UN experts call for release of imprisoned poet in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar — Human rights experts at the United Nations have called on Qatar to release a poet sentenced to 15 years in prison over verses considered offensive to the
DOHA, Qatar — Human rights experts at the United Nations have called on Qatar to release a poet sentenced to 15 years in prison over verses considered offensive to the
NEW YORK — Works by some of the most coveted artists of impressionist and modern art are coming to auction this fall, including two major works by Paul Gauguin.
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…”
He has crafted an oeuvre of sensuous verve, of deliverance from our cement dust-laden, traffic-mired urban blues, a salve for our post-post-modern times where no heroes are allowed to roam with hidden warts.
STOCKHOLM — Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that the prize judges called “a monument to suffering and courage.” Alexievich, 67, used
Abe (pronounced Ah-beh) is the Kapampangan word for companion or friend. It is also the name of a popular upscale Filipino restaurant named in honor of Emilio Aguilar Cruz—writer, painter, diplomat, gourmand and raconteur.
IT IS a touching gesture that Emilio Aguilar Cruz’s legacy of patriotism and service has been upheld by his family, and in giving his artworks to the nation through the National Museum, the works have become even more significant.
The common way to analyze a work of art is to compare it with its source. In this memetic reading, art is successful when it can represent an object or
After “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto,” make way for the Philippine-Korean production of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) on Oct. 2 and 4. This was
Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera’s 2003 oil-on-canvas “Sabel,” one of the largest singular-figure pieces in the “Sabel” series, measuring 96” x 72” (244 cm x 183 cm), was sold for a ground-breaking P46.72 million at León Gallery’s Magnificent September Auction 2015.
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