia Venieri ...

Lydia Venieri, LENAKI, THE CURSE OF FIRE

GASPARE SPONTINI'S LA VESTALE

Dec. 8, 2023
Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece

Costume & Video Art Designer Lydia Venieri ...

Lydia Venieri, GASPARE SPONTINI'S LA VESTALE

DYONYSOS and Thriteenth Month

July 9, 2023
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF MYKONOS

MYKONOS FESTIVAL ...

Lydia Venieri, DYONYSOS and Thriteenth Month

THE CELEBRATION OF THE THIRTEEN MOONS

June 13, 2023
The OPENING GALLERY

SOZITA GOUDOUNA & THE OPENING GALLERY

invites you to

LYDIA VENIERI’S

THE CELEBRATION OF THE THIRTEEN MOONS

TUESDAY JUNE 13th, 6 - 8pm

With performances by

Gabriele Donati on bass and Dario Terzuolo on tenor sax.

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Lydia Venieri, THE CELEBRATION OF THE THIRTEEN MOONS

The Thirteenth Month

June 8, 2023
The OPENING GALLERY

What happened to the Thirteenth Month?

A natural year has thirteen moons - thirteen lunar months. In my version of the story, the thirteenth month represents Dionysus, the god who was excluded from the twelve of Mount Olympus. Dismembered by his siblings, he was sacrificed and shared as a holy sacrament.

Dionysus transcends into the body of Orpheus, Zagreus, Christ, Krishna, and Prometheus.

Mankind condemned the thirteenth month along with its benevolent and sensual god. Having turned against Nature,

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