Two years ago, on a late afternoon, tour operator and performance artist Carlos Celdran was arrested for reportedly interrupting Mass in Manila Cathedral to stage a protest against priests and bishops interfering with the passage of the Reproductive Health Bill.
Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, who scooped last year’s Booker International Prize for fiction, was named Tuesday among five female...
NEW YORK — Ani DiFranco has a book deal, and a whole lot to write about.
Spending hours, days or even months to finish an artwork may seem like an eternity or even a struggle for people who are not engaged in painting, sculpture, or any other form of art. Not in the case of Filipino visual artist Marlin Lopez.
Built in 1976, it is one of those structures with brutalist architecture that cropped up during martial law. It has been billed as the country’s premier museum of Filipino contemporary and experimental art. It is partly subsidized by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
Filipino conductor Gerard Salonga, recently appointed assistant conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil), will join its Asian tour next year.
Homage art is never easy. In honoring the work of great artists, one must transcend mere imitation and create something new.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) wants young Filipinos all over the country to take the lead in promoting, protecting and conserving cultural heritage.
Ramon Orlina has produced an immense body of glass works that have gained for himself not just local prominence but also the recognition of the world’s eminent practitioners of glass art.
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s (PPO) “Timeless Classics, New Beginnings” concert series at the Cultural Center of the Philippines recently focused on Beethoven’s symphonic works, especially the first and the last, “Symphony No. 9 in D Minor”. The last is Beethoven’s grandest symphonic work.
