Comments on: Another ‘hudu go fikom’ moment, I’m afraid – and I have absolutely no sympathy for these “shocked” artists

By: Ivan

Ivan — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:36:41 +0000

“It really irritates me to have to live with the knowledge that when the stupid, the ill-informed, the opportunistic and the easily flattered outnumber the rest of us, we end up having to live with their dangerous, damaging choices.”

Nothing else sums up my feelings exactly.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 01:36:25 +0000

In reply to Jozef. He can brood over his stupidity for the next five years. Preferably en plein air.

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 01:15:25 +0000

In reply to Jozef. Il-Guy won't budge because Herrera will take over and move into Auberge d'Italie.

By: Not Henley and Partners

Not Henley and Partners — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:53:08 +0000

Do you agree with selling Malta’s citizenship?

5 quick questions: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8BFJVY9

Please complete and circulate.

By: Joe Fenech

Joe Fenech — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:43:50 +0000

What can one expect when most cultural administrators are simply party girls and boys? This is not new, but under Labour things get much worse.

When you see (I’ll mention a few):

1) Jason Micallef (a total nobody and total ignoramus) chairing the V18 committee

2) Sigmund Mifsud (a semi-professional musician by international standards) being appointed chairman of the National Orchestra (as poor as it may be) and conductor of a Gozo theatre

3) a certain Manuel Spagnol (a quasi-illiterate and semi-professional musician from Birgu) who resigned from the National Orchestra to take on a head-teacher’s job at the Johann Strauss School of Music’s Marsa branch

4) Albert Marshall (a nobody who spent a couple of years doing some work for a communitarian radio in Australia) chairman of the Malta Arts Council.

….what else is there to say?

By: Dissident

Dissident — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:05:03 +0000

“Artists”… ohh please

By: bookworm

bookworm — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:53:41 +0000

I seriously hope that no works of art have been ‘moved’ to any ministry and/government office. It’s better to have them stored within the Fine Arts archive, than have them embellish a minister’s office or his/her home.

Still, such works deserve a more prominent place, as the current museum does not do them any justice.

By: KD

KD — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:35:08 +0000

In reply to KD. *Minister for Tourism. Though being who it is, it's not even worth correcting.

By: KD

KD — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:30:09 +0000

I was told the minister of tourism had an interior designer work on his office as soon as he moved into the building. Guess someone had already decided he was not going to budge.

By: Monte Bello

Monte Bello — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:23:13 +0000

Maybe Willie Mangion Mascoli can find them a garage. How’s that going, by the way?