National Gun Salute to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
On the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna is holding a national 21-gun salute to mark the monarch’s passing. The event is taking place at the Saluting Battery, Valletta, at 11.45am.
A 21-gun salute is reserved to honour monarchs and heads of state. The gun salute is being fired by gunners of the Armed Forces of Malta on behalf of the Office of the Prime Minister.
The Saluting Battery will be closed to the public.
FILM
Anime Festival
The Eden Cinemas in St Julian’s is hosting its first-ever Anime Festival, showing feature-length films of some of the most popular anime series of all time.
All films are dubbed in English or are screened in Japanese with English subtitles.
My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission is being shown until tomorrow, when the Anime Festival comes to an end.
For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page and the Eden Cinemas website.
My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ MissionPHOTOGRAPHY
150 / Richard Ellis
The Richard Ellis Archive, consisting of 39,000+ glass negatives documenting the period in Malta and Gozo between 1861 and 1938, has been digitised in archival-grade quality for the first time in its history.
The British-Maltese photographer (January 1842-December 1924) was one of the pioneers of photography in Malta during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Thirty large prints taken from his archive are currently on display at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, until October 23.
The exhibition is curated by Charles Paul Azzopardi and Ian Ellis.
For more information, click here.
One of the exhibits at the Richard Ellis exhibition at Spazju Kreattiv. Photo: Audrey Rose MizziWiki Loves Monuments 2022
Malta is once again taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments, the Guinness World Record holder for the largest photography competition, which has reached its seventh edition.
The competition brings together photographers from around the world to take stunning pictures of Malta’s cultural heritage, which are to be shared on Wikipedia. Participation is free and open to all. The deadline for all submissions is September 30.
Photo uploading workshops will be held throughout September.
A jury composed of experts within the fields of cultural heritage, photography and Wikipedia will be selecting the winning entries and 10 submissions will be nominated for the international Wiki Loves Monuments contest, with the opportunity to win further prizes.
For details, visit www.wikimalta.org and the Wikimedia Community Malta Facebook page.
Valletta Fireworks by Jonathan Borg, one of the Malta finalists of the 2021 competition. Photo: WikimediaMISCELLANEOUS EVENTS
Talk on witch hunts
The Society for Investigating the Credibility of Extraordinary Claims (SICEC) is organising a series of talks on Mondays until December.
Today, the group’s chairperson, Vanni Pule’, will discuss the topic of ‘Witch Hunts in England’.
The event is being held at 6.30pm in the main hall of the Volunteer Centre, at 181, Melita Street, Valletta. Because of space limitations, if one is not a member of the society or a regular attendee but would like to join the discussion, they can send an e-mail to timmyzammit@onvol.net or call on 2142 3143.
VISUAL ARTS
The Summer Showcase
Bureau Iniala, in collaboration with Marie Gallery 5, is presenting a curated selection of works by a number of local artists.
These are Paul Serri, Trevor Borg, Vince Briffa, Ryan Falzon, Victor Agius, Isabelle Borg, Stefan Spiteri, Sheldon Saliba and Joseph Farrugia.
The showcase aims to be a way for artists and collectors to enjoy works that do not necessarily fit within one collective narrative.
The Summer Showcase closes on Thursday, September 22. One may visit the exhibition at Bureau Iniala, 37, Treasury Sreet, Valletta, from Monday to Friday between 10am and 4.30pm. For more information and updates, visit the Facebook page of Marie Gallery 5.
Stories from the Infinite by Joseph Farrugia, one of the artists exhibiting at Bureau Iniala. Photo: Facebook/Marie Gallery 5Ħbieb
An exhibition by a group of women who meet regularly to paint together, currently on display at the Razzett tal-Markiż Mallia Tabone in Mosta has been extended until Friday, September 23.
These artists are Joanne Azzopardi, Audrey Vella, Judith Dingli, Fabiola Agius Anastasi, Mariuccia Zammit, Josephine Hili, Marita Fenech, Graziella Calleja, Elena Toncheva, Yvette Carabott and Maria Cauchi.
Ħbieb is open to the public from today to Friday from 6 to 8.30pm.
For more information, visit the Razzett tal-Markiż – Cultural Centre Facebook page.
Tempus Edax Rerum
Artist David Borg attempts to explore the representation of time and the thematic concept of the human condition through a series of woodcut prints on display at Gemelli Framing in Ta’ Qali.
The exhibition, curated by Hannah Dowling, runs until September 24. It is open from Monday to Friday from 8am to 2.30pm and on Sundays, from 9am to 12.30pm.
For more information, visit the exhibition’s Facebook page.
Read an article by the curator here.
David Borg posing with some of his works at Gemelli Framing. Photo: Facebook/David BorgThe Roads Travelled
A solo art exhibition by Godwin Muscat Azzopardi is being held at the Art by the Seaside gallery in Senglea.rist.
The former UN judge in Kosovo is now dedicating his time to following his childhood passion and is exhibiting over 18 artworks at the Senglea gallery.
The exhibition runs until September 27. For more information, visit the Art by the Seaside gallery page.
Exhibition by art group Brushes
The artistic group Brushes is holding its eighth exhibition at Palazzo Ferreria, 310, Republic Street, Valletta.
