The Malta Biennale 2026 Bulletin // No. 4
With spring in full bloom and with warmer, sunnier days in our midst, we usher in the fifth week of the Malta Biennale 2026.
Following a week in which local traditional activities such as processions and sacred art presentations pertinent to the Lenten and Easter period dominated the cultural landscape, the Biennale public events programme gains momentum once again.
At the beginning of the week, Malta Biennale 2026 Best Artwork award co-recipient Therese Debono led a workshop titled The Intentional Frame. The following day, on April 7, the Soundscapes and Paintings workshop was organsied for children aged 7 and older, while last Wednesday there were two sessions of Meditations in Clay planned. The latter were intergenerational group events, with children and adults participating simultaneously. Also on April 7, students from MCAST were given tours of the Malta Biennale exhibitions at the Valletta and Vittoriosa sites, and on the same day, the Franciscan Welfare Association was given a tour of the National Malta Pavilion, Wonderland: Kaos Kontemporanju, at MUŻA.
MUŻA is not only home to the Malta Biennale; it is also one of the key venues where most of the Biennale’s public events programming is concentrated. Besides the above events, two workshops – one for the hearing impaired and another for migrant and refugee communities – titled The Social Blanket will take place today and tomorrow at the National Community Art Museum.
Last Wednesday evening, the first session of the satellite event Poetry from the Future took place at the poetry bar, Rumi, in Valletta, with another session taking place in early May. As part of the Biennale’s satellite events programme, this week saw the exciting launch of a new gallery space in Ħ’Attard – axis_, at The Butler’s House, which is hosting a collective exhibition by several Maltese artists.
Ongoing satellite events this week include: Materia Prima at JoBorg Gallery, ongoing till April 25, in Sliema; Ground 99 on show till May 16 at 99 F. Azzopardi, Senglea (L-Isla); and Women Grace above the Battle which has been extended till April 19, at Pjazza Tritoni in Floriana.
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The full schedule of exhibitions, participating artists, pavilions and events in the public programme can also be accessed via maltabiennale.art.
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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Il-Bulettin tal-Malta Biennale 2026 // Nru 4
Bir-rebbiegħa fl-aqwa tagħha, u b’jiem aktar sħan u xemxin, nidħlu fil-ħames ġimgħa tal-Malta Biennale 2026.
Wara ġimgħa mimlija attivitajiet tradizzjonali lokali bħal purċissjonijiet u wirjiet ta’ arti sagra marbuta mal-perjodu tar-Randan u l-Għid li ddominaw ix-xena kulturali, il-programm ta’ avvenimenti pubbliċi tal-Biennale qed jerġa’ jieħu spinta.
Fil-bidu tal-ġimgħa, Therese Debono, waħda mir-rebbieħa tal-premju għall-Aħjar Xogħol Artistiku fil-Malta Biennale 2026, mexxiet workshop bl-isem The Intentional Frame. L-għada – fis-7 ta’ April – ġie organizzat workshop għat-tfal bl-isem Soundscapes and Paintings, filwaqt li nhar l-Erbgħa li għadda kienu ppjanati żewġ sessjonijiet ta’ Meditations in Clay. Dawn tal-aħħar kienu attivitajiet interġenerazzjonali li fihom ipparteċipaw tfal u adulti flimkien.
Ukoll fis-7 ta’ April, studenti mill-MCAST iddawru mal-wirjiet tal-Malta Biennale fis-siti tal-Belt Valletta u l-Birgu. Fl-istess jum, l-Assoċjazzjoni tal-Franġiskani għall-Għajnuna Soċjali għamlet żjara fil-Padiljun Nazzjonali ta’ Malta, Wonderland: Kaos Kontemporanju, fil-MUŻA.
Il-MUŻA mhux biss id-‘dar’ tal-Malta Biennale, iżda huwa wkoll wieħed mis-siti ewlenin fejn insibu konċentrazzjoni tal-maġġoranza tal-programm tal-avvenimenti pubbliċi tal-Biennale. Minbarra l-attivitajiet imsemmija hawn fuq, żewġ workshops – wieħed għal persuni neqsin mis-smigħ u ieħor għal komunitajiet ta’ migranti u refuġjati – bl-isem The Social Blanket se jsiru llum u għada fil-Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti tal-Komunità.
Nhar l-Erbgħa li għadda filgħaxija, saret l-ewwel sessjoni tal-proġett satellita Poetry from the Future, fil-poetry bar, Rumi, fil-Belt Valletta, b’sessjoni oħra ppjanata għall-bidu ta’ Mejju. Bħala parti mill-programm tal-proġetti satellita tal-Biennale, din il-ġimgħa rat it-tnedija ta’ spazju ġdid għall-arti f’Ħ’Attard – axis_, f’The Butler’s House, li qed jospita wirja kollettiva minn diversi artisti Maltin.
Proġetti satellita li għadhom għaddejjin din il-ġimgħa jinkludu: Materia Prima fil-JoBorg Gallery, li tibqa’ miftuħa sal-25 ta’ April f’Tas-Sliema; Ground 99 esebit sas-16 ta’ Mejju f’99 F. Azzopardi, l-Isla; u Women Grace above the Battle li ġiet estiża sad-19 ta’ April, fi Pjazza Tritoni, il-Furjana.
Il-biljetti għall-Malta Biennale jistgħu jinxtraw online minn maltabiennale.art.
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Il-Malta Biennale huwa mtella’ minn Heritage Malta bi sħab mal-Kunsill Malti għall-Arti, Visit Malta, l-Aġenzija Kulturali għall-Belt Valletta, u l-Public Broadcasting Services. Il-Malta Biennale qed isir ukoll b’kollaborazzjoni sħiħa mal-Ministeru għall-Kultura, l-Artijiet u l-Gvern Lokali, il-Ministeru għall-Affarijiet Barranin u t-Turiżmu, u l-Ministeru għal Għawdex u l-Ippjanar.
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