MUSIC
The Three Palaces Early Opera and Music Festival
Festivals Malta is holding a programme of opera and music until November 12.
Today, the British vocal ensemble ORA Singers will perform at St John’s Co-Cathedral, at 7.30pm.
Titled Fear and Trust, their concert will celebrate the music of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, who lived in fear of persecution during a time of religious extremism. The concert also includes some modern reflections.
The festival will continue tomorrow with the oratorio Rewwixta by Joseph Vella at the Mdina Cathedral at 7.30pm and Handel’s opera Partenope at the Manoel Theatre tomorrow. The opera will also be staged on Sunday.
For more information and tickets, visit festivals.mt/ttp.
FILM
Spazju Kreattiv is today screening Anya Reiss's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's tale of love and loneliness, The Seagull, starring Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clark in her West End debut.
The play is about a young woman, who is desperate for fame and a way out. A young man is pining after the woman of his dreams. A successful writer longs for a sense of achievement. An actress wants to fight the changing of the times. In an isolated home in the countryside, dreams lie in tatters, hopes are dashed, and hearts broken. With nowhere left to turn, the only option is to turn on each other.
Filmed live in London’s West End, the cast includes Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines), Daniel Monks (The Normal Heart), Sophie Wu (Fresh Meat) and Indira Varma (Game of Thrones).
The screening starts at 7.30pm. For tickets, click here.
Emilia Clarke in The Seagull. Photo: Mark BrennerAnime Festival
The Eden Cinemas in St Julian's is once again hosting an Anime Festival.
One Piece: Stampede is currently showing both English dubbed and in Japanese with English subtitles.
For tickets and more information, click here.
One Piece: StampedeMISCELLANEOUS EVENTS
Playcon
Malta’s largest game development and e-sports expo opens today at the MFCC in Ta’ Qali.
Showcasing the best all industry stakeholders have to offer, the event features free-to-play areas, e-sports competitions, cosplay, emerging tech, B2B summits and game development, among others.
Entrance to Playcon, which runs until Sunday, is free. For more information, visit playcon.mt and the event’s Facebook page.
Annual Model Exhibition
The Association of Model Engineers is holding the Annual Model Exhibition in the main hall of Kulleġġ San Ġorg Preca (ex-Maria Regina Grammar School) until Sunday, November 6.
The exhibition is open between 9am and 8pm except on the closing day, when it closes at 5pm.
VISUAL ARTS
Manufactured Uncertainty – Pop-up exhibition
A temporary painting and photographic exhibition is open at Blank Canvas, Mrieħel.
It is inspired by the work of German sociologist Ulrich Bech who coined the term ‘risk society’. Beck argued that, from the 1960s, humanity transitioned from an industrial to a ‘risk society’ where the rapid development set in motion a ricochet of effects and consequences that is difficult to foresee or keep up with, creating uncertainty.
The exhibition runs until November 9 from 10am to 9pm. For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page.
Invasive Species by Anthony MizziFairy tales: Past and Present
A pop-up exhibition by Michelle Gialanze (Mixa) on the theme of fairy tales runs at Gemelli Framing in Ta’ Qali until Sunday, November 6.
Last November, the artist exhibited a selection of fairy tales in London, however she continued to develop the theme to include the fairy tales’ representation in today’s society and the role of the witch in the past and how it is seen today. It also features several characters and how these have developed.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/mixapaintings.
White on Black
Richard England, one of Malta’s foremost architects, is currently exhibiting some of his works on paper at ART..e Gallery of 1, Library Street, Victoria.
Titled White on Black, the exhibition investigates the artistic aspect of an architect who has become synonymous with modernism.
The exhibition is on until November 11. Consult the gallery’s Facebook page for opening hours.
Groundwaters
A collective exhibition featuring outsider art – an umbrella term coined for individuals producing art outside the culturally established centres – is taking place at Valletta Contemporary Gallery.
Titled Groundwaters, this exhibition is the first one in Malta to explore the perspectives of individuals who are somewhat marginalised, through their own design or otherwise, and who create work on the fringes of the mainstream.
Curated by Gabriel Zammit, it features the works of Anonymous, Emma Attard, Adrian Camilleri, William Driscoll, Emma Johnson, Salvina Muscat and Joe Vassallo. It includes ex-voto paintings, West African Bocio fetish dolls and other objects which have their roots in religion, magic and ritual.
The exhibition runs until November 12. Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday from 2 to 7pm. For more information, visit www.vallettacontemporary.com/.
Also read this Times of Malta interview with the curator.
Installation view of Groundwaters featuring African Fetish Doll. Photo: Michaele ZammitEarly Light
A solo exhibition of oil on canvas works by Tonio Mallia is open at Gallery 23 in Balzan until November 13.
One may view the exhibition on Sundays, Monday and Tuesdays from 9am to 12.30pm and on Wednesdays from 6.30 to 8pm. For more information, visit the Gallery 23 Facebook page.
