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Keeping my inner Marites at bay is a virtue. Sorting through thousands of audio reels my uncle, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, recorded from 1965 to 1986, I would come across a great number of boxes of audio reels with the phrase “Off the record” written on them in capital letters. I...

Two gold artifacts from the Philippines recently went on display at a famous museum in United Arab Emirates (UAE) in an effort to signify the country’s rich gold heritage. The installation of two artifacts—a golden funerary mask from Butuan province and a golden cup from Nabua—at the Louvre...

On the lookout for the rare and beautiful, and the beautifully rare ArtSpeak Ramon E.S. Lerma There is a cloak of mystery that envelops the fascinating world of art, where objects made out of paint, canvas, wood, paper or sometimes even scraps of metal or found objects are transformed into objects...

Thousands of paintings, sculptures and archaeological specimens with a total appraised value of P118.84 million 13 years ago have not been insured by the Intramuros Administration (IA) and are exposed to the “risks of non-indemnification in cases of damage/loss” due to fortuitous events" and...