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What’s On Visual art events in Malta La Bottega Art Bistro ‘Competition’ as the subject, for a chance 42. Sotheby’s Middle East sale 31. MICAS Pierre Huyghe Lily Agius Gallery LogoGrafixExpress to win: 42. Christie’s Nicolas de Staël 33. International Global events Malta Society of Arts Malta Tourism Authority Manoel Theatre 42. Protests Nan Goldin continues 36. Brasil Dobrasil biennale First Prize: MICAS. MUZA 42. Tribute Dame Tempra 40. Johannes Itten Bauhaus artist A month-pass to all Heritage Malta sites National Archives of Malta People & Skin Spazju Kreattiv Studio 87 Second Prize: €20 voucher from The Macc Unfinished Art Space VeeGeeBee Art Shop Valletta Contemporary INTERVIEWS BOOKS Valletta Cultural Agency Vamp Magazine 12. John Paul Azzopardi Space and beauty 07. Fragmenta Malta Book launch Vee Gee Bee Art Shop Winners from What Do We Do Now? 26. Q & A Stuart Semple 19. Realism Modern art in Malta previous issue: (1) Supported by / International 34. Tom van Malderen Quiet revolution 21. Dance Contemporary art Nina Karniej has Africa Museum, Belgium Benaki Museum won a year-pass to Calouste Gulbenkian all Heritage Malta Château LaCoste Christie’s sites and (2) Sarah Dobrasil Biennale Finkelstein Gallery REVIEWS SPOTLIGHT Borg has won a Florence Biennale €20 voucher from Grand Palais 38. Belgium New Africa museum 11. Digital Curation The Wrong Biennale HOFA Gallery, LA VeeGeeBee Art IMMA 43. Virtual Reality Singing hologram 15. Le Corbusier Zurich pavilion Istanbul Biennale Shop Kistefos Sculpture Park 24. Brazil São Paulo art scene Kunstmuseum Bern MIT Press 28. Online Artifical intelligence MoMA Musée du Louvre 44. Norway Kistefos Sculpture Park Pavillon Le Corbusier, Zurich COMMENT / OPINION Positions Art Fair, Berlin 46. Zimbabwe Artists rising Royal Academy of Arts, London 14. Beauty in satin sheets Sotheby’s The Wrong Biennale 17. Art Love and Vulnerability White Cube Bermondsey Whitechapel Gallery No.8__ artpaper / 02 P E R 08 No.8__ artpaper / 04 Art News / On the Scene October – December –‘19 10.19 ON the SCENE. “The light, majestic, falls; so potent, so alive, that it seems to settle on everything like a sort of luminous mist.” – Ângela in The Book of Chameleons, by José Eduardo Agualusa ART NEWS COMMENT / OPINION SPOTLIGHT ART SALES DESIGN REVIEW / INTERVIEW BOOKS 03 Prix Pictet Celebrated Maltese architect Rich- ard England has been awarded the 01 prestigious Robert Matthew Award in Kenya. The award is given by Marina Abramovic’s Imponderabilia to be the Commonwealth Association of performed in London Architects (CAA) to an architect or architectural office making the most outstanding contribution, having The Royal Academy of Arts will be showing the first UK exhibition spanning particular relevance to the country Marina Abramovic’s career, recreating live performances including the infa- or region in which they operate. mous Imponderabilia in 2020. First performed in 1977 by Marina Abramovic Past winners of the award include IAA Academician Ken Yeang together with TR herself and her then partner Ulay, the work is essentially a naked man and Hamzah and Yeang from Malaysia; Philip Cox from Australia; Ian Ritchie from the woman standing in the doorway through which audience-members enter the UK; and Arup Associates, also from the UK. Richard England has had a long and exhibition space. Curated in close collaboration with Abramovic, the exhibi- influential career in Malta, where he was born. He is a Visiting Professor at the tion will offer visitors the sort of intense, physical encounter for which she University of Malta, having acted as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture between has become known. Abramovic will participate in the programme of talks and 1987 and 1989, and is the recipient of a number of Honoris Causa doctorates. events surrounding the exhibition. www.royalacademy.org.uk , Marina Abramovic, performed The Artist is Present at MoMA in 2010, photo credit wikimedia 02 Marie Louise Kold bids farewell to Malta Danish born artist, Marie Louise Kold, will be showing her exquisite metal artworks as she bids farewell to the island, having worked and resided in Mal- ta for the past eight years. Her work is created by combining patination and etching on copper, bronze and brass, resulting in unique metal pieces that are surrealistically captivating, and strong and bold in character. This boldness is in keeping with something that the artist holds dear to her heart; freedom of ex- pression. All proceeds will go towards the investigative news portal, The Shift News. Words will be on show at Studio 87 in Valletta from 15 to 29 November 2019. Image: © Marie Louise Kold www.mlkold.com No.8__ artpaper / 05 Art News / Malta October – December –‘19 MALTA ITALY Maltese Creative Europe Project Austin Camilleri Exhibiting Completed in Italy AMuSE (Artistic Multi Senso- Maltese artist Austin Camilleri participated in a large exhibition rial Experience), the first Cre- of site-specific works this summer at Villa di Maser near Trev- ative Europe project led by iso. The exhibition – Armonia del Tempo, curated by Simon- a Maltese organisation to be etta Gorreri Casini – was produced by Artlife for the World, an > selected for co-funding by the organisation which produces the bi-annual exhibition in presti- European Commission, has been completed.