Vlasis Frissiras – Double Portrait: The Collector, the Painter

Vlasis Frissiras has painted himself, large, with his grandchildren. You won't find his name on the front: he signs on the back, because a big signature on the canvas is, he told iefimerida, "sacrilege".

The show has two parts. The larger one is his collection: about seventy contemporary figurative painters from Eastern and Western Europe, China, Mexico, India and Iran, most of whom he met in their studios. Their people desire, labour, suffer and dream. Then come his own paintings, made from the pandemic on: women of every age and body, in his words a more optimistic side of life than the pain in the works he collects. Most lockdown hobbies ended as a sourdough starter at the back of the fridge. His got half a show in Tavros.

Come for that contrast between the collector's eye and the painter's. Tickets are €6. It is open Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 14:00 and weekends 10:00 to 19:00, closed Mondays, until 30 November, with free parking on site.