The government's pandemic task force has allowed the limited operations of historical sites and museums in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area, Malacañang said Friday. National Museum (Facebook) In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the Inter-agency Task Force...
With the Berlinale in full swing, with Filipino films like Venice Atienza’s ‘Last Days at Sea’ celebrating our return to one of the world’s largest film festivals, I am reminded of my first time in Berlin VICTORY OVER PARIS On top of Berlin's most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate,...
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...
Here's what you need to know Lady Gaga at the Met Gala, 2019. (Photo from Vogue) Looks like the stars are aligning for the celebration of the Met Gala 2021. After last year's cancellation, the fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is bringing hope and style back,...
Here are the things you need to know before visiting Photo from the National Museum of the Philippines Facebook After almost a year of closing its doors, the National Museum of the Philippines is welcoming Filipinos back again as it reopens on March 2, 2021. Art and history enthusiasts will...
Its goal is to educate the youth about the richness and diversity of Philippine flora From housing hundreds of art pieces and a café that offers mouth-watering food choices to having a massive space with lots of Instagrammable corners, Pintô Art Museum in Antipolo is catching more and more...
Looks like visitors of the museum will be in for a visual treat once they open The Louvre (Photo from Unsplash ) The Mona Lisa may be alone for the longest time, but she sure is keeping that smile as she goes to the spa together with the other works of art housed by the Louvre in...
The fashion bible marks its entry into the trendy social media platform with a sneak peek into Met Museum ’s latest exhibition “About Time: Fashion and Duration,” happening now until Feb. 7, 2021. Through Hamish Bowles, Vogue ’s international editor-at-large, we are instantly transported...
I know your first question and the answer is "no." No, you don't need to show anything if you plan to visit Tagaytay this long weekend. But that doesn't mean that everything's back to normal. The 'sleeping beauty' that is the Taal Volcano, surrounded by a calm lake (Photos by Renz Palermo) I was in...
They look ravishing in their butterfly sleeves If there is one thing to be happy about in the past years in the local fashion scene, it is the resurgence of the terno . Long before, the Philippine National Dress was thought to go extinct due as women find it unsuitable for modern lifestyle. Today,...
Short but sweet and a resounding success. That's how music lovers described the Rush Hour Concert with the Manila Symphony Orchestra held online for the very first time last October 30. OPM music fans were treated to an hour of pop songs such as Limang-Dipang Tao" (1981), composed and...
Like guests in one’s own country. That’s how visiting a museum can make you feel. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it does show how there’s so much about our own society’s history, cultural heritage, art, and even natural history that we don’t know—or, at least, don’t know...
