An art haven in the metro As galleries and museums are allowing limited visitors, and some are temporarily closing their doors, art goes out to the streets of Bonifacio Global City (BGC) as its spaces become the canvas for Filipino artists. Through ArtBGC, BGC’s Public Art program has recently...
The legacy of Philippine National Artist for Architecture Pablo S. Antonio continues to be preserved by his descendants, led by great-grandson Joshua Barrera. MEN OF ARCHITECTURE Pablo S. Antonio and his great-grandson Joshua Barrera The young artist grew up being exposed to coloring, sketching,...
Ilonggo artists team up to revive a classic art festival The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t exactly the perfect time for Iloilo’s veteran artists to come together but it is an opportune time to rekindle and revive the spirit of an arts festival that has, for decades now, coincided with the annual...
Coldplay and BTS’ music video “My Universe” and Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game” have been nominated at the 26th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards organized by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) in the US. The ADG “is a labor union representing...
Resty Tica explores persistence and resolve in his latest exhibit ‘Fresh Start’ Layout design by PINGGOT ZULUETA Resty Tica New beginnings are the gift of every new year, a chance to reinvent oneself, create new habits, and leave things that hold one down in the past and move on. That is what...
The dream of reviving the once thriving railway system to Bicol region is coming into light with the signing of P142-billion worth of Philippine National Railways (PNR) project. But Department of Transportation (DOTr) Sec. Art Tugade said the contract he signed on Monday, Jan. 17, is just the first...
Consumer rights group stages exhibit by pandemic-hit artists FOOD FOR THOUGHT Artificial Flavor by Geronimo Santos We are bombarded with products that promise instant gratification but most of them are made of artificial ingredients deceive customers. Contemporary visual artists who have been...
Rene Bituin presents his abstract and surreal worlds Event Horizon 1-2, Acrylic on Canvas, 2014 Dealing with the everyday feeling of claustrophobic monotony, that is how Filipino visual artist Rene Bituin would describe his pandemic life, no different from how others are going through it. Burned...
The 54th Shell National Student Arts Competition (NSAC) Virtual Art Interaction showcased how the power of art can magnify the expression of advocacies, as well as how art enhanced by technology can break boundaries. The last two sessions of this online workshop series, organized by the Pilipinas...
An exploration of what is through an understanding of what was "Every child is an artist," Pablo Picasso once said. "The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." It's a problem everyone eventually deals with, whether one is an artist or not. Most are natural creatives in their...
A Matisse exhibition to welcome the new year ArtSpeak Ramon E.S. Lerma What better way to usher in the New Year with an overflow of positivity than to see an extraordinary exhibition that brings together over 100 works by the great French artist Henri Matisse from the collection of the Centre...
THE LEGAL FRONT Atty. Arturo D. Brion, Ll.B, Ll.M. (Part I) I shall soon return to the academe to teach law, a task that I have always loved. To my mind, teaching could be the best law-related activity – next only to law practice and to column writing – that a retired public servant can...
