MAXXI Rome... coming soon

Louise Bourgeois: From Venice to London

Hauser & Wirth is proud to announce the inauguration of its new space at 23 Savile Row with a solo exhibition by Louise Bourgeois.

The exhibition will feature over seventy fabric drawings made between 2002 and 2008, as well as four large-scale sculptures. Made from clothes and other domestic effects accrued over decades, Bourgeois’ fabric drawings are abstract yet acutely personal works, retaining allusions to the materials’ past incarnations.

Curated by Germano Celant, the exhibition will travel from the Fondazione Vedova, Venice (5 June – 12 September 2010) to Hauser & Wirth London.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a substantial catalogue published by Skira, which focuses on this major aspect of Bourgeois’ practice.

Antony Micallef for the British Heart Foundation

Antony Micallef will be releasing a new print to support the British Heart Foundation. The Mending Broken Hearts Appeal is one of the most important fundraising efforts ever undertaken by the British Heart Foundation. Its goal is simple; to raise £50 million to fund the cutting-edge cardiac-regenerative research that could literally ‘mend the broken hearts’ of millions.

Published by CCA Galleries, Printed at Coriander Studio.
Created especially to raise awareness and funds for the British Heart Foundation. All profits go to the BHF.

Triq id-Dejqa... jew ahna dojoq?

Can't help blogging about this yet again, seeing as some silly nitwit who was first protesting against the release of the film Da Vinci Code in Malta is now protesting against the random association of V words. Not that these narrow-minded people have any idea why V words were chosen mind you but they necessitate some petty issue or other in their life about which to nag and bitch... why don't we start objecting to and protesting about the real things that matter in life? Isn't God omnipresent anyway? Aren't there some fanatics who have crucifixes and little shrines in public conveniences anyways... but we have to object to a sticker bearing the name of the Virgin Mary. Why doesn't this Vince Marshall go protest about having to pay to enter a cathedral to go say a prayer? Let's stick to real life issues... pettiness is just for petty people.

'Cause violence is always in fashion

Oh come on! The Strait Street Saga continues

"The organiser of a petition against the Strait Street toilet is claiming to have got 150 signatures, and is planning to present it to the authorities on May 1.

The newly-opened public toilet in Valletta has a glass wall inscribed with words that start with the letter “V” – and alongside the words vagina and viagra is the name Virgin Mary, which the objectors find offensive.

“We do not even agree that such words should be written in a public place, but our plea is for the name of the Virgin Mary to be removed from the glass panel as soon as possible. If they wanted words starting with V, they could have stuck to virgin and not specified Virgin Mary,” the petition says.

Another of the words on the panel is Vatican, which they also feel has no place alongside the “vulgar” words.

Those wishing to sign the petition should send their details and ID card number to xandarop@yahoo.com"

Published yesterday on di-ve.com; titled: Petition against Strait Street toilet



Please go have a look at the ridiculous comments below the article... which, by the way doesn't even include the name of the "organiser" of this petition. Even the info is wrong: The glass wall if anything, is INSIDE not outside... what one finds outside is a window pane. But can these people tell the difference, of course not. Have the petitioners even been to the public convenience because from what can be read here above it certainly seems as though they haven't. And FYI the words are not INSCRIBED they are affixed/attached... they're just stickers. No part of Norbert's installation is permanent. Some people need to get a life and accept a good thing when it happens.

A SERIOUSLY good opportunity

The Embassy of Malta in France would like to inform young Maltese designers of the fourth edition of the Talents de la Mode competition, organised by the Village des Créateurs.

This competition is open to fashion designers aged between 18 and 40, who speak either French or English, and who plan to either open their workshop in the course of 2010 or for those who have launched their label since January 2009.

The winning prize includes:

- A workshop set up at the Village des Créateurs in Lyon, France (23 months lease - rent of the first 12 months free of charge and the following 11 months at half price);
- During the first year the Village des Créateurs offers an economic development support for the development of the workshop of the winner and then finances up to 50% of the expenses during the following 11 months;
- A paid stand at the Prêt-à-Porter Paris fashion show;
- A cheque of 5000 Euro;

The winner is chosen by a panel of judges experts in the field, presided by Jérome L’Huillier.

Further details on this competition can be obtained on www.talentsdemode.com. Candidatures are to be submitted by no later than 17 May 2010 at 18.00 hours.

“Winning Talents de Mode has really enabled me to launch my brand. To benefit of a shop was the most important thing for me. My brand was already created before the contest but as I was living in the countryside, it was really difficult to have sufficient visibility in order to increase the sales. Of course, because of the marketing relay which the Village des Créateurs offers has always been and is still fundamental. Some programs on TF1, France 3 and M6 have been a nice surprise! Talents de Mode made a lot of advertising for me, I have acquired a good reputation in the fashion for dogs world and after the good press, came the orders: my designs are already sold in Lyon, Paris, Antibes, Cannes…”
Céline Boulud, equally placed winner of Talents de Mode 2009


http://www.talentsdemode.com