Artists Fabiola Agius Anastasi, Adrian Camilleri, John Caruana and Madeleine Vella Satariano are taking part.
The works on display include aquarelles and acrylics and feature varied themes.
The exhibition will be open until September 28. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 1pm.
Sunrise by Adrian Camilleri, one of the artists participating in the Brushes exhibition.Paradoxes
Artist, muralist, designer and poet Damian Ebejer, son of playwright and novelist Francis Ebejer, is presenting an ‘autobiography’ of his art and life at the Wignacourt Museum, Rabat, until September 29.
The retrospective solo exhibition features mixed media artworks and is multi-themed.
Consult the museum’s Facebook page for opening hours.
The Cappuccino Brigade
The ninth solo exhibition of Debbie Caruana Dingli is on display at the Palm Court Lounge of The Phoenicia, in Floriana.
Curated by Charlene Vella, the collection of watercolour works is based on the artist’s observations of the native Maltese population and is named after one of the paintings on display whose heroine is a bossy woman, often pictured in the artist's colourful works.
The exhibition will be open throughout September.
Read an article by the curator here.
An Ode in Stone
Artist Joe Xuereb is presenting an exhibition of limestone sculptures at The Phoenicia's Deep Nature Spa.
His rounded figures and forms represent universal shortcomings among humans such as greed, solitude and the entrapments of love.
An Ode in Stone, curated by Louis Laganà, runs until the end of September.
Read the Times of Malta interview with the artist.
The Couple by Joe XuerebAmelia Saint George works at The Phoenicia
Artist Amelia Saint George is exhibiting a number of her sculptures at The Phoenicia, Floriana.
The sculptures are in clay, bronze and mixed media, and portray animals, which Saint George is particularly well-known for, as well as some humorous sculptures that are more closely associated with her portrait sculptures.
Saint George, who has made Valletta her home, is an established, award-winning contemporary sculptor who has exhibited locally and internationally. She is also the author of several books on diverse subjects and holds sculpting lessons in her Valletta studio.
One may view her works at The Phoenicia’s reception area until the end of September.
Time, Space …. and Palmyra
Artists Henry Alamango and Galina Troizky are presenting a joint exhibition at the Malta Society of Arts at Palazzo de La Salle, in Valletta.
The duo infuse two themes: the social implications resulting from the functional transformation of rural and urban space over time, and a crie de coeur reflecting a deep concern for an environment and populated space in progressive decline.
The exhibition also recalls how the ‘civilised’ world recoiled in horror in 2015 at the deliberate physical and cultural destruction wrought by IS in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, of Unesco World Heritage fame. Ironically, flashbacks of Palmyra continue to manifest themselves in Malta's spatial and cultural development, contributing also to solitary and anonymous lifestyles, loss of community, loneliness and pollution.
The artists ask whether we are also the perpetrators – or at least the acquiescent accomplices – to an ongoing ‘Palmyra’?
The exhibition runs until October 1. Opening hours: Mondays and Fridays: 8am to 7pm; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: 8am to noon and 4pm to 7pm; and Saturdays: 8am to 1pm. Entrance is free. For more information, click here.
Beltin by Henry AlamangoWillie Apap – Colour and Light
A retrospective exhibition of works by Willie Apap (1918-1970), considered one of Malta’s leading exponents of 20th-century art, is currently on 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 exhibition, curated by Maria Cassar, runs until October 10. Opening hours are from Monday to Sunday from 9am to 5pm. Entrance is free.
On September 25, Cassar will deliver a public lecture at 11am. Participation is free but booking on events@heartofgozo.org.mt is recommended.
The exhibition 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.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
The Santa Marija Convoy and the George Cross – 80 Years On
Heritage Malta is honouring the heroes who valiantly gave their lives in order to ensure the victory of World War II through an exhibition at the National War Museum at Fort St Elmo, Valletta.
Visitors can see artefacts and archival documents related to two of the most well-known episodes of the year 1942 – the award of the George Cross and Operation Pedestal.
The exhibition runs until September 27. Opening hours are from 9am to 4.30pm. For tickets, click here.
Operation Pedestal, better known as the Santa Marija Convoy, is the subject of a new exhibition at Fort St Elmo. Source: National War Museum ArchivesMom, I Don't Want War!
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Valletta has organised an exhibition entitled Mom I Don't Want War! as part of the Polish-Ukrainian project of the 'State Archives and Mom I See a War Initiative'.
The aim of the exhibition, held at the Lower Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, is to show the tragedy of war through the eyes of a child by comparing historical and contemporary drawings by the youngest who lived and grew up during the war.
The drawings by Polish children used for the exhibition were drawn after World War II and document their experiences during the war and the German occupation of 1939-1945. The drawings are preserved in the Central Archives of Modern Records (AAN) in Warsaw.
The drawings of Ukrainian children are contemporary works related to the current war in Ukraine, collected on the Mom I See War portal. See more on https://momidontwantwar.eu/en/.
The exhibition runs until October 3.
Artworks forming part of the Mom, I Don't Want War! exhibition at the Lower Barrakka Gardens in Valletta.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 that has opened 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 is open 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.
A Phoenician sarcophagus discovered last year is a main attraction of an exhibition at the Archaeology Museum in Valletta. Photo: Heritage MaltaDumnikani fil-Palazz: Home & Temple
A new 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 from Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 4.30pm.