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Art: Why Should You Care?

This article does what it says on the tin. It’s also bullet-pointed, concise and comes with pretty pictures and emotive video clips. ‘Art’, in this case, is used in the broader sense of term (ie: anything (painting, sculpture, literature, film, music, etc.) that was created as an expression or through the application of human creative skill.) So: Why Should You Care? 1. It moves us emotionally. 2. It makes us ponder things and evaluate our lives. 3. It forms part of our national and global identity. 4. It can reveal the true story of our ancestors…read more

Feb.14

An Audience with the Connoisseur

Posted by Iggy Fenech in Art, Exclusive

‘Connoisseur’ has been giving the Maltese Facebook community a daily-dose of Beauty since June 2013, and has garnered a cult-like following of Beauty lovers. In his first interview ever, the incredibly talented SEBASTIAN SAID gets invited to the Connoisseur’s palazzo in Valletta to talk about his love for Beautiful things. The Connoisseur – who asked to remain anonymous – has also chosen eight pictures of beautiful things: the only criterion we gave him was ‘love’. As I walk up the columned marble staircase, the scent of amber wafts through the…read more

Dec.18

A Maltese Gift-Guide: Isabel Warrington

Posted by Iggy Fenech in Art, Artisans, Artists, Gifts

Pass on your season’s greetings, or indeed any greetings at all, with one-off Glamourpuss cards and gift tags by Isabel Warrington. Isabel Warrington is an actor, designer and artist who started her own brand of cards called ‘Glamourpuss’. Her one-off designs have garnered much acclaim and, being hand-painted, even make gorgeous pictures that can be framed. Here, she tells us how it all kicked off, when she finds time to paint and who is most likely to love her creations! “It all started off as a hobby really,” says Isabel…read more

Oct.21

One-on-One with Malta’s Artists: Anna Galea

Posted by Iggy Fenech in Art, Artists, General

Anna Galea is one of Malta’s finest artists and is particularly well-known for her sumptuous depiction of flowers. Tutored by the likes of Sarah Warren, Harry Alden and Anton Calleja, Mrs Galea holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History of Art and Archaeology and has also attended the Malta School of Arts. She has three solo exhibitions under her belt, and has been exhibited in France, Australia, at the European Parliament in Brussels, at Palace Kheridiene in Tunis, and at the Salone Borromini in Rome. Her watercolours hang in…read more

Oct.17

Nadine Noko’s Two Heads and a City

Posted by Iggy Fenech in Art, Exclusive, Exhibitions

“Imagining things from my own perspective” – Nadine Noko talks Two Heads and a City prior to its opening and gives us an exclusive preview of one of the illustrations populating her exhibition. Nadine Noko is one of Malta’s best illustrators and designers, whose signature is simplicity. Her latest exhibition, Two Heads and a City, opens this Saturday at Splendid on Strait Street in Valletta and will look at life in Valletta, with a focus on the people and the quirkiness that make the city. Here, she talks about what…read more