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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 1 SEPTEMBER 2019 21 COMMERCIAL MSC Grandiosa, the newest ship in the MSC Cruises fleet set to launch in No- vember, will host the world's first fine art experience on board a cruise ship. The immersive art and dining expe- rience featuring "Degas Danse Dessin" aims to bring guests closer to the world of fine art with a spellbinding exhibition of original Impressionist art. Housed in a purpose-built installation within the chic L'Atelier Bistro at the heart of the ship's Mediterranean-style Promenade, the Edgar Degas exhibition is the first curation of this unique col- lection on board a cruise ship. The Danse Dessin series presents 26 studies of movement and dance and was previously exhibited in major inter- national galleries and museums. Degas' work encapsulates the soul of a roman- tic Paris, truly fitting within the setting of the new French Bistro on board MSC Grandiosa. It will also offer an immersive experi- ence for guests with five videos running alongside the artwork detailing details of Degas' work and life. With each new ship that MSC Cruises launches, the Company aims to elevate the guest experience with new and unique elements that cannot be experi- enced anywhere else at sea. This new offering brings together the world of fine art and technology to cre- ate a one-of-a-kind entertainment of- fering exclusively for guests, bringing them closer to the world of art. MSC Grandiosa will become the new flagship in the MSC Cruises fleet when she launches in November and the state-of-the-art ship will offer a rich- ness of experiences for every guest from world-class entertainment with brand new Cirque du Soleil at Sea shows, a wide choice of international dining op- tions, new activities for families through to an enhanced MSC Yacht Club. MSC Grandiosa will become the sec- ond MSC Cruises ship to feature ZOE, the world's first virtual cruise personal assistant and new updated to the inno- vative MSC for Me digital innovation programme, helping guests to get the most out of their cruise holiday. MSC Cruises to launch world's first fine art experience at sea Behind-the-scenes look at creating an interactive art experience aboard MSC Grandiosa "NOIR" and "Blanc," the Chanel absolutes, made elegant, timeless and iconic by Gabri- elle Chanel and still the enduring signature of her House today. For Fall-Winter 2019, black and white, the ultimate symbolic (non) colours of Chanel, are explored and reinterpreted by Lucia Pica, Chanel Global Creative Makeup and Color Designer, for a stylised and sumptu- ous beauty collection. From the formalised and abstract to the silken and sensuous, Lucia Pica infuses her new approach to these power colours of Chanel with both an appreciation of their transcendent absolutism and an eye for the nuanced gradations of the spaces in- between. In tune with the Modernist architectural and cultural environment of Paris, part of the embracement by Chanel of black and white could be seen as a reflection of her time; the ebony and ivory of Art Deco in- teriors, the delineated graphic lines of the Moderne, the stylised photographic and cinematic images that proliferated, even those images of Mademoiselle herself… It is while bearing all of this in mind that Lucia Pica has approached the ultimate graphic colours of Chanel, both celebrating and humanizing them – literally making them flesh, for the contemporary consumer. Lucia Pica now sees these colours from the life of Gabrielle Chanel as part of a man- ifesto for modernity in beauty for contem- porary women. Embracing the aura of the silver screen and the silver print, particular- ly concentrating on the gradations of col- our to be found within these processes, se- pias, greys and new "Rouge Noirs" emerge. Sparkling, shimmering textures add an all-over glow of glamour, while delineated and structured mattes make a more direct appeal. Altogether, the collection is a meet- ing of fantasy and reality, the stylised with the organic, a perfect harmony of absolutes. "Black and white are the colours I relate most to Gabrielle Chanel; the time she lived in, the power she gave these colours, the way they appeared in her life. Black and white were in her surroundings, in the in- teriors, in the architecture of Paris as well as in the symbolism of her life." Lucia Pica Chanel is distributed by Alfred Gera & Sons Ltd PG Group, operators of PAVI and PAMA supermarkets have teamed up with Hospice Malta to support them with cleaning/washing the Hospice fleet of cars. These vehicles are used by the professional team for the delivery of palliative care services within the community and more specifically to the patients' homes. Hospice Malta, founded in 1989, strives to accommodate the numer- ous patients and their families who are referred for Hospices services on a daily basis. PAMA Car Wash, operating at PAMA Shopping Village, will be of- fering free car wash sessions to Hos- pice Malta, to keep their fleet of cars clean. This sponsorship forms part of PG Group's recently launched 'Caring for our Community' pro- gramme which is intended to sup- port health, educational, charity and environmental institutions. PG Group added: "Our commu- nity programme believes in giving back to organisations which make the lives of many vulnerable people in our society better. Our company truly appreciates all the hard work Hospice Malta does towards the patients and their families, during such delicate times in their lives. " Vincent Zammit, Hospice Malta's Volunteer Coordinator, thanked PG Group for their support. Donations to Hospice Malta may be sent via SMS: 50617384 - €2.33, 50618100 - €4.66, 50619234 - €11.65. Alternatively, donations can be made via Bank Transfer or by vis- iting the Hospice Malta Premises in Balzan during office hours. For further information visit www. hospicemalta.org Chanel's Fall/Winter 2019 range explores Noir and Blanc PG Group supports Hospice Malta

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