Timeless pieces to collect at Segundo Auction on Nov. 18
Casa de Memoria will be featuring 159 lots of unique collections in the holiday-themed auction on Nov. 18
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ManilART ‘23 celebrates the ‘New Contemporary’
With celebrations tempered by three years of pandemic, ManilART’23 returns as a festival and fellowship of artists, collectors, and aficionados with a grand Gala opening night on October 11 at the SMX Convention Center Taguig. This marks a triumphant return to form while integrating exciting new offerings, embodying the fair’s theme of “A New Contemporary.”
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Paintings on pesos illustrate Argentina’s currency and inflation woes
In the face of Argentina's soaring inflation and plummeting peso, artists are turning nearly worthless banknotes into valuable works of art. The Money Art movement, led by Sergio Díaz and others, showcases the economic struggles facing Argentines. As prices surge, their paintings on banknotes are gaining value and highlighting the impact of runaway inflation.
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PGH Foundation holds biennial art auction on September 26
Art collectors, enthusiasts and philanthropists will once again try to outbid each other for the acquisition of choice works of art from the country’s national and other well-known artists in the upcoming 8th Biennial Art Auction to be conducted by the PGH Medical Foundation Inc. (PGHMFI) at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26.
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Philippine Flag Trivia: Unheard-Of Facts About the Philippine National Flag
Filipinos are some of the most patriotic people in the world. Wherever they are, they’ll be proud to tell anyone they meet about the country they came from and its vibrant culture. They’re also ready to defend their country if it’s being discredited or insulted.
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Reb Belleza’s ‘It’s All Connected’ one-man art exhibit
The works of Reb Belleza take on a playful spin on art. The adventure begins with becoming aware of what one perceives. We land in a spot where our visions may differ. This time, finding joy in others seeing what we can’t. One gladly accepts. For us, a dish of dots got served sumptuously, stating: art moves. And we are transfixed. Taking shape is fun that unfolds towards the other. Nothing can be more attractive.
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Filipino artisans and their crafts: Saving tradition and culture
The Philippines is known for its rich cultural heritage. For centuries, this has been manifested through artisans in the Philippines or skilled trade workers who create beautiful crafts by hand.
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Disney on display at Newport World Resorts
The country’s premier entertainment destination explores a whole new world of contemporary art with the only Filipino artist licensed by Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars at the Rodel Gonzalez Art Exhibit. Appreciate firsthand how beloved fairy tales and superheroes come to life on the canvas until July 2 at The Grove, 2F Newport Mall.
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‘Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience’ now in SEA at Resorts World Sentosa
The expansive and award-winning 360-degree digital immersive art experience made its Southeast Asian debut earlier this year, opening in Singapore for the first time at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), B1 Forum.
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Using high-tech laser gear, UN-backed team scans Ukraine historical sites to preserve them amid war
KYIV, Ukraine — Under the plaintive painted eyes of the holy, a volunteer team of two United Nations-backed engineers watched as a whirling laser took a million measurements a second inside Kyiv’s All Saints Church.
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Giant inflatable ducks make a splash in Hong Kong as pop-art project returns after 10 years
Two giant inflatable ducks made a splash in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor on Friday, marking the return of a pop-art project that sparked a frenzy in the city a decade ago.
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The Art of Giving returns for another round at Marriott Hotel Manila
Newport World Resorts celebrates heritage month across the property with a charity art exhibit by Marriott Hotel Manila and Rotary Club Passport One in cooperation with Marriott Business Council Philippines and Collection Art Studio dubbed “ART OF GIVING: Make it your piece of heART” located at The Link by Marriott until June 30, 2023.
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Pacita Abad exhibition on view until September 3 at Walker Art Center
The exuberant and wide-ranging works of Pacita Abad (US, b. Philippines, 1946 – 2004) are the subject of the first-ever retrospective spanning the artist’s 32-year career. Abad is best known for her trapuntos, a form of quilted painting made by stitching and stuffing her canvases as opposed to stretching them over a wood frame. During her lifetime, the prolific artist made a vast number of artworks that traverse a diversity of subjects, from colorful masks to intricately constructed underwater scenes to abstract compositions. The exhibition includes more than 100 works—most of which have never been on public view in the US—showcasing her experiments in different mediums, including textiles, works on paper, costumes, and ceramics. Organized by the Walker Art Center in collaboration with Abad’s estate, the presentation celebrates the multifaceted work of an artist whose vibrant visual, material and conceptual concerns are as urgent today as they were three decades ago.
