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...kitsch. At least, that's the received opinion about the work of his final decades: all those pillowy nudes, sunning their abundant selves in dappled glades; all those peachy girls, strumming guitars and idling in bourgeois parlors; all that pink. In the long twilight of his career, the old man found his way to a kissable classicism that modern eyes can find awfully hard to take. (See the top 10 art exhibitions...
...frustration of young people occasionally explodes into violence in Greece. In December 2008, Athens and other major cities were racked by weeks of violent protests over the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy as well as the perceived lack of opportunities in the country. Some young Greeks say that if the country's economic situation continues to deteriorate, people will again take to the streets. "Last December, we weren't just protesting about those who killed the boy. It was the beginning of protests about the economy and our situation," says 19-year-old student George Liberis...
...Young Greeks may be the most pessimistic about the future. Unemployment surged to 10.6% at the end of last year, according to the national statistics office, up from 7.8% a year earlier. Among young people specifically, the situation is even worse: 27.8% of 15-to-24-year-olds are now out of work. "We think, Why every day are we going to university and studying?" says Phaidon Kyriakou, a 19-year-old math and physics student who was flying kites with friends on Monday. "Nobody has any hope. There's no real opportunity here." He and his friends fear they...
...Fofi Klimentidi, a 33-year-old teacher in Athens, is typical of many young Greeks who don't earn enough to support themselves despite being well-educated. She has an undergraduate degree from a Greek university and a master's degree in special education from the U.K. But the only job she can find is temporary, part-time work. In a good month, she makes $400. "My father helps support me," she said during a civil-servant protest against the austerity measures on Feb. 10. "We're already exploited by the state. We can't live on what they give...
...strangers to hardship. Older people, who remember the poverty and instability their country suffered through much of the past century, are philosophical about the current woes and still have faith that the E.U. will provide the necessary stability. "We have walked barefoot," said Stavros Mihos, a 72-year-old former teacher, gesturing at his feet. "This is nothing...