Audacity of austerity: The art of Arturo Luz
National Artist for Visual Arts Arturo Luz, who passed away on May 26 at 94, was known for his pictorial severity and muted elegance. His acclaimed paintings and sculptures
National Artist for Visual Arts Arturo Luz, who passed away on May 26 at 94, was known for his pictorial severity and muted elegance. His acclaimed paintings and sculptures
Arturo Luz died on the night of the great lunar eclipse. I read somewhere that when the moon passes the Earth’s shadow and appears darkened, it impacts human sleep.
Throughout his prodigious life, National Artist for Visual Arts Abdulmari Asia Imao (1936-2014) seemed to have had at his beck and call the sarimanok, avian harbinger of good fortune in Maranao lore.
In the mantra portion of my column last week, I talked about the nature of the I AM which is defined as unconditional beingness.
FOR JOSE T. Joya, drawing and doodling were almost compulsions, his sister Josie Baldovino said.
FIFTEEN paintings by Federico Aguilar Alcuaz hanging at Waterfront Pavilion Hotel in Manila are the subject of a five-year “tussle” between the family of the late National Artist and the
One quiet October morning, art connoisseur Mrs. C recalls, she was enjoying her daily morning coffee and checking her e-mails when she chanced upon a disturbing message.
“TWO Titans: Aguilar Alcuaz & Castrillo” brings together the practices of two seminal figures in Philippine art history. The exhibition will be on display in Booth C6 of the 2015
More than a month after they were pulled out of an exhibit because of doubts expressed by art experts about their genuiness, paintings allegedly by the late National Artist for the Visuals Arts H.R. Ocampo have not been submitted to the National Museum for forensics test.
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