A harvest of Philippine Art at ILOMOCA
Patubas: Aning Ani features some 40 contemporary works by winners of the Philippine Art Awards through the years at the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art, Iloilo City.
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Nelfa Querubin: Prints and ceramics
An exhibition titled Sulunod features the prints and ceramic works of Nelfa Querubin in her own permanent gallery at the UP Visayas MACH (Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage). Its title comes from the Hiligaynon root word suno (according), suluno (consistency or in accord with), and sulunod (one after the other) that describes a lifetime of Querubin’s creative work on paper and clay.
Six artists: Always in the heart, my homeland
Migrants from the Philippine travel the world, and the longing for home always stays with them. Six artists and their 16 paintings express their yearning for home in an exhibition titled Sown by the Traveler: Women and Migrants in Philippine Art, at UPV MACH (UP Visayas Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage), Iloilo City. Curated by Patrick D. Flores from the collection of the Lopez Museum and Library, it runs until May 8, 2026.
Vanishing views: Rice terraces then, high-rises now
Leonard Aguinaldo’s work critiques the curse of development in Baguio as seen in the rampant rise of shopping malls and condominiums and their environmental impact: destruction of habitat and natural ecosystem and loss of biodiversity.
Vintage kitchen tools: Behind every feast and celebration
Long before air fryers and breadmakers, convenience in a Philippine kitchen comes with various manual tools and implements that enable a household to host feasts and celebrations, aside from the everyday demands of feeding a family.
DH/OFW Forever: Rinse and Repeat
Endaya notes that nothing has really changed: The situation repeats itself…While technology has changed from prerecorded messages in cassette tapes to today’s instantaneous text messages and video calls through smartphones, the materialism continues. OFWs shower their children with expensive goods like Nike shoes to make up for their absence; the children have lost affection and nurturance.
Celebrating the Filipino Spirit in Art Deco
Retaining its Filipino spirit, Philippine Art Deco is characterized with “an eclectic and hybrid interpretation” of traditional motifs integrated with the international style of Art Deco. Using stylized tropical flora such as bamboo, coconut tree, mangoes, bananas, sampaguita, as well as Mindanao’s okir designs, capiz shells, and indigenous textile patterns provided a rich overlay of forms and textures.
When Art remembers and Artists never forget
The first 25 years of the 21st century is almost over, and the turmoil around us continues. A recent exhibit, Hardware 3: Resistance is Fertile at Kaida Contemporary, Quezon City, reflects on the country’s socio-political trajectories through 33 art works by 12 visual artists attuned to the pulse and sentiments of the streets and to the particularities of history.
Tipos del Pais: New discovery in Victoria & Albert Museum, London
A group of 16 tipos del pais watercolor paintings has been found by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London among its collection. While it was among the earliest works from the Philippines to enter the museum, it was only discovered and catalogued in 2025, as revealed by Cristina Juan in a featured exhibit, Everyday Satire: A Newly Found Tipos del País from 19th Century Manila at Mapping Philippine Material Culture, an open-access digital repository on Philippine Studies, where Juan is the principal investigator and main editor.
Abstract fabrics: The personal, the political, and everything in between
Echoing circles and swirls in polka dots, print-like collages with ghostly images, and lines, stripes, texture, and patterns on fabric, Marina Cruz presents seemingly abstract works in three parts in a solo exhibition, Fractured Fabric, at Silverlens, Makati until November 8, 2025.
