Saints of resistance: Devotion to santos
Author Christina Lee states that there is “no definite documentary evidence” that proves Magellan brought the image of the Santo Niño to Cebu and gave it to Humabon’s wife.
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Alex Eala’s phenomenal run
Financial rewards are likewise massive since Eala’s semifinal stint already assures the two-time Siklab Youth Sports Awardee a paycheck of US$332,160 (roughly P19 million) and could bump up to $597,890 (P34M) upon reaching the finals by defeating Pegula on Friday.She could end up fattening her bank account by $1,124,380 (P64.5M) once Eala goes all the way to seize the title, a mammoth vault from her total earnings of $32,000 this season.
Geloy Concepcion: Bringing strangers together
In a recent talk at the Ateneo Art Gallery’s ArtSpeak, Finding the Familiar in the Foreign, Geloy Concepcion announced his project for 2025: To go around the archipelago and document the everyday lives of Filipinos, like a diary.
EDSA ’86 cannot be erased
The spirit of EDSA ’86 is alive in the hearts of those who fought the Marcos tyranny 39 years ago. Photos and video by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.
Healing plants in Yvonne Quisumbing’s palette
Yvonne Quisumbing’s exhibit titled Sanctuary until Feb. 5 at Silverlens Galleries, Makati features medicinal plants that grow abundantly in a farmland in Barangay Lugo, Borbon, Cebu. It is a sanctuary for birds as well as for the artist in the last 15 years.
Keka Enriquez: A return to painting
Points and Endings is Keka Enriquez’s first solo exhibition in Manila since 2008, showing some of her early works made in Manila and her latest oil on canvas paintings created in San Francisco, her home city in the last 20 years. It is on view at Silverlens Galleries, Makati until February 5, 2025.
Love and devotion for the Child Jesus
The Sto. Niño (Child Jesus) has its own devoted following among Filipinos who celebrate his feast day every third Sunday of January. Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files
Grace and strength: The 13 Artists Awardees for 2024
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has announced the recipients of its 2024 Thirteen Artists Awards (TAA). They are Catalina Africa, Denver Garza, Russ Ligtas, Ella Mendoza, Henrielle Baltazar Pagkaliwangan, Issay Rodriguez, Luis Antonio Santos, Joshua Serafin, Jel Suarez, Tekla Tamoria, Derek Tumala,Vien Valencia, and Liv Vinluan.
Unforgettable encounters with the arts’ leading lights
From the weight and thickness of Pablo A. Tariman’s Encounters in the Arts alone and the starry names that fill the contents page and photo folio, the author has veritably compiled his life’s work. And what a compilation it is, with a knockout cover featuring international pianist and national treasure Cecile Licad and art patron Nedy Tantoco in the inset.
Naked Baguio
On extended run until Jan. 8, 2025 at the basement of the centrally located Baguio Convention Center, “Naked City: Futures from the Crossroad,” the visual arts exhibition that’s part of the recent Ibagiw Creative Festival, indeed strips from the city all those romantic, nostalgic notions and reinstates the significance of the once shunted indigenous peoples and culture.
