Why the island nation better known for all things high-tech and high-rise should be a stop in every art lover’s travel map
Henry Moore's "Reclining Figure"
Find it at OCBC Centre, along Canal Road
Image courtesy of The National Arts Council
The Ayala Museum, in the country’s most fashionable and ritziest enclave, houses what is perhaps our greatest national treasure—a sense of our own identity.
Text by Jewel Chuansu Photographs by Stan Ong
Image: An installation in the Fernando Zobel exhibit evokes the artist’s pristine and organized studio.
In the lakeshore town Angono, an area famously steeped in art, a group of young artists known as the Neo-Angono Artists Collective buck artistic tradition in order to keep it alive.
TEXT BY Katrina Stuart Santiago PHOTOGRAPHS BY Nicky sering
Jose Mata uses the pointillism technique in painting.
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A selection of rare paintings provide a panoramic view of the various stages of Juvenal Sanso’s lifework.
TEXT BY REUBEN RAMAS CAÑETE PHOTOGRAPHS BY NICKY SERING
“Recalling the Sea”, 1995, 11.75 x 17.5 inches, acrylic on paper
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Auction specialists and other art experts weigh in on the future of Philippine art in the global scene.
TEXT BY REGINA P. BAXTER
Detail of Vicente Manansala’s “Machinery”, 1962, 32.5 x 70 inches, oil on canvas
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On its first-year anniversary as a luxury island resort, Bellarocca, or ‘beautiful rock’, in Marinduque fashions itself as muse calling on the country’s celebrated artists.
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Artists and art lovers stage a fundraising auction to turn works of art into homes
TEXT BY TARA FT SERING
Image courtesy of Julius Babao
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