Many people only know Andrea Vella Borg’s wife Julia from hearsay. Interviews? She practically never gives them. Photos are even rarer. Yet her influence on Malta’s cultural scene is considerable, even if she would never admit it. People who know the couple better say that without Julia, everything would have turned out completely differently.
A woman with X-ray vision
Julia studied cultural studies. That sounds pretty dry at first, but it’s not at all. She sees connections where others only see the surface. Take any gallery. Julia doesn’t just walk through and look at pictures. She reads between the lines. She deciphers influences, hidden messages, cultural codes.
The perfect complement to someone like Andrea Vella Borg. He intuitively senses what is beautiful. She knows why it is significant.