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{v}, Celebrating the female form

March 1, 2021 by Ramona Depares

{v} Charlene Galea

Photos by Elisa von Brockdorff {v} for Vagina. And for an exhibition that has really created an impact on the visual arts landscape. Even writing the word here feels odd. I don't think I've ever actually written the word 'vagina' in over two decades of a writing career. Which is very odd, if you come to think of it. When did the word 'vagina' become an unofficial dirty … [Read more...] about {v}, Celebrating the female form

Gabriel Buttigieg’s The Beach returns to Malta

July 4, 2020 by Ramona Depares

Gabriel Buttigieg The Beach

Photo: Clint Scerri Harkins "Sensuality is part and parcel of being human." After Gabriel Buttigieg’s The Beach was exhibited to a highly-appreciative audience in Gdansk, Poland, it's time for the collection to make its way back to our shores for a showing that the local visual arts community has all been looking forward to. Buttigieg describes the trip to Poland as … [Read more...] about Gabriel Buttigieg’s The Beach returns to Malta

Artist Ray Piscopo gives back to society with a completely free, digital art exhibition

May 9, 2020 by Ramona Depares

Artist Ray Piscopo

Enjoy over 90 pieces of work from the safety of your home What to do when you can't get your audience to a physical artspace? You launch a digital exhibition, of course! This is exactly what artist Ray Piscopo did with OPUS 20XX, anexhibition comprising 90 works of art that can be explored for free from the safety of your home. OPUS 20XX, is being held exclusively … [Read more...] about Artist Ray Piscopo gives back to society with a completely free, digital art exhibition

These guys built a massive musical instrument for ŻiguŻajg

November 12, 2019 by Ramona Depares

Gabriel Caruana Hoss il Hsejjez

And anyone who visits Ħożż il-Ħsejjes exhibition can have a go on it! By the clicking of our thumbs, something different this way comes. This year's ŻiguŻajg Children's Festival includes an interactive exhibition and installation - Ħożż il-Ħsejjes - which sees a collective of artists from the Gabriel Caruana Foundation building a huge musical instrument made up of smaller, … [Read more...] about These guys built a massive musical instrument for ŻiguŻajg

Is ‘Europe’ still relevant?

October 9, 2019 by Karsten Xuereb

Grand Hotel Europa Alex Urso

An exhibition by Alex Urso - called What remains of Europe? Postcards from Grand Hotel Europa - poses the question through visual art. Interview by Karsten Xuereb. The name Alex Urso may as yet not be familiar within the visual art scene in Malta. It has, however, slowly caught on in small, creative environments in and around the peripheries of Europe. This … [Read more...] about Is ‘Europe’ still relevant?

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