In the final episode of ‘Rewind: Great Exhibitions Revisited, the exhibition, titled ‘The Devil of the Brush: Speed as Artistic Virtue’ moved away from the examination of objects for their type and function and here, Prof. Keith Sciberras, the exhibition curator,  examines the concept of speed and details how the exhibition pieces were chosen for the show. Francesca Balzan, exhibition coordinator, and Michael Lowell, CEO and Creative Director of FPM, share some behind the scenes stories from the set-up of the exhibition.

The exhibition celebrated speed and virtuosity and explored the exciting dynamics between artistic invention and technical brilliance through paintings, statuary, drawings, modelli and bozzetti executed by the major protagonists of Maltese art between 1650 and 2000.

The Palazzo Falson exhibition was organised in collaboration with Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti and guest curated by Prof. Keith Sciberras, head of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Malta.