Art as passage and passion: Betsy Westendorp at 93
You can endure many hardships in life if you have art, the Spanish Filipino painter Betsy Westendorp was once quoted as saying. In 2016, word reached the artist in Manila
You can endure many hardships in life if you have art, the Spanish Filipino painter Betsy Westendorp was once quoted as saying. In 2016, word reached the artist in Manila
A quick trip to anywhere in Germany would tell you of their love for good architecture. What was left behind post-war is preserved while new trends are compounded upon for
Just across the street from Elmer Borlongan’s childhood home on 9 de Febrero Street in Mandaluyong is the National Mental Hospital. When they were children, he and his playmates would
Maps at Met Museum “Mapping the Philippine Seas” exhibit is on view until April 29 at Metropolitan Museum of Manila. It showcases antique Philippine maps and sea charts—an informative and
In an exhibit that aims to present art as witness to life, and society’s ills and conflicts, two Filipino artists tapped into Rizal’s work to re-define 19th century political resistance for the 2017 Venice Art Biennale. This year, the works of Lani Maesto and Manuel Ocampo, dubbed as The Spectre of Comparison, and curated by Joselina Cruz, will be mounted at the Arsenale, one of the event’s main exhibition spaces. The Spectre of Comparisons was drawn from the phrase El demonio de las comparaciones of Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, a book that reflected the Filipino society under the Spanish regime. “The phrase encapsulates the experience of Rizal’s protagonist, Crisostomo Ibarra, when he gazes out at the botanical gardens of Manila and simultaneously sees the gardens of Europe,” Cruz said in a statement.
Gozum ‘Father & Son’ show Visual artist and photojournalist Rafael “Boy” Ramos Gozum Jr. and his son Kristoffer Patino Gozum are holding the joint art exhibit, “Father & Son,” at
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).
Internationally-acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza is part of the first of a series of exhibitions lined up in the last quarter of the year to celebrate the Metropolitan Museum of
BEAUTY should be edible, or not at all,” the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali once said.
Aguinaldo at Duemila GALLERIA Duemila presents Inima III, an exhibit of prints by Baguio-based artist Leonardo Aguinaldo. “Inima,” is Ilocano for hand-pressed. He shows activism through striking black and white
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