FILM
Tnejn għat-Talkies
Every fortnight, the Embassy Cinemas in Valletta is screening classic and renowned cult movies.
Today, it will screen the 1994 historical romantic drama La Reine Margot, directed by Patrice Chéreau, at 8.30pm. The film is about young Queen Margot (Isabelle Adjani), who finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amid a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
Other screenings in the coming months include Micheal Cimino’s The Deerhunter (1978), Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960), Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974), Akira Kurosawa’s Ran (1985) and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).
For more information and tickets, visit the Embassy Cinemas website.
MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS
Rediscovering Oneself Through a Story of Conscience
Philosophy Sharing Malta is hosting a talk led by Dr David Vella at the University of Malta Valletta Campus today at 6pm.
Vella will reflect on how, in today's consumerist society, lifestyles are often designed by corporate companies with the purpose to make profit. He will thus seek to introduce an alternative identity model that redefines one's authentic self through a self-story about conscience.
Vella studied for his doctorate degree in critical and cultural theory with Cardiff University where he explored the relationship between experiences of the sacred in postmodernism and the ethical encounter in late-20th and 21st century philosophy. He lectures modern and contemporary English literature and critical theory at the University of Malta and philosophy at St Edward’s College.
For tickets, click here.
Image: Philosophy Sharing MaltaVISUAL ARTS
Willie Apap – Colour and Light
A long-running retrospective exhibition of works by Willie Apap (1918-1970), considered one of Malta’s leading exponents of 20th-century art, closes today at Il-Ħaġar – Heart of Gozo Museum in Victoria.
The 70 works on display feature portraits, landscapes and still-lifes, dancers, human figures, sacred and ethnic works in oils and inks, and are accompanied by a lavish 100-page GEMS # 20 catalogue.
The museum is open daily from 9am to 5pm. Entrance is free.
The exhibition, curated by Maria Cassar, is supported by the Malta Tourism Authority and the Gozo Ministry’s Cultural Directorate. For more information, visit the museum’s Facebook page.
Read the Times of Malta interview with the exhibition's curator Maria Cassar here.
Ballerina with Hand of the Artist by Willie ApapImħaddra
The Razzett tal-Markiż cultural centre in Mosta is hosting a solo exhibition by Terezino Borg, a selt-taught artist who uses different mediums to portray nature.
The exhibition runs until October 16. Opening hours are Monday to Friday, from 6 to 8pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to noon and from 6 to 8pm.
For more information, visit the Razzett tal-Markiż Facebook page.
Thread
A collective exhibition by Ebru Çinar, Stefan Spiteri and Bernice Vassallo is currently on at Il-Kamra ta' Fuq in Mqabba.
The three artists experiment a lot in the use of thread in their oeuvre. Apart from this medium, they are also bound by the thematic of nature and organic forms which are almost always present in their works.
The exhibition, curated by Art Sweven, runs until October 17. The gallery is open from Mondays to Saturdays from 6am to noon and on Sundays from 7am to noon. More evening hours are announced weekly on Il-Kamra ta' Fuq Facebook page.
Some of the exhibits at Il-Kamra ta' Fuq. Photo: Facebook/Il-Kamra ta' FuqResidue
A solo exhibition by Joseph Farrugia is open at Bureau Iniala in Valletta.
Residue explores the definition of man's existence, through particles, negative spaces, generations, and the residuals we leave behind.
The exhibition, organised by Marie Gallery 5 and curated by Maria Galea, runs until Wednesday, October 21. Bureau Iniala is open from Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5pm and on Saturday and Sunday for private viewings only.
Visit the event’s Facebook page for more info.
Also read the Times of Malta interview with the artist.
Resonances
An exhibition by the late maestro Pawlu Grech is being held at The Volunteer Centre, St Bartholomew Street, Rabat.
From an early age, Grech showed proficiency both for music and for the visual arts. It was a twinned passion that was to persist throughout his life. This exhibition celebrates both sides of Grech, its title Resonances evoking the characteristics of both his music and visual art.
