A new decade symbolizes new beginnings, but for art and antique aficionados, welcoming the new year also means fresh acquisitions and new curated collections. Welcoming and venturing 2020, León Gallery
When one looks at any work of art, whether one chooses to admit it or not, the subconscious will always display a sense of curiosity, asking a myriad of questions
National Artist Jose Joya’s famous and important work, the 1959 oil-on-canvas “Space Transfiguration,” will be one of the highlights of León Gallery’s annual Asian Cultural Art Council Auction on March
León Gallery will bid out the largest painting by National Artist Vicente Manansala ever to be offered for auction in recent years during its annual “Kingly Treasures Auction” on Dec.
The collection of close to 300 lots includes important Philippine art, fine jewelry and timepieces, rare books and maps, objets d’art and handcrafted antique Philippine furniture of exquisite provenance.
Eighty works by the country’s best visual artists are up for bids in the “Astounding” Auction by Avant, the Philippines’ first online art auction house. The yearend auction is now
Perhaps because of the ubiquity of his most familiar work, “Genesis,” which serves as the supreme design of the famous curtain of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, there has
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.
Stray golf balls, catfish of unknown provenance, and a life-size statue of the scourged Jesus Christ that roams the grounds during the wee hours are just some of the stories told by residents inside the Bautista compound in Malabon.
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