Famous for her surreal self-portraits, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo came up with a self-lacerating remark: “I suffered two grave accidents in my life. One in which a streetcar knocked me down and the other… is Diego.” She was referring to muralist Diego Rivera, whose commissioned works in the United States are highly political and controversial. [...]
To grow up in Tanay, Rizal, just like in its neighboring town of Angono, home to many of the country’s great artists, is to learn how to draw and paint its rustic beauty—modest houses under a mango tree; golden rice stalks dancing in the wind; bountiful fish frolicking on the pond.
Did you know the Philippine Heart Center reserves pride of place for the fine arts in its building for medical arts? Its art gallery has been hosting monthly exhibits since 1999, thanks to its chair, Rogelio Caringal, an architect by profession.
At the first Maningning Miclat Art Award held in 2004 at Shangri-La Edsa Mall, a finely executed acrylic-and-ink painting titled “Dominus Vobiscum” won the Grand Prize. The judges were no less than Danilo Dalena, Nestor Vinluan and Gerardo Tan.
Fifty years of Wong Shui Loong’s watercolors brightened the lobby of Philippine Cultural College in Tondo, Manila, during the June 16 opening of the retrospective of this Baguio-born artist of Chinese descent.
Giant logs washed out and fished from the sea and cut in sections take center stage at Warehouse 17 (La Fuerza Compound, Chino Roces Avenue [Pasong Tamo], Makati).
The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation Inc. (MMAFI) will remember visual artist and trilingual poet Maningning Miclat’s 11th death anniversary by awarding the winners of the 2011 Maningning Trilingual Poetry Competition on September 29, 7 p.m., at the GT-Toyota UP Asian Center Auditorium, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Along with the awarding ceremony, there [...]
It was an auspicious day by all counts, except for the infinity-edge pool which had to be repaired two weeks before the event because of some leaks. It was still being repaired when we arrived at Sinagtala, a forest resort and retreat park on the mountaintop of Tala, Orani, Bataan, on Friday, May 6. Getting [...]
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