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S P OT L I G H T The case of the artistic chicken and its egg and their respective IQ’s

E X H I B IT ION The Gropius Bau in Berlin is dedicating a major retrospective to Yayoi Kusama

ARCH IT ECT U RE Review and highlights from the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021

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View of ‘Maison Fiber’, at the Arsenale. Photo by Erica Giusta

VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2021

Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective, Installation view “A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe”, 2021, Gropius Bau. © Photo: Luca Girardini. >> pg.22

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A traditional opening of the 17th Architecture Biennale seemed improbable right up until a few days before the (stereo) typically glamorous crowd of architects, artists, journalists, and curators arrived in Venice – as they would every May in pre-pandemic times. The city was once again teeming with life and activity. >> Review, pg.26

ANN DINGLI

Gozo in Isolation

FEATURE Konrad Buhagiar looks at the destructive impact of man’s intervention in the natural world EXHIBITION Antje Liemann creates an imagined world where humans cease to exist INTERVIEW DESIGN fuse, a community-driven art project opens in Valletta A new art space opens in Floriana NEWS Victor Agius selected for the 61st edition of the Premio Faenza in Italy + Investing in new artistic PERFORMANCE Conceptual artist Charlene Galea at Marie Gallery5 successes in Cameroon EVENTS Highlights in Malta and around the globe DIRECTORY A list of creative services in Malta

The unpredictable events of 2020 led artists Sebastian Tanti Burlò and Lydia Cecil to a flat in Xaghra. Here, they set up a studio overlooking Marsalforn valley, producing works directly inspired by the island of Gozo. Ann Dingli meets them in London to discuss their time on the island. >> Review, pg.17


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