Kore III — In Honor of Greece on UN Security Council 2025–2026

Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations

Purpose

To mark Greece’s term on the UN Security Council, 2025–2026, at the country’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Figure, material and scale

A Kore, the series for which the artist’s daughter, Sofia, posed: in the Hellenic Heads cycle it stands for modern Greece and our hopes for our children. Brass and gold metal coating over a resin head and a body of sustainable materials; 75 cm high.

Setting and audience

The 13th-floor lobby of the Mission, where diplomats, delegations and visitors arrive.

Studio’s role

Modelled in clay, 3D-scanned and refined digitally, printed at scale and hand-finished in metals and patinas in the Petrides studio.

Relationship

Installed at the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations (2025).