Archive - Arts & Culture

In his most recent exhibit titled Tadhana at Art Lounge Manila, Janos Delacruz presents over 30 works on canvas, paper, and hand painted reinforced resin centered on the themes of love, longing, and deep connection with each other.

On Sept. 26, the Maningning Miclat Art Foundation Inc will hold a timely forum called “Ningning sa Dilim: Usapang Sining at Lusog-Isip” or Light in the Darkness: A Conversation on Art and Mental Health at 2 p.m. on the second floor of Arete (Ateneo Art Gallery), Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City.

Among the 25 prints of Fara Manuel-Nolasco on exhibit until Sept. 15 at the Darnay Demetillo Art Space of the University of the Philippines Baguio’s College of Arts and Communication is “Everlasting,” a tribute to the highland flower that traditionally serves as a welcome lei to visitors. It looks simple at first glance but upon closer look, the artist’s effort in creating the detailed layers of petals is impressive.

Celebrating the country’s weaving heritage, Cherubim A. Quizon, PhD elaborated on the weaving traditions of the Tagabawa Bagobo in southern Mindanao, in a recent Zoom talk titled Red Cloth Reconsidered.

The screenings of Jose Rizal and Bona are Cinemalaya’s tribute to the country’s cinema icons.

George Harliono, the former Indonesian-British piano prodigy who has been astonishing concert hall audiences in Europe, the US and Asia, is set to impress Manila on Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Ayala Museum with a program that ranges from Beethoven’s “The Tempest” or Piano Sonata No. 17 Op. 31 to Stravinsky’s Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka.

Children start their reading journey with mythical monsters like Medusa, Scylla and Charybdis, and Cerberus in Greek mythology. A Filipino child’s early reading list is completed by the pantheon of Philippine mythological creatures — the aswang, manananggal and tikbalang.

The Gospel of the Beast is a grim portrait of rural young men drawn into violence by poverty.

Called the “B: Show,” the exhibit of prints hanging on the second-floor atrium of Bonifacio Residences, Baguio also includes printouts of slogans supporting the medium that the artists espouse.

In this era of fake news and assorted scams, there is a need to document certain events affecting people’s lives.

Offering an invaluable insight into the lives of working women, the revised edition of Working Women of Manila in the 19th Century by Ma. Luisa Camagay. University of the Philippines Press, 2024 reminds us that Filipino women represent a formidable pool of talent and capability whose full potentiality remains untapped to this day.

The gigantic, 16-foot tall Alice sculpture took around seven months to complete. She said she chose to execute it on “a grand and grey scale to capture the overwhelming emotions associated with grief and to make a bold statement that can’t be ignored.”