Il-Hagar Museum in Victoria, Gozo, said that it is all set for the opening next month of a new temporary exhibition by artists Henry Alamango and Galina Troizky.

The title chosen for this exhibition – Lost Paradise – evokes the English poet John Milton’s famous epic poem Paradise Lost and the museum explained that it explores the concept of continuously searching for a “paradise” elsewhere while remaining blind to the “paradise” in the here and now. In this pursuit, our roots, family, community, identity, and culture are irrevocably sacrificed in the mad desire for a “lost paradise.”The exhibition reflects a reality with which most viewers will be intimately familiar, the museum said. Yet, the exhibits invite an inner examination of our pursuit of what we perceive as the “good” life, the paradise we yearn for but might already have at our disposal, if only we were not too distracted or disoriented to truly appreciate it.

Lost Paradise will be inaugurated by Minister for Gozo and Planning Clint Camilleri, on Friday, the 6th of September, at 7.30pm and will remain open until Sunday, the 10th of November.

The museum said that the opening function will be followed by an exclusive event for a limited number of guests at The Roof at Il-Hagar, for which reservations are required.

For more information, please send an email to events@heartofgozo.org.mt.

Admission to the museum, located in St George’s Square, is free of charge. It opens daily between 9am and 5pm.

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