Maltabiennale.art 2024 Launches with Insular Focus on Mediterranean Identity
The first edition of maltabiennale.art 2024, curated by Sofia Baldi Pighi, aims to examine the Mediterranean from an insular perspective, emphasizing hybridity and the island as a site of encounter. The biennale will unfold across Malta's historic sites, including Valletta, Birgu, Ħaġar Qim, and Gozo, in partnership with Heritage Malta and UNESCO. It seeks to defuse postcard-like imagery of the Mediterranean and stand against extractive tourism, instead fostering a vision of harmonious coexistence through contemporary art. The curatorial statement draws on Jean-Luc Nancy's concept of exhibition as the truth of the island, and positions Malta as an observatory for Mediterranean culture, acknowledging centuries of colonization and trauma while promoting multicultural, multiracial, and multilingual identity.
Key facts
- First edition of maltabiennale.art 2024
- Curated by Sofia Baldi Pighi
- Examines Mediterranean from insular perspective
- Venues include Valletta, Birgu, Ħaġar Qim, and Gozo
- Partnership with Heritage Malta and UNESCO
- Aims to defuse postcard-like imagery of Mediterranean
- Stands against extractive tourism
- Promotes hybridity and multicultural identity
Entities
Artists
- Sofia Baldi Pighi
- Zineb Sedira
- Basim Magdy
- Zehra Doğan
- Aaron Bezzina
- Adama Delphine Fawundu
- Adrian Paci
- Agnes Questionmark
- Amy Bravo
- Ana Shametaj
- Giuditta Vendrame
- Andrea Conte (Andreco)
- Andrea Ferrero
- Anna Anderegg
- Anna Calleja
- Anna Raimondo
- Anne Immelé
- Anthony Spagnol
- Austin Camilleri
- Barbara Kapusta
- Bettina Hutschek
- Camilla Alberti
- Cecilia Vicuña
- Cemile Sahin
- Claude Borg
- Mariah Borg
- Sumaya Ben Saad
- Rebecca Mifsud
- Daniel Jablonski
- Dew Kim
- Dijana Protic
- Dolphin Club
- Edson Chagas
- Edson Luli
- Fabrizio Vatieri
- Franziska von Stenglin
- Gaia De Megni
- Goldschmied & Chiari (Sara Goldschmied, Eleonora Chiari)
- Guadalupe Maravilla
- Ibrahim Mahama
- Isabelle Borg
- Jean-Marie Appriou
- Jermay Michael Gabriel
- Joseph Cochran II
- Josian Bonello
- Karyn Olivier
- Keit Bonnici
- Florinda Camilleri
- Niels Plotard
- Konstantina Krikzoni
- Laura Besançon
- Laure Prouvost
- Leo Chircop
- Luz Lizarazo
- Madeleine Fenwick
- Martina Georgina
- Romeo Roxman Gatt
- Matteo Vettorello
- Mel Chin
- Mónica de Miranda
- Nina Gerada
- Paul Sammut
- Pedro Reyes
- Post Disaster
- Raphael Vella
- Rebecca Bonaci
- Republic of Suez Canal
- Rosa Barba
- Sandra Zaffarese
- Sara Leghissa
- Simon Benjamin
- Siwani Buhlebezwe
- Tania Bruguera
- Teresa Antignani
- Teresa Busuttil
- Tom Van Malderen
- Wioletta Kulewska Akyel
- Zazzaro Otto
- Nigel Baldacchino
- Elisa Carollo
- Emma Mattei
Institutions
- maltabiennale.art
- Heritage Malta
- UNESCO
- Maltabiennale.art
- Canvas
- Swivel Gallery
- Fondazione Quadriennale di Roma
Locations
- Malta
- Valletta
- Birgu
- Ħaġar Qim
- Gozo
- Mediterranean
- Southern Europe
- Northern Africa
- Orient
- Occident
- East
- West
- Brooklyn
- New York