More Internationally Renowned Artists For The Malta Biennale
The Guerrilla Girls are joining the list of internationally acclaimed artists who will be taking part in the Malta Biennale, which will open its doors in just a few days. Like Maurizio Cattelan, the Guerrilla Girls are considered among the world’s leading contemporary artists.
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous collective of artists and activists committed to feminism; their work directly addresses injustice whilst advocating for equal rights. Whenever they appear in public, the members of the group don masks to conceal their identity. The Guerrilla Girls have undertaken hundreds of projects which span a wide range of formats: from posters and banners to performances and video. Their work has been presented on major international platforms, exhibitions and institutions including the Venice Biennale, São Paulo, Amsterdam, and Art Basel Hong Kong amongst others. Their work was also presented in the publication Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly, which was listed among the best art books published in 2020, by The New York Times.
The Guerrilla Girls first emerged on the international art scene in 1985, in response to and in protest of an exhibition held at the MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where only 13 out of 169 participating artists were women.
During the Malta Biennale 2026, more than half of the participating artists from around the world, including Malta, are women. In total, the second edition will feature over 130 artists from more than 40 different countries. The Malta Biennale is divided into two: the international exhibition, bringing together over 50 artists, 20% of whom are Maltese, and 27 pavilions, including the Maltese National Pavilion together with another pavilion that has already generated significant interest, organised by a collective of residents from the Kordin Correctional Facility.
In its second edition, the Malta Biennale is an international platform for contemporary art which enjoys the patronage of Her Excellency the President of Malta and UNESCO. The Malta Biennale is organised by Heritage Malta across 11 of its museums and heritage sites in Malta and Gozo, making it unique among the approximately 350 biennales worldwide. It brings together history and cultural heritage in dialogue with contemporary art – thereby bridging the past and the present, with a vision towards the future.
Malta Biennale 2026 opens to the public on 14 March and will run for 11 weeks, until 29 May 2026.
Photo by: © Guerrilla Girls, courtesy guerrillagirls.com
The Malta Biennale is organised by Heritage Malta in partnership with Arts Council Malta, Visit Malta, the Valletta Cultural Agency and Public Broadcasting Services. The Malta Biennale is also being held in full collaboration with the Ministry for Culture, Lands and Local Government, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, and the Ministry for Gozo and Planning.
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Iktar Artisti Ta’ Fama Dinjija Għall-Malta Biennale
l-Guerrilla Girls qed jiżdiedu mal-lista ta’ artisti ta’ fama internazzjonali li se jkunu qed jieħdu sehem fil-Malta Biennale li se jiftaħ il-bibien tiegħu fi ftit jiem oħra. Bħal Maurizio Cattelan, il-Guerrilla Girls huma meqjusa fost l-aqwa artisti kontemporanji fid-dinja.
Il-Guerrilla Girls huwa grupp anonimu ta’ artisti u attivisti, li jemmen f’femminiżmu b’differenza għax l-arti tagħhom tindirizza inġustizzji u drittijiet għal kulħadd. Kull meta jidhru fil-pubbliku, il-membri ta’ dal-grupp jilbsu maskri biex jaħbu l-identità tagħhom. Il-proġetti artistiċi tal-Guerrilla Girls jgħoddu l-mijiet u ħadu kull forma. Minn posters sa banners, sa azzjoni u videos li ntwerew fil-biennale ta’ Venezja, f’Sao Paolo, Amsterdam, Art Basel Hong Kong u ħafna postijiet oħra. Ix-xogħol tagħhom inġabar fil-pubblikazzjoni tagħhom Guerrilla Girls: The art of behaving badly. Dal-ktieb ġie msemmi min-New York Times mal-aħjar kotba tal-arti li ħarġu fl-2020.
Il-Guerrilla Girls tfaċċaw fix-xena artistika internazzjonali fl-1985, bħala tweġiba u protesta għal wirja li ttellgħet fil-Mużew tal-Arti Moderna (MoMA) ta’ New York li fiha, minn 169 artist, 13 biss kienu nisa.
Fil-Malta Biennale 2026, iktar minn nofs l-artisti li qed jieħdu sehem minn madwar id-dinja, inkluż Malta, huma nisa. B’kollox, it-tieni edizzjoni għandha iktar minn 130 artist li ġejjin minn iktar minn 40 pajjiż differenti. Il-Malta Biennale huwa maqsum fi tnejn: il-wirja internazzjonali li tiġbor fiha iktar minn 50 artist li 20% minnhom huma artisti Maltin, u 27 padiljun, fosthom il-Padiljun Nazzjonali Malti u padiljun li diġà qajjem ħafna interess, imtella’ minn numru ta’ residenti tal-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin.
Il-Malta Biennale huwa pjattaforma internazzjonali tal-arti kontemporanja li din is-sena jinsab fit-tieni edizzjoni tiegħu. Għandu l-patroċinju tal-Eċċellenza Tagħha l-President ta’ Malta u tal-UNESCO. Il-Malta Biennale huwa mtella’ minn Heritage Malta fi ħdax-il mużew u sit tagħha f’Malta u Għawdex, li jagħmlu lil dal-biennale uniku fost it-350 biennale li jeżistu madwar id-dinja għax jgħaqqad flimkien l-istorja u l-patrimonju mal-arti kontemporanja fi djalogu bejn l-imgħoddi u llum b’ħarsa lejn il-ġejjieni.
Il-Malta Biennale 2026 jiftaħ għall-pubbliku fl-14 ta’ Marzu u jibqa’ għaddej għal 11-il ġimgħa sad-29 ta’ Mejju 2026.
Heritage Malta għandha bħala msieħba f’din l-edizzjoni lill-Kunsill Malti għall-Arti, lil Visit Malta, lill-Aġenzija Kulturali għall-Belt Valletta u lill-Public Broadcasting Services. Il-Malta Biennale qed jittella’ wkoll bil-koperazzjoni sħiħa tal-Ministeru għall-Kultura, l-Artijiet u l-Gvern Lokali kif ukoll tal-Ministeru għall-Affarijiet Barranin u t-Turiżmu u l-Ministeru għal Għawdex u l-Ippjanar.
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