URNA
URNA, the Malta Pavilion at the London Design Biennale 2025 – which took first place at the bi-annual event – is coming home this September in an exhibition that forms parts of Arts Council Malta’s initiative to exhibit Maltese exhibitions abroad back on home soil. URNA, which will be displayed at Hagar Qim in Qrendi, is a sculptural installation that reimagines architecture’s relationship with death, bringing together reconstituted Maltese limestone, steel, film and sound to propose new rituals for contemporary life and beyond. Opening date to be confirmed.
Look At Me: Framing the Iconic – Lorenzo Agius
This retrospective photography exhibition offers an intimate look into the artistic world of Lorenzo Agius — British-born yet Maltese at heart — who approaches photography not as documentation but as dialogue: between subject and lens, light and emotion. Whether capturing grandeur or quietness, he resists spectacle in favour of resonance, inviting the viewer to look beyond fame toward something more enduring. Curated by Prof. Charlene Vella, Look At Me will be held at Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta. 12th September-2nd November.
Wens: Comfortable Silence – Rebecca Bonaci
Rebecca Bonaci explores the potential of the daily mundane in her upcoming exhibition, Wens, curated by Gabriel Zammit. Drawing from her own experience, the artist turns to painting, drawing and sculpture to reveal how the most profound meaning often resides in the smallest of moments, where silence is a space of connection, memory, and belonging. Her works, which will be displayed at Valletta Contemporary, offer “a moment of stillness in a fast-moving world.” 19th September-17th October.
Poetics of a Space
A group exhibition being held at 1926 La Galerie in Valletta, Poetics of Space, will feature new and recent works by five contemporary artists: Lina Rincon, Nicole Debono, Olaug Vethal, Micko, and Mariam de Giorgio. The exhibition’s theme examines the interior spaces we inhabit, our homes, as vessels of memory, emotion, and identity. Each artist in the exhibition offers a personal reflection on how interiors shape our psychological and sensory experience. From 11th-27th September.
Tuitio Fidei – Tonio Mallia
Artist Tonio Mallia explores the history of the Knights of Malta, with a focus on the Great Siege of 1565, in his ongoing exhibition at MUŻA, Tuitio Fidei. Meaning ‘Defence of the Faith’ in Latin, and the motto of the Knights, the exhibition contemplates a way of life different from our own, reflecting the many facets of the Order at the time and shaped by a contemporary response to sacred visual traditions. With his use of light and sound, the artist seeks to create an atmosphere that reflects this dark yet heroic episode in Maltese history. Until 18th September.
Horses of Salt and Wind – Johan Siggesson
Wildlife photographer Johan Siggesson returns to Christine X Art Gallery in Sliema with a new body of work focused on the Camargue horses of southern France. The exhibition brings together a series of images of white horses taken in this unique region, captured in their natural surroundings of shallow water, open sky and coastal wind. Johan’s work depicts his own observations: instances of energy, tranquillity, interaction, and movement, all set against the natural light and changing conditions of the Camargue. 18th September-4th October.
Anyone Who Feeds On Majesty Becomes Eloquent
This thought-provoking exhibition of contemporary African art, being held at Spazju Kreattiv, invites visitors into a space where land, water, light and time speak in quiet but powerful ways while challenging Euro-modern frameworks – as each artist creates their pieces by making use of process-based practices rooted in sub-Saharan Africa. The project, co-curated by Sarah Abdu Bushra (Ethiopia) and Christine Xuereb Seidu (Malta), “offers more than visuals, it provides nourishment for the body, the spirit and the mind.”. 19th September-9th November.
Dreams from Malta: Four Visual Narratives
The Wignacourt Museum in Rabat will host Dreams from Malta: Four Visual Narratives, a collective exhibition bringing together four artists from Bulgaria and Malta: Rosen Donchev, Vanya Zapryanova, Kiril Katsarov, and Vania Goshe. Organised by a team from Bulgaria and Malta, and assisted by Prof. Charlene Vella, the artists present Malta as both real and imagined: an island of ancient structures, layered histories, and luminous visions. Until 29th September.
Main image by Johan Siggesson