The exhibition, organised by Amanda Tabone, is part of an initiative managed by the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector 'Art for VOs' and will be in aid of Animal Guardian, Cat Sanctuary, Luqa.
Resonances runs until October 22. It is open from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 6 to 9pm and on Sundays from 10am to 1pm. Consult the event’s Facebook page for more information.
Read more about the artist and his work in this Times of Malta feature.
Essence
A solo exhibition of contemporary realistic works in oil by Christine Porter Lofaro is open at the Malta Society of Arts at Palazzo de la Salle in Valletta.
The artist portrays observations, emotions and narratives as she strives to present our transitory presence in this world, its intensity and how much it matters.
The exibition runs until October 27. Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 8am to 7pm and on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. For more information, click here.
Works by Christine Porter Lofaro on display at Palazzo de la Salle in Valletta. Photo: Facebook/Malta Society of ArtsFuq Tlieta
Camilleri Paris Mode of Rabat is hosting an exhibition of paintings by three Maltese artists – Pawl Carbonaro, Jesmond Vassallo and Paul Camilleri.
Carbonaro is one of Malta’s foremost veteran artists, who is famous for his abstracts and semi-abstracted landscapes; Vassallo has a very varied oeuvre, ranging from landscapes to nudes to still lifes; while Camilleri is exhibiting his tactile abstracts that fit well with the works of the other two artists.
Fuq Tlieta is open until the end of October. Log on to the Camilleri Paris Mode Facebook page for more information.
Landmarks
Artist Fabio Borg is holding his eighth solo exhibition throughout the month of October at The Phoenicia, in Floriana.
Borg construed this collection of abstract landscapes, tilted Landmarks, as innate emotions being expressed onto canvas and painted by instinct. The paintings, therefore, become emotional landmarks that Borg invites the viewer to partake in.
Borg is sensitive to his surroundings and trees, or the seeming lack thereof, is one such issue often a topic of heated discussions. Therefore, these compositions, largely produced in the last two years, trees are the main protagonists in an idealised reinterpretation of nature.
Landmarks, on display at The Phoenicia's Palm Court Lounge, is curated by Charlene Vella.
Going Uphill by Fabio BorgIt's 5 o'Clock Somewhere − A Collective Art Exhibition Exploring Guilty Pleasures
A collective exhibition, being held at BOHO Boutique Hotel in Cospicua, is inspired by the famous phrase used when one craves an alcoholic drink at 10am, and to the sting of a guilty conscience, one declares that it is 5 o'clock somewhere in the world.
The participating artists, Aaron Bezzina, Daniel Borg, Roderick Camilleri, Debbie Caruana Dingli, Rupert Cefai, Antoine Farrugia, Karl Froman, Lawrence Pavia, Amelia Saint George, Mario Sammut and Darren Tanti, are portraying such instances they have encountered during their artistic career.
The exhibition, curated by Melanie Erixon, runs until October 30. It is open daily from 10.30am till 1.30pm and on Wednesdays also from 7pm to 10pm. Click here for more information.
Funny How Time….
Artist Paul Caruana is showing his latest collection of works at Gemelli Framing in Ta' Qali until October 30.
Through a series of poignant watercolours, most of which have origins in the artist’s own biography, Caruana invites us to dwell on the past and learn lessons to alter the present so that the future might be worth living.
The exhibition runs until October 30. Consult the event’s Facebook page for opening hours.
Read the Times of Malta interview with the artist here.
Not Going In Again, Too Cold by Paul CaruanaOTHER EXHIBITIONS
Meet the Phoenicians of Malta
A Phoenician stone sarcophagus excavated last year at Għajn Klieb, on the outskirts of Rabat, is one of the major attractions of an exhibition at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta.
The exhibition brings to light the results of months of painstaking studies by a multidisciplinary team researching the sarcophagus and two other tombs discovered in the area, as well as their contents. The three tombs, although inherently different, shed light on the burial rituals of the earliest Phoenicians on the island.
The exhibition runs until October 30. The museum in Republic Street, Valletta, is open from Monday to Sunday from 9am to 4.30pm. Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge.