Hydra Artists: Leonard Cohen and the Bohemian Island

Contemporary art on Hydra: Jeff Koons' golden Apollo sun sculpture above the sea, part of the island's summer art project

The Hydra artists gave this small and rocky Greek island a cultural fame far beyond its size. Turning it into one of the most celebrated bohemian havens of the twentieth century. Drawn by the clear light, the stark beauty, the cheap living and the deep calm of a car-free island. A colony of writers and … Read more