Description
Visitors are effectively empowered to dialogue with the many inquisitive stimuli imparted by the contemporary artworks within a broader historical and cultural context. National borders are simply done. without since the cornucopia of issues tackled by the entire global scene.
Mario Cutajar
President, Malta Biennale 2026
and Chairman, Heritage Malta
The Malta Biennale unfolds across an archipelago with a dense and fascinating history. Malta’s sites are not neutral spaces. The Maltese context is replete with prehistoric structures, fortifications and palaces of the Knights of St John; rooms where the Catholic Inquisitors administered crime and punishment; defensive structures like the Ċittadella in Gozo; museums of archaeology, maritime history or ethnographic art; as well as natural environments not yet devoured by mass tourism and urban speculation. These historical landscapes carry narratives of extraction, devotion, power struggles, repression, insurrection, labour, fear, blood and survival. And also beauty.
Rosa Martínez
Artistic Director & Head Curator
Malta Biennale 2026
