(With this series, Lifestyle seeks to shed light on the history, meaning and legacy of the country’s many cultural treasures)...
Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium” is probably the most famous painting in the Philippines. Completed in Rome in 1884, it won a First Class medal in the Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, the same exhibition that awarded Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo’s “Jovenes cristianas expuestas al populacho” (Christian maidens exposed to the mob) with a Second Class medal.
When one looks at any work of art, whether one chooses to admit it or not, the subconscious will always...
The National Gallery Singapore (NGS) is exhibiting not only Juan Luna’s celebrated “The Death of Cleopatra” mural for the first...
Among the very important historic items that Leon Gallery will bid out during its annual yearend Kingly Treasures auction...
The National Gallery Singapore (NGS) will open to the public on Thursday the largest exhibit in more than a quarter of a century of the life and work of Philippine patriot and painter Juan Luna.
“Behind every painting is a story,” declares Ramon E.S. Lerma, curator of Salcedo Auctions in Makati City. The story could...
Lopez Museum and Library will mount the exhibit, “Pauses of Possibility,” starting Feb. 20, presenting pieces of personal narratives or...
Excitement is being felt in the select circles of well-off art lovers and collectors as the art auction of León...
“La Patria en Peligro (The French Conflagration),” by Juan Luna (1857-1899) Initial bid: P8 million Provenance: Ramon J. Fernandez, mayor...
