The works reveal how he responds to certain events,” art critic and historian Dannie Alvarez says, describing BenCab. “Imagine, he even had a series on earthquakes and typhoons. But while he may be reacting, perhaps violently, to certain situations, you never see it in his work. It is not an angry work. It is still a very composed, delightful painting. Pero ’pag tiningnan mo, malalim pala...”
Art will become fun (again). A quiet revolution has been slowly taking shape in the last two or three years...
(Second in a series) If there’s a silver lining to this dark cloud that is the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19),...
There’s a dark side to the digital world we inhabit: there are forces out there trying to manipulate what we...
According to the writer’s “rule of three,” things that come in three seem more satisfying, more effective, and more significant than those that come in other numbers.
ART FAIR Philippines 2016 (Feb. 18-21) broke attendance records with 21,000 visitors (up from 16,000 last year) during the five-day event at The Link, Ayala Center, Makati.
Napoleon “Billy” Abueva, widely acknowledged as the father of modern sculpture in the Philippines, died in the early morning of...
The expressions on the faces of these modern "santo" are surprisingly vivid, bordering on the creepy, when seen in the right light.
The recently-concluded Art Fair Philippines drew more than 40,000 visitors over a four-day period, a massive increase over last year’s 22,000 attendees.
The first time I saw The Wuds perform was in August of 1986, at the Trinity College gym. It was a fund-raising concert called “Oi! Punk! May Concert!”
