Celebrate the legacy of the Filipino painter with his best masterpieces "From the Window Barcelona" As an artist, Federico Alcuaz, had lived a colorful life. A proof that is his Order of Genius given to him by the French Government. Another, while embroiled in controversy, is his Order of National...
Alex’s art blooms in his new exhibit As an artist, Alex Ordoyo is highly aware of how the human race will always be intertwined with the natural world and how the story of life resembles the Bible, from Genesis to the Apocalypse. Alex Ordoyo in his studio The biblical storyline keeps on...
Duane Lucas Pascua explains his art People often say that watercolor is the most difficult medium to paint with. It dries easily and can be quite tedious when it comes to combining colors. On the opposite end, some say that the easiest is pen and ink. After all, who has not tried to doodle a few...
From May 29 to June 29, 2021, the Philippine Botanical Art Society (PhilBAS) together with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be featuring over a hundred botanical artworks in an online exhibit entitled “Philippine Flora: An Online Botanical Art Exhibition.” This includes...
#KeepDancing A scene from ‘Diyosa’ During a year when no one would have blamed the company for hanging up their pointe shoes and waiting for better times, Ballet Philippines, it’s president Kathleen Liechtenstein, and the Board of Trustees, bravely launched BP OnStream to take the place of...
The Flower Eater OPEN UP InRepair, oil on canvas, 2019 Froilan Calayag’s artworks are always filled with his created characters and creatures. It is almost as if his works are illustrations of scenes drawn from fantasy books. Interesting, however, how Froilan does not see himself as a...
ANGEL THOUGHTS Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother. The merry month of May is dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God. It is also dedicated to earthly mothers who work the hardest to bring up well-behaved, happy, productive, God-fearing offspring. Agree? Meet my only daughter...
Don’t miss your chance to catch some of the great works at the highly anticipated art fair ongoing right now in both physical and digital space GETTING PHYSICAL Visitors exploring the Art Basel Hong Kong 2021 show floor, with Ben Brown Fine Arts' installation of José Parlá work in the...
Pinto Art Museum mounts exhibit to commemorate and challenge the first circumnavigation on its 500th anniversary THY WILL BE DONE Thy Kingdom Come (diptych), pen and ink, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 40 in, by Iggy Rodriguez In September 1521, in a fleet of five ships and 270 men called the Armada de...
Now reborn, the artist collective embraces individuality while practicing unity The COVID-19 pandemic is an unlikely time, but it is an opportune time for Baysulangpu Artists Society to stage a comeback in the Iloilo art scene with its first formal art exhibition in more than a dozen years. In...
What’s with that indie vibe? Do you want to be a filmmaker or a wannabe filmmaker? (Manila Bulletin/Unsplash) Remember when Martin Scorsese criticized Marvel movies as “not cinema?” It was a divisive statement because superhero films were at their highest point then. Almost everyone loved...
Léon Gallery brings abstract art to Art Fair Philippines 2021 Vasarely's "Mylla" and Zobel's "Dos de Mayo III' If there is a kind of art that is not pretentious, it's abstract painting—well, to a certain extent. There is no accurate depiction. Just wild brushstrokes, unusual shapes, and...
