{"id":9446,"date":"2025-02-17T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/?p=9446"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:18:17","slug":"arts-council-malta-announces-representation-details-for-the-malta-pavilion-at-the-59th-international-art-exhibition-la-biennale-di-venezia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/arts-council-malta-announces-representation-details-for-the-malta-pavilion-at-the-59th-international-art-exhibition-la-biennale-di-venezia\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Council Malta announces representation details for the Malta Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Malta Pavilion, entitled Diplomazija <\/strong>A<\/strong>stuta<\/strong>, features a collaboration between artists Arcangelo Sassolino (ITA), Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci (MT) and composer Brian Schembri (MT), who will re-articulate Caravaggio\u2019s seminal altarpiece The Beheading of St John the Baptist<\/strong> (1608) as an immersive, kinetic, sculptural installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through their signature artistic vocabularies, Sassolino, Schembri Bonaci and Schembri will bridge this Biblical narrative with contemporary culture, transposing the zeitgeist of the Oratory of the Decollato in Valletta (the site of Caravaggio\u2019s ground-breaking canvas since the 17th century) onto the Malta Pavilion. Diplomazija <\/strong>A<\/strong>stuta<\/strong> subsequently re-situates Caravaggio\u2019s immanent themes within modern life, addressing many of the global challenges we face in today\u2019s world, from inequality to justice and peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anchored in Maltese creative talent and art history, Diplomazija <\/strong>A<\/strong>stuta<\/strong> elevates the potential for art to lead us forward through complex moments in time. Commenting on the Malta Pavilion, Minister Jos\u00e9 Herrera stated that \u201cwith the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the forefront of our minds, this iteration of the Maltese Pavilion demonstrates how art can represent society\u2019s ideologies and ideals. Our Malta project presents a transcendent cultural experience where beholders imagine a path towards reconciliation. It brings us great pride to put forth this salient project at one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary art in the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arts Council Malta Executive Chairman Albert Marshall stated further that \u201cthis extraordinary and timely installation \u2013 an invention of the collaborative creative effort between our curators and artists \u2013 puts forth a Maltese Pavilion that layers that which is said to have passed with that which is still unfolding. Diplomazija <\/strong>A<\/strong>stuta<\/strong> creates a palimpsest that uniquely operates within the realms of Caravaggio\u2019s altarpiece and contemporary Maltese visual culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Commissioner: Arts Council Malta
Co-Curators: Keith Sciberras (MLT) and Jeffrey Uslip (USA),
Artists: Arcangelo Sassolino (ITA), Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci (MLT), and Brian Schembri (MLT)
Project Managers: Nikki Petroni (MLT) and Esther Flury (CH\/USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOCATION <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Malta Pavilion is located at the Artiglierie in the main Arsenale area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTS COUNCIL MALTA<\/strong>, under the auspices of the Ministry of National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government, has been entrusted to act as the Commissioner and the Contracting Authority of the Pavilion of Malta at the 59th International Art Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arts Council Malta is the national agency for development and investment in the cultural and creative sectors. Its central task is that of effectively funding, supporting and promoting the cultural and creative sectors in Malta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry for National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government is pleased to announce that the Malta Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition at the Biennale di Venezia 2022 \u2013 commissioned by Arts Council Malta \u2013 will be curated by an international team led by Keith Sciberras (MT) and Jeffrey Uslip (USA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9446"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14474,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446\/revisions\/14474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}