Heritage Malta buys Antonio Sciortino's Speed

Heritage Malta has bought Antonio Sciortino's sculpture 'Speed' for €163,000 at auction. The work, among Sciortino's most important, was made when he was director of the Britannic Academy of Art in Rome. Justice and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici said the acquisition of this work was a gift to the Maltese people in the context of the national anniversaries currently being celebrated.