Francisco Goya’s painting at the heart of the movie ‘Trance’
Danny Boyle’s latest mind-bending action caper, “Trance,” cores in on the painting “Witches in the Air,” by Francisco Goya.
Danny Boyle’s latest mind-bending action caper, “Trance,” cores in on the painting “Witches in the Air,” by Francisco Goya.
Sewing machines buzz inside the Iraq Fashion House as dressmakers work late into the night behind concrete blast walls readying intricately embroidered costumes. Models rehearse for an upcoming show upstairs.
When I was young, I was fond of daydreaming. It gave me many hours of pleasure. I usually daydreamed of scenic places that looked like paintings.
Marissa Gonzalez’s latest paintings are hand-painted on jusi, the raw silk material used for barong Tagalog and other formal Filipino wear. The suite of works will be exhibited in “The Road to Silence,” at Ayala Museum’s New ArtistSpace, with opening-day cocktails on Feb. 1, 6 p.m.
The sea is a magnificent place and one that many artists have drawn inspiration from. One such artist is Romulo Olazo whose latest exhibit, “Diaphanous by the Sea” (at the art gallery of Bluewater Maribago Beach Resort in Cebu; call Paseo Gallery, 7065514, 0917-5268082, 0917-5280128; e-mail paseogallerymegamall@yahoo.com), is a quiet revisiting, a reunion of self.
Great painters were enamored with flowers, which they depicted with ardor and affection and in a multiplicity of variations.
The Government Service Insurance System and the National Museum has kicked off implementation of a partnership formalized in February and meant to make the GSIS’ historical as well as high-value paintings more accessible to the public.
At first glance, one would think that the exhibit “Banzai,” at Galerie Joaquin in San Juan, is by a Japanese artist evidently because of the dominant geisha images and Nippongo figures depicted in every painting.
Since she discovered the calming effect of painting five years ago, Baboo Mondoñedo has chalked up eight solo exhibitions, the latest being “Mind’s Eye,” a collection of 30 watercolor paintings at Alliance Française in Makati City.
BE cursed, plunderers and imitators of the work and talent of others.”
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