{"id":584776,"date":"2026-08-30T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584776\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T08:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:52:09","slug":"maltese-artist-glenn-cauchi-honours-gorg-mallia-with-graffiti-portrait-following-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584776\/","title":{"rendered":"Maltese Artist Glenn Cauchi Honours \u0120or\u0121 Mallia With Graffiti Portrait Following His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"258\">Maltese artist Glenn Cauchi has paid tribute to beloved author, cartoonist, illustrator and academic \u0120or\u0121 Mallia with a graffiti portrait following his death at the age of 68.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"434\">The artwork commemorates a man whose work became familiar to generations of Maltese readers, particularly through his contributions to children\u2019s literature and illustration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"630\">Mallia was behind works including the popular Pullu series, Ktieb ix-Xwejja\u0127 and Avventura ta\u0127t l-Art, while also contributing to children\u2019s publications including Sag\u0127tar and HeyU!.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"715\">But his impact stretched well beyond the books and illustrations many grew up with.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"856\">Mallia was also an academic at the University of Malta, where he lectured and served as head of the Department of Media and Communications.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"984\">His work across literature, cartoons, illustration, education and media left a distinctive mark on Malta\u2019s cultural landscape.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1112\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">And now, Cooker\u2019s graffiti portrait offers another fitting tribute to Mallia\u2019s creativity and the legacy he leaves behind.<\/p>\n<p>Share this amazing piece of artwork!<\/p>\n<p>Photo credits to <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cooker_hkc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@cooker_hkc<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maltese artist Glenn Cauchi has paid tribute to beloved author, cartoonist, illustrator and academic \u0120or\u0121 Mallia with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-584776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}