{"id":95687,"date":"2026-09-01T18:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cycladic.gr\/draseis\/cycladic-talk-catherine-mccormack-h-pagida-tis-afroditish-pagida-tis-afroditis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T21:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:14:46","slug":"cycladic-talk-catherine-mccormack-h-pagida-tis-afroditish-pagida-tis-afroditis","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/cycladic.gr\/en\/draseis\/cycladic-talk-catherine-mccormack-h-pagida-tis-afroditish-pagida-tis-afroditis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycladic Talk: Catherine McCormack – The Venus Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cycladic Talk:
Catherine McCormack – The Venus Trap<\/h1>

EVENTS<\/p>

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\n The Museum of Cycladic Art has the pleasure of welcoming renowned art historian Catherine McCormack, known for her book Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking<\/i>, on Tuesday 15 September 2026 at Cine Athinaia, for a talk entitled The Venus Trap: the enduring emptiness of the Venus archetype.\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n BOOK TICKETS<\/span>\n \n <\/use>\n<\/svg>\n <\/span>\n \n BOOK TICKETS<\/span>\n \n <\/use>\n<\/svg>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/a>\n \n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
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Drawing on the Cycladic Museum’s current exhibition Jeff Koons: \u2018Venus\u2019 Lespugue<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Catherine McCormack, who has contributed with an essay for the exhibition catalogue, takes a closer look at the ‘Venus’ archetype in both art history and broader western visual culture as a category that has shaped expectations about female identity.<\/p>\n

Beginning with the enigmatic paleolithic figurines<\/strong> that led feminist archaeologists such as Marija Gimbutas<\/strong>\u00a0 to argue for evidence of a matriarchal religion, McCormack will trace a potted history of ‘Venus’ as one of the default terms for representations of women across art and culture from classical Greek Aphrodite of Knidos<\/strong>, through Botticelli\u2019s <\/strong>ubiquitous Renaissance example to modernist reworkings<\/strong>, including those by women artists who sought to challenge its limitations as a template for the myth of ideal womanhood.<\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, September 15, 20:00<\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n
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Catherine McCormack<\/h3>\n

\u0397 Catherine McCormack \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u03c4\u03ad\u03c7\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2, \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03be\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03ae\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ad\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf \u039b\u03bf\u03bd\u03b4\u03af\u03bd\u03bf. \u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03ae \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf \u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03b8\u03ad\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03af\u03ba\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03c4\u03ad\u03c7\u03bd\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03ce\u03b9\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03bd\u03b5\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd Elena Ferrante, \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c6\u03b5\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03ae\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2.<\/p>\n

\u03a3\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03cc\u03c3\u03c6\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 Women<\/em> in<\/em> the<\/em> Picture<\/em>: <\/em>Women<\/em>, <\/em>Art<\/em> and<\/em> the<\/em> Power<\/em> of<\/em> Looking<\/em> (2021) \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 The<\/em> Art<\/em> of<\/em> Looking<\/em> Up<\/em> (2019), \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03ba\u03cc\u03c0\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7 \u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03b9\u03ce\u03bd \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd Michelangelo \u03ad\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd Cy Twombly. \u0395\u03c0\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ad\u03ba\u03b8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b7 Matrescence<\/em> and Maternality<\/em> \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03c1\u03af Richard Saltoun (2019\u201320) \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03c1\u03cc\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1 Exploring Radical Female Joy<\/em> \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd Unit London (2022\u201323). \u03a3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03ba\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03c0\u03ae Front Row<\/em> \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 BBC Radio 4 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03c6\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b4\u03b1 The New European<\/em>, \u03b5\u03bd\u03ce \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03ac\u03be\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf UCL, \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03bc\u03b9\u03bf \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u039f\u03be\u03c6\u03cc\u03c1\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf Sotheby’s Institute of Art, \u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03af\u03b4\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03c1\u03cc\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03ce\u03bd Women and Art.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Koons: \u2018Venus\u2019 Lespugue<\/a><\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18835,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","audience":[],"class_list":["post-95687","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"overide_text":"","Type":"single_date","single_date_time":null,"multiple_dates":null,"multiple_dates_time":null,"weekdays_range":null,"ongoing":"Ongoing","upon_request":"Upon request"},"yoast_head":"\nCycladic Talk: Catherine McCormack - The Venus Trap - Museum of Cycladic Art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cycladic.gr\/en\/draseis\/cycladic-talk-catherine-mccormack-h-pagida-tis-afroditish-pagida-tis-afroditis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cycladic Talk: Catherine McCormack - 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