MICAS’s third publication with leading art publishers Skira of Milan is the quintessential catalogue for Colour, Form & Composition: Milton Avery and his Enduring Influence on Contemporary Painting
I had the pleasure of once again working on a MICAS-Skira catalogue for the landmark Malta exhibition of 2025, Colour, Form & Composition: Milton Avery and his Enduring Influence on Contemporary Painting, a one-of-a-kind survey of American master colourist Milton Avery, accompanied by the works of seven contemporary artists.
The catalogue – Milton Avery. Colour, Form & Composition – is the third collaboration of MICAS with the renowned art publishers Skira, of Milan, a world leader in the publication of art catalogues, and is on sale in Malta only at the MICAS gift shop.
This high-quality publication features contributions from exhibition curator and MICAS Artistic Director Edith Devaney, together with individual conversation-style interviews with all the participating artists – Henni Alftan, Harold Ancart, March Avery, Andrew Cranston, Gary Hume, Nicolas Party, and Jonas Wood.
The fascinating collection of interviews threads an important narrative for MICAS’s Milton Avery showcase. By looking back at American modernism as well as the development and influences of the participating artists, readers learn how Avery’s mastery of colour, form and composition continues, in some part, to shape current contemporary art..
The Italian publishing house Skira covers the entire history of art and is considered a world authority on the arts. Founded by Alberto Skira in 1928 with inaugural publications about Picasso, Ovid and Surrealism, today Skira has cemented its position as a world-leading publisher of the arts that embodies the perpetual change of art and the spirit of learning without limits.
