Pierre Herme, the French master of macarons, says he was inspired to build his multi-country empire selling the sugary French treats by a desire to reinvent an object he felt was boring. Starting out his career aged 14, he discovered macarons, two halves of light almond biscuit separated by a sugary aromatic filling, while working at high-end Parisian
Michelle Gialanze, known as Mixa Painting , has been selected to exhibit at Palazzo Mora, Venice, as part of Personal Structures , a major international exhibition held in parallel with the 2026 Venice Biennale. Organised by the European Cultural Centre (ECC), Personal Structures is recognised as one of the most prominent and intellectually rigorous
Sovereign Trust (Malta) Limited, part of the international Sovereign Group, together with the Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF), has announced the winners of the ninth edition of the Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize – Malta & Gozo. The annual competition highlights the creativity and talent of students across Malta and Gozo, encouraging artistic
In a spring exhibition at Spazju Kreattiv , For Want of (not) Measuring , curated by Vince Briffa with Alexander Zammit, 10 local and international artists explore our everyday use of systems and scales, contesting the act of measurement as absolute. We live in a world where our every pulse, post and payback is distilled into a digit, yet we are more
