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Welcome to the digital logbook of the Art Explora Festival! Discover our resources to prepare or extend your visit, share your impressions and explore the testimonials of other visitors. Explore artist profiles, artworks, educational resources, podcasts, and videos—all conveniently housed in one place.Enjoy your discovery!

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Festival Art Explora - Highlights from Malta

Art Explora
Valletta

What an unforgettable trip! 🎉 We're opening the memory box to show you some festival highlights. The Art Explora Festival in Malta is: 10 days of festival, 12 children's workshops, 55 events, 95 artists, 21,000 visitors and hundreds of memorable moments. The Art Explora Festival stopover in Malta was organized with Spazju Kreattiv, Malta's National Center for Creativity, curated by Daniel Azzopardi.

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E-learning
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Women in Mediterranean art

Art Explora

How are women represented in the arts? What clichés are (too) often associated with them? And what role do they play in creation?

To find out, discover our 4-part journey on Art Explora Academy: head for the Mediterranean countries for a journey through time and culture!

Women artists
Art Explora Academy
School
Museum boat
School
Women in the Mediterranean
Educational booklet

Festival Art Explora educational booklet

Art Explora
As part of the Art Explora Festival's immersive exhibition, we are offering teachers, education professionals and volunteers an educational kit to help them enrich their visit. The kit provides keys to understanding the content of the visit, as well as details on some of the works on display, enabling readers to prepare their itinerary and build activities adapted to all visitors.
Visual Art
Women artists
Mediterranean
Heritage
Ocean Weekend
All audiences
Seas & oceans
Educational booklet

Posidonia: Guardian of the Mediterranean

Fondation de la Mer
Valletta
In Malta, the Art Explora festival and the Fondation de la Mer are joining forces to raise awareness of the need to protect Posidonia, a Mediterranean plant that forms underwater meadows and plays an exceptional role in marine ecology. Download our educational guide to find out more about this remarkable marine plant and how it contributes to biodiversity and climate regulation.
Fauna and Flora
Mediterranean
School
Museum boat
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Women in the Mediterranean
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From thread to needle: women and textile work

Art Explora
As part of the Art Explora Festival, the museum boat presents an exhibition on female figures in the Mediterranean, in exceptional collaboration with the Musée du Louvre. How are women represented in works of art? What clichés are (too) often associated with them? And what is their role as artists? This short video explores the theme of women and textile work through a medieval work of art, the Virgin with spindle. Watch the video on the Art Explora Academy to find out more.
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Museum boat
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Women artists
Video

Baya, Algerian artist

Art Explora
As part of the Art Explora Festival, the museum boat presents an exhibition on female figures in the Mediterranean, in exceptional collaboration with the Musée du Louvre. How are women represented in works of art? What clichés are (too) often associated with them? And what is their role as artists? In this video, explore the inspiring journey of Baya, an Algerian artist, as she rekindles her passion for painting after Algerian independence in 1962.
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La Toile Percée

Art Explora & Louvre Ravioli
Discover "La Toile Percée", a series of videos in which Louvre Ravioli deciphers for you the most emblematic works from the Musée du Louvre. To discover the secrets behind these masterpieces, visit Art Explora Academy!‍
Art Explora Academy
Museum boat
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Women's Odyssey

Art Explora & Margaux Brugvin
Travel around the Mediterranean to meet the female characters of Homer's Odyssey. From Penelope, the ideal woman, to the monsters Odysseus faces, we invite you to gain a better understanding of these archetypes of femininity that have left their mark on Western culture. How have these women, nymphs, goddesses and monsters been represented over the centuries in the visual arts, literature, film, comics and video games? What do the interpretations and reinterpretations of their myths say about the era that produced them? A web series directed by Margaux Brugvin, now available on Art Explora Academy.
Women artists
Art Explora Academy
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Heritage
E-learning

Malta's secrets

Artips
Valletta
Did giants really live in Malta? Where does the golden color of the landscape come from? Why do some of its boats have eyes? What did the archipelago look like in prehistoric times? Why do some "Maltese oranges" not come from Malta? Through 20 well-kept secrets, we reveal the best anecdotes from Maltese history and culture.
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Key figures

IN 2024

220 000

Visitors
were able to discover the festival and the world's first museum ship

500

Artists
were scheduled as part of the different stages

8,000

Schoolchildren and beneficiaries of associations participated in dedicated visits and workshops.

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Our Stopover Reports

At the end of each stop, our press releases summarize the highlights and key figures. Consult them to assess the Festival's impact and follow our actions step by step. 

Limassol

From November 25 to October 4, the Festival took its place in Limassol, with a unique artistic program in the heart of the Cypriot city. With events in a number of local cultural venues, as well as the boat museum in the marina, over 15,000 visitors took part in the festivities.

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25
OCT.
4
NOV.

Piraeus - Athens

From October 3 to 12, the Art Explora Festival and its boat dropped anchor in Piraeus, with all its artistic facilities. Between the two exhibition pavilions, the Présentes digital experience, the on-stage programming and the museum boat, no fewer than 23,000 visitors had the chance to take part in the festival.

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3
OCT.
12
OCT.

Rijeka

From September 12 to 20, the Festival headed to Croatia, specifically Rijeka, for a program that is unique in the world, combining music, dance, and contemporary art.

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12
SEVEN.
20
SEVEN.

Nice

On the occasion of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3), held from June 9 to 13, 2025, Art Explora presented Psychosphere, a digital work by artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen, in its LED tunnel.

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2
JUN.
13
JUN.

RABAT 2024

From October 11 to 17, Rabat pulsated with performances blending dance, design, and circus arts. This week of intense artistic exchange brought together 15,000 visitors and raised awareness among 1,620 young people and families about the ecological and cultural challenges facing the Mediterranean. Discover all the highlights in our press release.

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11
OCT.
17
OCT.

DURRËS 2025

From April 10 to 21, the Art Explora Festival dropped anchor in Durrës, attracting 35,000 visitors to its museum ship and dockside pavilions. Curated by Arnisa Zeqo, assisted by Rina Meta, the "Of Cities and Women" program showcased the work of some fifty Albanian and international artists. Discover all the festival highlights in our dedicated press release.

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10
APR.
21
APR.

MALAGA 2024

From October 31 to November 10, moored at Muelle Uno, the museum catamaran attracted 12,000 visitors, while 8,000 people participated in events organized at various locations throughout the city. With a total of 20,000 participants, this stopover brought 2024 to a spectacular close!

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30
OCT.
10
NOV.

VENICE 2024

During the opening week of the Contemporary Art Biennale, the museum ship welcomed nearly 4,000 visitors and art professionals. A unique immersion into the heart of contemporary creation, encountering remarkable works and engaged artists. Relive the highlights of this stopover in our dedicated press release.

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17
APR.
22
APR.

TANGIER 2024

From September 20 to 29, Tangier welcomed 100,000 visitors with a program blending concerts and poetry performances. Educational engagement was central to this event, with the participation of 140 school and community groups. All the highlights are detailed in our dedicated press release.

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20
SEVEN.
29
SEVEN.

Malta 2024

Relive our stopover in Valletta, Malta, organized in collaboration with Spazju Kreattiv from March 21 to 31, 2024. More than 21,000 visitors participated in these ten days of the festival.

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21
MARCH
31
MARCH

Marseille 2024

From June 6 to 18, 2024, over 60,000 visitors explored the Art Explora Festival and its museum ship. Discover all the highlights in our dedicated press release.

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06
JUNE
18
JUNE

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