In case you missed it - The Big Show in photos
The Big Show is supported by The Melita Foundation
The Big Show is over
The Big Show is over, but if you missed it we are very happy to now bring you the full exhibition in photos.
In this short blog post we bring you a small selection of images. To view the rest, click on any of the images, or click here to view The Big Show photo gallery.
Paintings by Christine Porter Lofaro
The Big Opening
The Big Show launched on November 19 with The Big Opening. If you missed the event you can still read about it in The Big Opening blog post or view The Big Opening photo gallery.
Originals by Christopher Saliba
The twelve artists taking part were Vania Goshe, Jo Dounis, Debbie Bonello, Christopher Saliba, Andrew Smith, Dagmara Zaczeniuk, Mark Schembri, Natasha Dadush, Rosette Bonello, Bogdan Dyulgerov, Andrew Borg and Christine Porter Lofaro.
Artwork by Jo Dounis
Each artist brought something unique and special to the exhibition, which made The Big Show surprising and varied, both in genre and subject-matter.
Visitors to The Big Show at the Wignacourt Museum
During the period The Big Show was open, the Wignacourt Museum saw over 1600 visitors, including locals and tourists from all over the world. Many countries were represented in The Big Show visitors’ book, including Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Poland, Ireland, the UK and of course Malta itself.
The Big Show visitors' book
Thank you to everyone who came!
Thank you to everyone who came for making the opening and the show itself such a great success. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen, to our wonderful artists for their beautiful paintings and to those who bought them. That’s it for this blog post, but keep a look out for our upcoming Christmas blog post next week.
Finally, if you’re new to Allura…
If you’re new to Allura you can read the story of Allura Art and The Big Show in the recent article in the Sunday Times of Malta.
What’s it all about?
For an introduction to The Big Show, read Allura’s initial blog post, watch the short promotional video or see our appearance on Television Malta’s live show Illum ma’ Steph.
The Big Show is part of the bigger Open Studios programme, which includes a video series featuring artists from the show.
Click here to watch the Artist Secrets video series or watch the short intro video.
For all other news and updates from Allura, follow the Allura Art blog, join the mailing list or follow the Allura Facebook page.
Acknowledgements
Allura Art - The Big Show is part of The Allura Open Art Studios Programme, supported by Arts Council Malta through the Programme Support Scheme, The Melita Foundation, Attard and Co and The Sovereign Art Foundation. Paintings from The Allura Art Collection are suitable for homes, offices, commercial spaces or as gifts. One of a kind, authenticated artwork is sold at studio prices direct from the artist, with secure online payment and safe shipping at www.allura-art.com.
The Allura Art Collection is an evolving, curated collection of original paintings, some figurative and some abstract. The Allura Art website features pieces in a variety of genres, styles and sizes to suit home, office or commercial interiors and which also make beautiful and unique gifts. Furthermore, the search by price page makes it easy to browse according to your budget.
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