Fundacion Sansó presents the 'Sansó: Prized and Personal featuring the Marlon & Marissa Sanchez Collection' When art enthusiasts think of a Juvenal Sansó masterpiece, what comes to mind are beautiful florals, serene landscapes, and look-at-me patterns and prints that are so wonderful they...
Binibining Pilipinas 2022 contestants get real about people’s preconceived notions about them Pageants have been among the many topics depicted in comedy films and TV shows. In some ways, it kind of shaped what we think about beauty contests as they gave us an “insider’s view” of the things...
We asked some of Binibining Pilipinas 2022’s contestants what beauty pageants mean today Filipinos are big beauty pageant fans. Since the 1920s, the country has been crowning women for their charm and grace through the Manila Carnival, a celebration of the friendship between the United States and...
CREATEPhilippines once again gathers local and international creatives to discuss the future of the Philippine creative economy via the digital conference Creative Futures 2022. On its second run, the conference, to be staged using the digital platform Hopin from July 28 to 29, 2022, includes an...
They are here to present what Filipino drag is all about! A year after its announcement, “Drag Race Philippines” finally Ru-vealed the Filipino drag artists competing for its first season. A good mix of seasoned and new drag performers, the show’s cast come from different parts of the...
West Gallery presents the solo exhibits of Jose Tence Ruiz, Dengcoy Miel, Pete Jimenez, and Pinggot Zulueta The Bible has introduced many notable characters but none have been portrayed on a grimmer note than the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In the book of Revelation, these characters represent...
Unveiling of the marker at Palacio de Memoria, recipient of the Philippine Heritage Awards (PHA) 2020, led by (from left) Lawrence Charles Salazar, head of NCCA’s Cultural Heritage Section; Ambassador Philippe Lhuillier; Camillle Lhuillier-Albani, general manager of Palacio de Memoria; Arch....
A new stage for performing arts There’s a new Theater for the Performing Arts in Metro Manila. Located at the Circuit Makati, the Samsung Performing Arts Theater is a 1,500 seater that was launched on July 14. It’s a truly impressive theater, built to the latest international specifications and...
Poet Niccolo Vitug culminates 20 years of writing poems with his new book ‘Enter Deeply’ Everything is going online today. Even books are becoming products of modern digitalization and there are benefits that come from that. But still, nothing beats having a physical book in your hand, smelling...
Since the beginning, ours has been a world full of labels, which exist not only to identify but to keep people in line. We are grouped based on ideas, gender, and skin color, which, rather than showing our commonality, remind us of how different we are from each other. In Marc Salamat’s...
Ma-an L. Asuncion-Dagñalan gets ready for her Cinemalaya debut Cinemalaya is now a debutante! Its 18th edition is slated from Aug. 5 to 14 at cinemas and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. We take a look at one of the newest female filmmakers in the lineup, Ma-an L. Asuncion-Dagñalan...
Visual Arts Helping Hands Foundation and Art Lounge Manila launch ‘The Empty Chair Project Reprise' It is an understatement to say that the pandemic has greatly affected everyone’s mental health. From the chaos it brought during its early months of spreading around the globe to the lives it...
