It’s a behemoth. It’s the Godzilla of Philippine visual arts National Artist Hernando R. Ocampo’s gargantuan work “Mga Kiti” (mosquitoes, larvae, movement), measuring 30 feet long and three feet high,
Representative works by key Filipino modern masters will be the highlight of León Gallery’s online auction on July 29. Bidding will start at 11 a.m., according to León owner Jaime Ponce de León.
Excitement is being felt in the select circles of well-off art lovers and collectors as the art auction of León Gallery in Makati City approaches, an annual fundraising event for
ELMER Borlongan’s 2004 oil-on-canvas “Quiapo” set a world record for the contemporary artist when it sold for P9.93 million during León Gallery’s Magnificent September Auction last Sept. 10. The image
The heirs of poets and writers Abelardo and Trinidad Tarrosa Subido are calling for the creation of an art loss registry to curb the illicit trade in art and cultural property that, they said, was behind the “unauthorized sale” of an artwork stolen from their family, a painting by Filipino National Artist Hernando R. Ocampo.
BE cursed, plunderers and imitators of the work and talent of others.”
The National Museum will conduct laboratory tests on a collection of works purportedly by HR Ocampo to determine their authenticity.
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