Leone Goes Pop returns next month after a two year break because of the pandemic. This 13th edition ushers in a new era for Leone Goes Pop, with a revamped concept, a rethought composition and a redesigned spectacle, the organisers said. The band explained that “what was born as an easy-night-out in Victoria’s main square, now calls for a fully-fledged
Hollywood star Russell Crowe quizzed candidates for Bangkok’s governor election campaign in a cameo television appearance on Thursday, almost a year after his tweets on visiting the capital delighted Thais. The megapolis is preparing for its first governor poll in almost a decade on Sunday in the first significant election since youth-led pro-democracy
Russian superstar ballerina Olga Smirnova quit the Bolshoi Ballet over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine but says the famed dance company will outlive the vagaries of war. “History changes, but the Bolshoi stays,” Smirnova told AFP as she rehearsed in Amsterdam, where she joined the Dutch National Ballet in March. Smirnova, who made headlines when she left
Tom Cruise received an honorary Palme d’Or and gushed about his passion for cinema as he made his first visit in 30 years to the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday for the launch of Top Gun: Maverick . The French Air Force display team streaked across the sky over the red carpet as the stars headed into the screening for the long-awaited sequel to Cruise’s
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled, 1982 sold for $85 million at auction in New York Wednesday, well above its pre-sale estimate and netting Japanese billionaire space tourist Yusaku Maezawa a tidy profit. Phillips auction house sold the 16-foot-wide painting on behalf of Maezawa, who purchased it in 2016 for $57.3 million. The auctioneers had tipped
NnG Legendary Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) will be playing in Malta as part of their tour PFM 1972-2022 from Storia Di Un Minuto to Ho Sognato Pecore Elettriche whilst embracing the poetry of Fabrizio de Andre. The Malta concert on 6 June will be the first date of their tour with a concert that will take all those attending
Artist RICHARD SALIBA needs no introduction. He talks to Joseph Agius about his current exhibition The Language of Colour at Hotel Phoenicia. JA: The title of the exhibition, The Language of Colour , suggests that colour is in some instances enough to communicate feelings. Has there been a change in your palette to express yourself more deeply? RS:
The portal of Italians in the world, Italiani.it, has organised an art exhibition by young Roman artists, which will be held in Malta. The exhibition will be opening on May 25 and will be held at the headquarters of the Dante Alighieri Society at 134 Old Bakery Street, Valletta. The recent pandemic has enormously limited the possibilities of expression
Opera originated in Italy, it was sung by Italian patriots and some of the world’s greatest arias came from the peninsula. Now Rome wants credit where credit is due. Home to Scarlatti and Verdi, Italy has put in a bid for UNESCO – the UN’s cultural agency – to recognise the art of Italian opera singing on its list of intangible global heritage. A decision
The famed Macklowe collection, subject of a bitter divorce battle between a New York property developer and his ex-wife, became the most expensive art collection ever sold at auction Monday. Sotheby’s sold its second offering of works from the collection for $246.1 million, bringing the total value of the group of paintings to $922.2 million, a spokesman
