International art exhibition 28th Dec to 3rd Jan 2023
M.A.D.S Art gallery, Milan (Italy) and Furtuventura (Canary Island) introduce 'Brain Cake', which will be held in December at Casa La Milà, Barcelona. The exhibition will be from December 28th to January 3rd 2023. ‘’ It all comes back to Love ‘’ Anna’s largest painting to date a diptych, will feature in the famous Gaudi room. Artists insight
International Contemporary Art exhibition
Love, connection freedom energy…. You found your way. ‘2.30 pm’ ‘Original Source’ and ‘First kiss, again….’ have been chosen to be in NFT New Freedom Think, M.A.D.S Art gallery, Milan (Italy) and Furtuventura (Canary Island) opening Monday 28th March-3rd April. Painting is beautiful. You have the knowledge in your head. You have the feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You are on your own and you are the one who will decide where to go. Gratitude. Concept by Art Curator Camilla Gilardi “Why do we have a mind if not to get our way?” (Fëdor Dostoevskij) The world changes every day, every hour:
RISE-Artist in Residence at Phoenicia Malta
I would like to thank The Phoenicia Malta for giving me the opportunity to participate in their beautiful Artistic Residency - I feel very honored and privileged! Thank you Robyn Pratt Lara Bugeja and Nadine Muscat Cini for your support and belief in me. All the wonderful team at the Pheonicia -Andrew Srickland, Christine Darmanin and Warren Sammut. Marie Benoit and Laura Calleja for the interviews, Mariella Pisani Bencini for filming and interviewing me. Gianluca Schembri for photographing my work and the event and photographer James Bianchi for the photos of me. My paintings arrived safely from my Luxembourg
Catching a breath of colour – Times of Malta Interview
Anna Nightingale’s latest exhibition, Breathe, straddles the abstract and representational. Joseph Agius discussed it with her. JA: Abstract American artist Helen Frankenthaler once said: “You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognise it, how to control it and ways to eliminate it so that the whole surface looks felt and born all at once.” Does accident figure a lot in your work? AN: Yes, I agree and believe this to be true. I never plan or make studies for my paintings; they don’t work as well when I do. I dislike rigidity and prefer the fluidity of thought
Artist in Residence – Anna Nightingale
Sometimes you have to die inside in order to rise from your own ashes, believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person. Nothing remains as it was. I engage in painting based on what I know and I am interested in… some of the healthiest areas to realise are from your own experience. As time goes by you start to relate to things you did in the past and you have more ease, more distance from them so you can work with renewed energy emotion and movement. Sometimes a sketch you have done before can become, with
Breathe
I would like to thank my curator and friend Lara Bugeja; without you urging me to show these paintings I was keeping too close to my heart, my path would not be as clear as it is now. Your belief in me knows no boundaries! Thank you to my sponsors PwC Malta. Thank you, you superstars Mike Hedges, Gabriel Buttigieg, Austin Camilleri and Alfred Grech, who wrote for my catalogue. Anthony Sultana for designing and printing my catalogue; my website designer Karl Naja who takes care of my website and Samuel Masini who took pictures of my work and myself. I admire and respect you
