Ossorio, Luna, and rare manuscript copy of PH Independence declaration also achieve new world records Leon Gallery’s recently concluded The Magnificent September Auction 2024 has witnessed yet another important
León Gallery once again opens another art-filled year with its traditional annual partnership with The Asian Cultural Council to commemorate and celebrate the visionary artistry of Filipino talent. “There is
After 132 years, Juan Luna’s awe-inspiring masterpiece “Hymen, oh Hyménée!” is revealed to the public. The Painting’s Storied History From 1884 to 1889, Juan Luna experienced a golden period
We are in a crucial period, as we find ourselves grappling with foundations of truth and history as we know it being shaken, either positively by new discoveries and research,
Regarded by many art collectors as “the holy grail of Philippine art,” Juan Luna’s “Hymen, oh Hyménée” is finally making its Philippine debut
“Books about the Philippines on the world stage are important because the country’s history is significant world-historically and yet generally unseen,” Apostol tells the Inquirer
(With this series, Lifestyle seeks to shed light on the history, meaning and legacy of the country’s many cultural treasures) One of the best-known paintings in the country, Juan Luna’s
It has been six months since Salcedo Auctions sold for a stunning P63 million a boceto or study of Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium,” a 29 x 56-inch piece unearthed in Europe that caused
Five days before it goes under the gavel, the debate still rages whether a boceto of Juan Luna’s Spoliarium that will be offered by Salcedo Auctions is the real deal.
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.
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