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Lady Fishbone wins 2018 Maningning Award

A canvas of fishbones (tinik ng isda) titled “Motion of Life” won the coveted 2018 Maningning Art Award held at the historic Far Eastern University Auditorium. The venue in Art Deco style is in the Manila campus designed by the late National Artist...

I, me, mine: Master of Fine Arts students express themselves in photos and mixed media

  Denizens of the art scene would know Sining Kamalig—said to be the oldest running art gallery in the Philippines. It was first set up in 1972 at Shop6 in Pasay before transferring to Gateway Mall at Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City. Those not...

Dolpee Alcantara’s stylized pointilism

Photos by Ferdinand G. Mendoza In most communities, Saturdays are mostly spent lazing around or going out to malls and other entertainment joints. But in Angono, Rizal—hailed as the “Art Capital of the Philippines,” community residents take the time to appreciate art, in this...

Portrait of the National Artist as a musician

The pinnacle of artistic achievement in the Philippines is when you are named a National Artist. This is the reward given to the best and brightest of the nation’s artists—those who have truly given their lives to their art across decades and, in...

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 craft and balancing the demands of a growing family and the passion for politics and social convulsions handed down...

Elmer Dumlao: A Filipino artist in the Royal Kingdom of Jordan

A posse of students, families, and couples crowded inside the SM Art Center gallery at the 5th floor of SM MegaMall in Ortigas, Pasig City. It was almost lunch time. And while neighboring art galleries inhaled silence in their guests-bereft open spaces, this one...

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Handel’s Messiah at the CCP on December 16

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra  celebrates the Yuletide Season with Handel’s Messiah at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) main theater on Dec. 16. With...

Dancing her life: Rosalia Merino Santos by Alma Anonas-Carpio

"I would like that very much, yes.” Dance teacher Rosalia Merino Santos, a dainty woman of 94, said this in reply to the Philippines...

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...

I, me, mine: Master of Fine Arts students express themselves in photos and mixed media

  Denizens of the art scene would know Sining Kamalig—said to be the oldest running art gallery in the Philippines. It was first set up...