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NFTs of rare Manansala artworks auctioned
A special collection of artworks by National Artist Vicente Manansala converted into NFTs went under the hammer last week, featuring artist-proof, privately-owned pieces that “have never been put on exhibit or circulated commercially.”
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Rachel Ngan Dueñas’ tea meditation and healing art
IN a quick, introductory chat on the sidelines of her debut solo exhibition at The Farm at San Benito in Batangas, Rachel Ngan Dueñas mentioned that she only started painting during the pandemic’s onset.
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Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning
VATICAN CITY—Scaffolding in a niche of the Vatican Museums’ Round Hall conceal from view the work of restorers who are removing centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ancient world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti.
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ART DEFINES ME
A joint exhibit of 60 arts works painted in different media by entrepreneur Grace Coronel- Agbayani and interior designer Munte Alava Del Rosario
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Jun Impas visualizes the colors of Filipino culture
A WORD often used to describe the Filipino people is “vibrant.” While our penchant to celebrate, to exchange smiles, to share laughs obviously colored this impression, what exactly is the extent of that vibrancy?
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JEFRË ‘Points of Origin’ first solo museum show
After a decade as a creator of iconic artworks worldwide, US-based Filipino-American artist JEFRË (Jeffrey Manuel) turns eastward to his ancestors’ homeland, the Philippines, with Points of Origin, his very first solo museum show in the country. The homecoming exhibition is a celebration of the monumentality of the artist’s accomplishments, and a way of connecting his two facets, his two homes: that of his origins and the home of his American dream.
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Italy planning 5-figure fines for monument and art vandalism
ROME—Italy will push for a law imposing stiff, five-figure fines on vandals who damage monuments or other cultural sites, to help pay for the repairs and clean-up.
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Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102
NEW YORK (AP) — Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” has died. He was 102.
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Turning to a message of hope in the circle of life
More of us should take comfort from the fleeting nature of undesirable situations. While inevitable, they pass, and, we, too, should move on with our heads up. It’s a message of hope and optimism that visual artist Kenneth Montegrande reflected on and shared in his 17th solo exhibition, titled Circle of Life. The show closed the year’s first quarter lineup of Galerie Joaquin Rockwell.
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Metrobank’s annual arts tilt sees lower number of entrants post-pandemic
THE 39th arts contest organized by the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) has lured young Filipino artists seeking to jumpstart their career.
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Ceramic artist opens solo exhibit at Sining Makiling Gallery
Ceramic artist Rosa Mirasol Melencio-Quijano features in an ongoing solo exhibition, titled ILI: Mga Kwento ng Lupa, Bayan, at Tahanan at the Sining Makiling Gallery in the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna.
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Sentro Artista salutes Mindanao Visual Artists
A DISTINCTIVE trademark preserved by its undying culture throughout the centuries, the story of the Mindanaoans has a big contribution to the Philippine Art as a whole.
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Netflix making live-action ‘One Piece’ from popular manga
TOKYO — Hit Japanese manga One Piece is coming to Netflix as a live-action series — a development that’s both exciting and worrisome for fans who have seen mixed success in a growing list of Hollywood adaptations.
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Pritzker Prize awarded to British architect Chipperfield
The Pritzker Architecture Prize — the highest honor in the field — has been awarded to British architect and urban planner David Alan Chipperfield, hailed on Tuesday for “a commitment to an architecture of understated but transformative civic presence.”
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Cartoonists criticize ‘Dilbert’ creator over racist remarks
NEW YORK — Cartoonists are pushing back against racist remarks made by “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, with one artist even using his own strip this week to lampoon the disgraced cartoon now dropped by newspapers nationwide.
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The flowers of war: Ukraine smith turns guns, ammo into art
A blacksmith in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures. Viktor Mikhalev takes weapons and ammunition and produces what he calls the flowers of war.
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Contemporary Filipino artist with a social conscience
“I want to be a Filipino artist whose work features an advancing society,” says Ica Narvaez over a cup of coffee in a cozy corner in her high-rise residence. It’s quiet. Her husband is in the office and her two hyperactive, little boys are in school. Drawing and coloring materials of the schoolboys are scattered on a kiddie table in another corner of the living area. The mom-artist’s works are everywhere.
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