A sense of place
The Phoenicia Malta’s Palm Court Lounge will set the stage for a collective exhibition throughout August, curated by Prof Charlene Vella, featuring the works of 10 established and emerging artists inspired by the theme of ‘place’ – be it personal, historical, geographic, or imagined. Kenneth Zammit Tabona, Peter Quinn, Andrew Diacono, Johanna Wells Barthet, Henry Falzon, Mariam De Giorgio, Marlene Gouder, Katherine Maj, Emma Incovaja and Mireille Vella apply their own individual artistic expression to their work, creating a dynamic play of perspectives. Until 31st August.
Still LIfe, Life Still
In this exhibition being held at the Malta Society of Arts in Valletta, artist Ryan Falzon enters into a visual and conceptual dialogue with the artistic legacy of 20th century artist Giorgio Preca (1909–1984). Curated by Giulia Privitelli, the works in Still Life, Life Still – an expansion of his ongoing ‘Plants and Gardens’ series – investigate materiality and perception through the lens of the still life genre, serving as a framework that invites imaginative projection, narrative layering, and a reconsideration of spatial and temporal constructs. 28th August-18th September.
3D Blueprint Network: Malta Test Station
In this immersive exhibition set within and outside MUŻA in Valletta, Malta’s old architecture blends with new, imagined machines created by artist Justin Armhein, who takes everyday objects and transforms them into creative blueprints for environmental machines. The blueprints appear as sculptures that make up a large network, with many pieces scattered throughout the museum and outside in Pjazza Jean de Valette, where a large arch sculpture is installed, reimagining how art, space, and technology can shape the world around us. Until 15th August.
Għamja l-Għajn
Sculptor Antoine Farrugia continues his lifelong dialogue with globigerina limestone in Għamja l-Għajn – a solo exhibition curated by Melanie Erixon being held at Il-Kamra ta’ Fuq in Mqabba that reveals a new body of work with a striking visual contrast: smooth, flowing sculptures mounted on raw, jagged stone bases. As reflected in the exhibition title, the works explore the tension between what is seen and what is felt; a duality that runs through all his works, where refinement meets rawness, and instinct meets control. 8th-24th August
Revisiting Maleth
A dive into the Maltese islands’ prehistoric origins as well as its current presence in the Mediterranean form the basis of Revisiting Maleth, an exhibition by Arts Council Malta currently on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Mdina. Originally displayed at the 58th Arts Biennale in Venice in 2019, the exhibition invokes the primeval origins of Malta’s existence through the works of Dr Hesperia Iliadou Suppiej (lead curator), Vince Briffa (artist), Klitsa Antoniou (artist), Trevor Borg (artist) and Matthew Joseph Casha (architect/designer). Until 31st August.
Couture & Spectacle
A selection of couture designs by Luke Azzopardi, the mind behind fashion brand Azzopardi Studio, will be exhibited in dialogue with the national costume collection in a capsule exhibition that explores the interplay between costume and fashion. “Costume tells us where we come from; fashion imagines where we might go. Both use clothing as a language; one archival, the other aspirational,” he says, noting that the event organised by Heritage Malta on display at the Inquisitor’s Palace marks the first exhibition dedicated to his studio’s work. 4th August-30th September.
Main image: Vince Briffa for Revisiting Maleth / Photo courtesy of Arts Council Malta
