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National Museum receives Philippine archaeological specimens from the University Of California Los Angeles; hosts book launch of Indigenous Archaeology In The Philippines: Decolonizing Ifugao...

The National Museum of the Philippines hosted two important events last July 21—the turnover of Philippine archaeological specimens from the Fowler Museum of the University of California Los Angeles and the launching of the book Indigenous Archaeology in the Philippines: Decolonizing Ifugao History. These...

Otras Realidades of Javier Galvan

Former Director of the Instituto Cervantes Javier Galvan—a sentinel and vanguard of Spanish culture and language—is holding his first solo exhibition at the Leon Gallery International, under Derek Flores’s art management. Evocatively billed as Otras Realidades (Other Realities), the exhibit consists of photographs and...

Heber Bartolome sculpture unveiled at Erehwon

A life-sized sculpture of folk rock icon Heber Bartolome silently playing his guitar sits at the center stage of the open-air venue, Behn Cervantes The Roofdeck of the Erehwon Center for the Arts. The sculpture is surrounded by the floor painting of artist Leeroy...

Stepping out while staying in

“The times they are a-changin’, come gather round people, wherever you roam...” No doubt those lyrics of Bob Dylan were progressive and attuned to the zeitgeist of 1960s America. Yet poetically inspiring as they were back then, its context in the age of coronavirus...

Spotlight on Filipino women writers

ABOVE PHOTO (Clockwise from top right) Aileen Cassinetto, event moderator; Luisa A. Igloria, Gayle Romasanta, Migs Bravo Dutt, and Cecilia Manguerra Brainard WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Embassy in the United States marked International Women’s Day on 8 March this year with a virtual program...

Korean American K-pop stars promote mental health awareness

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — K-pop star Eric Nam was having a meeting in New York when he suddenly felt a pain in his chest. “I thought I was going to have to call 911,” he said, recounting the experience from 2019. But instead...

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Of forensic artists & other painters

A janitor, a carpenter, a medico-legal doctor, an agent, a photographer, and a couple of forensic artists—all employees of the National Bureau of Investigation...

Reclaiming heroes: Toym Imao adds a twist of bitter to true, good and beautiful by Inday Espina-Varona

There is a boyish light in Toym Imao’s eyes as he talks of an age of innocence. The tall, robust multi-media artist has been honing his...

‘AI is following my feelings, my soul!’: Margarita Marquis’s musically misguided Moudifa should worry us

If Moudifa stands as a possible indication of what might come to Philippine theater, then the future of Filipino artistry will be as stale...

Archipelago Abroad: An exhibit of Philippine diaspora in Belgium

Exhibition Dates: 17 January – 1 March 2025 The Museum of Migration in central Brussels hosts “Archipelago Abroad,” a temporary exhibit on Philippine diaspora in...