Clean, Clear, Cut: The 2026 Malta Biennial

The 2026 Malta Biennial, now in its second edition, strives to establish the country as a platform for contemporary artistic dialogue, able to articulate local and international practices and consolidate its position within the global art circuit. This edition’s conceptual framework, under the artistic direction of curator Rosa Martinez, is structured around a sequence of gestures—Clean, Clear, Cut—that call for an urgent transformation of contemporary conditions: ending environmental, ethical, and aesthetic pollution; discerning and understanding; and breaking away to open new paths.

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