From September 13 to 28, 2025, the Mahalla Festival transformed Büyük Valide Han in Istanbul into a living conversation between history, craftsmanship, and contemporary art. This year’s edition explored “The Re-Narration of the Midas Dilemma”—a meditation on value, transformation, and the cost of unchecked growth.
Read MoreElena Urucatu will be participating in the final Magic Carpets exhibition that will take place in Tartu, Estonia, as part of the European Capital of Culture program in fall 2024.
Read MoreKeit Bonnici is one of the 6 artists who will participate in this year’s art event What Drifts Us Apart, taking place in Gozo in the frame of the Mahalla festival 2024.
Read MoreEmerging curator Paulina Brelińska-Garsztka from the Wroclaw Institute of Culture nominated the visual artist Justyna Olszewska to participate as an artist in residency in Beyond What Drifts Us Apart taking place this year in Gozo, Malta between 19th – 28th of July.
Read MoreMaltese artist and dancer Florinda Camilleri will be participating in the art residence and exhibition Beyond What Drifts Us Apart (BWDUA), part of the Mahalla Festival and residency program by MagiC Carpets.
Read MoreThe Portuguese visual artist Martinha Maia will travel to Gozo this summer to participate into Beyond What Drifts Us Apart
Read MoreAaron Bezzina working in his current artwork for the Mahalla Festival Aaron Bezzina lives and works in Malta. He’s
Read MoreOna Juciūtė. Picture by Anna Melnykova Ona Juciūtė, born in Lithuania in 1988, is one of the artists participating in
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