{"id":31681,"date":"2023-03-22T14:16:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=31681"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:03:49","slug":"arti","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/en\/events\/arti\/","title":{"rendered":"Arti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arti is the debut performance of the Maltese adaptation of Yasmina Reza\u2019s award winning comedy ART, that delves into the age old question \u201cWhat exactly is Art?\u201d. Translated and directed by Albert Marshall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Arti<\/em> is produced by the Valletta Cultural Agency, as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/en\/strada-stretta\/\">Strada Stretta<\/a> programme.<\/p>\n<p>Often described as a tragicomedy, the protagonists of <em>Arti<\/em> are three middle-class men: Marc and Serge, who are more or less the same age, and Yvan, who is slightly younger.<\/p>\n<p><em>Arti<\/em> is not just a work about art, but, in essence, an &#8216;erudite&#8217; commentary on the dynamics of friendship between three men whose interpersonal relationship is challenged by how they relate to a piece of white canvas &#8211; a piece of abstract monochromatic art &#8211; which one of them (Serge), buys for the &#8216;ridiculous&#8217; price of \u20ac200,000: the &#8216;personal&#8217; becomes &#8216;political&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showshappening.com\/Valletta-Cultural-Agency\/ARTI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy your tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Valletta Cultural Agency&#8217;s events visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/en\/events\/\">VCA events section<\/a> and the Valletta Cultural Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vallettaculturalagency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arti is the debut performance of the Maltese adaptation of Yasmina Reza\u2019s award winning comedy ART, that delves into the age old question \u201cWhat exactly is Art?\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31682,"parent":0,"template":"","etn_category":[486],"etn_tags":[485,129,90],"class_list":["post-31681","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_category-theatre","etn_tags-art","etn_tags-literature","etn_tags-theatre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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