Here & There
Mona Vella is presenting a collection of recent plein air paintings at the Malta Postal Museum & Arts Hub in Archbishop Street, Valletta.
Inspired by Malta's rugged cliff faces and the varying moods of the sea, these watercolours attempt to capture atmosphere and time as experienced by the artist.
Here & There runs until November 19. The museum is open from Monday to Friday between 10am to 4pm and on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm.
An artwork by Mona Vella on display at the Malta Postal Museum & Arts Hub.Shadows and Light − The Wilfrid Flores Archive
Christine X Art Gallery of 17, Tignè Street, Sliema, is hosting the first exhibition dedicated to the work of this important photographer, who passed away in 1981.
Curated by photographer David Pisani, Shadows and Light − The Wilfrid Flores Archive investigates the various themes of this pioneer in Maltese photography.
The exhibition runs until November 22. For more information, visit https://www.christinexart.com/ or the gallery's Facebook page.
Also read this Times of Malta interview with the curator.
Seħer il-Baħar
A visual art exhibition at the Malta Society of Arts discloses Anna Galea’s latest evocative artistic exploration of the sea.
The artist explores the mystery and mesmerising elements of the waters surrounding the Maltese islands through different experimental watercolour and oil painting techniques. The collection weaves together her figurative and abstract interpretations.
Seħer il-Baħar, curated by Roderick Camilleri, runs at Palazzo de la Salle, Valletta, until November 24. Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays: 8am to 7pm and on Saturdays: 9am to 1pm. For more information, visit artsmalta.org or the society's Facebook page.
Palm Beaches (2018) by Anna GaleaQ’eros: Beyond the Clouds
Il-Ħaġar Museum and Community Cultural Centre in Victoria is hosting an exhibition by Italian photographer Alessandro Bergamini until November 27.
Eight of the photos on display won Bergamimi the Travel Photographer of the Year award in 2021 and five more were included in the book Humanity, which was chosen as the best photographic book for 2021 in the International Photography Awards.
They will be accompanied with some 30 photos documenting the demanding Peru expedition earlier this year among the Q'eros community in the Andes. Visitors will be able to follow the filming on their mobile.
All the material is included in the exhibition catalogue, published as Il-Ħaġar GEMS 21. Also available are copies of Humanity, an assortment of photos highlighting peoples around the world.
The museum is open everyday from 9am to 5pm. Entrance is free. For more information, visit heartofgozo.org.mt/.
75 Years of the Phoenicia
This month, The Phoenicia Malta turns 75 years old. As part of its celebrations, a photographic exhibition is opening today at the Palm Court Lounge.
The exhibition includes the first plans of the hotel, photos of the construction process, the original decor and of distinguished guests who stayed at the hotel.
The exhibition runs until the end of November.
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Inaction is a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Remove the Veil by Darren TantiArtist Darren Tanti is presenting an art project meant to shed light on the mediatic processes used to spread information about war and its effects on the viewer.
The work reflects the artist’s preoccupation with fabrication, editing and twisting of information people outside the conflict zone might be subjected to.
The project is meant to provoke viewers by a number of analytical, ironic, and at times, cynical works based on factual, fictional images and theoretical work. Different experts from journalism, film, art, education and the military fields will also contribute to the project via a number of talks and workshops.
Inaction is a Weapon of Mass Destruction, curated by Melanie Erixon is open at Space C, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, and at Il-Kamra ta' Fuq, Mqabba, until December 4.
Consult the project’s Facebook page for more information.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Dumnikani fil-Palazz: Home & Temple
An exhibition at the Inquisitor's Palace in Vittoriosa tells of the special relationship between the palace and the neighbouring Dominican Order, especially in the post-war years.
Enemy war bombing in 1941 had left the Dominican community without a convent and a church, and they found temporary refuge beyond Vittoriosa. But they were called back by the need to fulfil their spiritual and educational mission among their people.
Eighty years ago, in August 1942, the Dominicans asked for temporary shelter at the Inquisitor’s Palace and, for almost two decades, the palace became the community’s home and temple.
The exhibition runs until January 8. The Inquisitor's Palace is open weekly from Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 4.30pm.
Honor Frost’s Malta: A Pioneer in the Centre of the Mediterranean
An exhibition highlighting underwater archaeologist Honor Frost’s connection to Malta has opened at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta.
Besides honouring Frost’s considerable legacy, the exhibition aims to offer a snapshot of Frost’s work in Malta through illustrations, artefacts and even some of her diving equipment.
The exhibition runs until January 15. Entrance is free of charge. The museum is open daily from 9am to 4.30pm.
The exhibition launch coincides with the second edition of the ‘Under the Mediterranean’ conference, being held in Malta until Sunday, November 6. The conference is organised by University of Malta, in collaboration with the Honor Frost Foundation and Heritage Malta.
Some of the artefacts on display at the Archaeology Museum. Photo: Heritage Malta