Dr Georgina Portelli, MICAS board member and Chair of the Education Committee, joined AP’s Konrad Buhagiar to discuss the evolution of MICAS. Speaking with Architecture & Design Magazine, Konrad shared insights about his role as curator of the Beyond the Bastions exhibition, currently on view at MICAS.
The interview examined the transformation of the historic Ospizio site into Malta’s first national contemporary art museum. Framed through the concept of movement and spatial experience, the exhibition positions architecture not as a finished object, but as an evolving cultural proposition.
“The exhibition invites visitors to trace layered histories, inhabit the tensions and harmonies of the site, and envision new possibilities for cultural dialogue in Malta and beyond. The building needs to be able to respond to these changes and, if successful, will always be in the process of doing so. The exhibition attempts to highlight this quality.”
- Dr Georgina Portelli & Konrad Buhagiar