maltatoday | SUNDAY • 10 SEPTEMBER 2023
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This article is supported by Arts Council Malta
100-year exhibition
Mamo, who has been the MSA's
President since 2015. "The exhi-
bition takes the Society's art col-
lection as its starting point, while
also delving into its archive (span-
ning back to 1852) to map out the
complex story of a conservative
institution that still managed to
maintain a position at the cut-
ting edge of the avant-garde," he
comments. "Fragments of a Leg-
acy traces the nuanced push and
pull of historical forces coming in
touch with individual lives, which
then manifested through this dy-
namic institution. The influence
of the Society on the develop-
ment of Maltese cultural topolo-
gy can hardly be understated.
"This project has been a huge
collaborative effort involving
dozens of individuals: contribu-
tors, lenders, and members of the
MSA who have worked tirelessly
to put up this exhibition, which is
a fitting tribute to all the artists,
craftsmen and individuals who
strove to keep the Society alive
for the past 170 years," Mamo
concluded.
The research which led to the
development of Fragments of
a Legacy is centralised and col-
lected in the MSA's recent pub-
lication titled Palazzo de La Salle,
Genesis and Evolution published
by Midsea books and The Malta
Society of Arts, and available at
selected Agenda bookshops.
Fragments of a Legacy: The
Malta Society of Arts, 1923-2023
opens from Thursday 14 Septem-
ber till Saturday 7 October 2023
at the Art Galleries of the Malta
Society of Arts, Palazzo de La
Salle, 219, Republic Street, Val-
letta. Entrance is free. For more
details about the exhibition and
opening hours, please visit www.
artsmalta.org/events or www.
facebook.com/maltasocietyofarts.
