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Cultural leadership – Make it happen. Make it matter.

In a speech on cultural leadership, Toni Attard argues that positive change can occur everywhere and across all levels. We often discuss great artists and their work. We also praise the efficiency of cultural managers and eulogise the success of cultural...

Mobile Minds: Culture, knowledge and change

The role of IPAC in the 8th World Summit on Arts and Culture. « How can one create a global conversation on change that is relevant and responds to diverse voices, socio-political structures and cultural contexts? If shared knowledge, transnational cooperation and...

Cultural relations for global empathy

As the relationship between arts and politics continues to be challenged even further with the rise of populist agendas, Toni Attard calls for global empathy in cultural relations. In January 2019 Brazil's President Bolsonaro dissolved the Culture Ministry. In March...

A Tonic for the Soul

Margerita Pule found something completely different and sorely needed in Barumbara Collective’s Verbi: mill-bieb ’il ġewwa at Valletta Contemporary. Are you tired of hackneyed theatre endlessly repeating tired tropes and clichés? Do you suspect artists of being...

Unforgettable by Tenor Nico Darmanin

Culture Venture is proud to announce 'Unforgettable' a big band swing concert in Malta in February 2019 by Maltese tenor Nico Darmanin. In his one-weekend-only Unforgettable concert on 14, 15 and 16 February, Nico will be performing swing, jazz and big band classics...

International Performance Art Event at Valletta Contemporary

Blurring boundaries between art and performance, Verbi: mill-bieb ’il ġewwa is an interdisciplinary show devised by eight multi-national artists. Verbi: mill-bieb ’il ġewwa is an interdisciplinary performance art event by Barumbara Collective that will take place on...