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N E WS VENICE BIENNALE The Malta Pavilion: Experiments in Love and Revolution
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Maren Richter, AI generated for the exhibition A Few Rules for Predicting the Future at Spazju Kreattiv, page 14.
Geytonya: Queer Oases in Brutalist Shadows “I was always fascinated by how, despite the exterior sameness that the Soviet authorities tried to implement, apartments’ interiors were always unique oases, shining with their residents’ personalities.”
The Malta Biennale 2026 Under the artistic direction of internationally renowned curator, Rosa Martínez, the Malta Biennale 2026 brings together over 130 Maltese and international artists from across the continents, through a main exhibition spread across venues in Malta and Gozo, alongside national and thematic pavilions in Valletta and Vittoriosa – with famed Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan headlining. Complementing the main exhibition and pavilion, the Malta Biennale 2026 will also present an extensive programme of over 80 educational activities for audiences of all ages, in addition to 12 satellite events. >> Find out more on page 08.
Amid post-WWII brutalist towers across Central Europe and the Balkans, queer lives bloom defiantly. Photographer StefanMogolyanov’s Geytonya (“gay” + “geitonya”) celebrates gay men reclaiming concrete voids - from Khrushchevka childhoods to adrenaline shoots in forbidden stairwells. Contrasting soft flesh against hard edges, it challenges invisibility through raw intimacy and real chemistry… >> Interview, page 27.