Cebu-based Artist Takes Inspiration from the Virus Pandemic

Cebu, Philippines – Self-taught artist Ana Fe Ruiz, who hails from Talisay City, has paid tribute to every person who was forcedly disentangled from the physical world and to every medical frontliner who risks their lives to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Using watercolor, Ana Fe has painted three new artworks that aim to inspire during this…

ByNewsdeskApril 3, 20200Comments

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Tips to Stay Productive and Creative While Quarantined, Part Two

In the time of the dreaded COVID-19, the world is on a standstill. The expected spread of the disease has been causing fear, anxiety, and uncertainty as to when this ordeal will end. But no matter how bleak the circumstances we’re in, Filipino visual artists can use their time under quarantine in a positive way. Here are some…

ByNewsdeskApril 1, 20200Comments

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Tips to Stay Productive and Creative While Quarantined, Part One

In the time of the dreaded COVID-19, the world is on a standstill. The expected spread of the disease has been causing fear, anxiety, and uncertainty as to when this ordeal will end. But no matter how bleak the circumstances we’re in, Filipino visual artists can use their time under quarantine in a positive way. Here are some…

ByNewsdeskMarch 26, 20200Comments

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Indigenous Filipino Artist Named One of 40 Contemporary Portrait Masters

Baguio City, Philippines – Renowned indigenous artist Jef Cablog hails from Barlig, Mountain Province. In Barlig, the town’s natives are commonly of Ilocano and Igorot descent, an ethnic group whom Cablog identifies with. Equipped with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines-Baguio, he began his visual arts career about two…

ByNewsdeskMarch 19, 20200Comments

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Explore Mythic Realms in Winston Young’s Solo Exhibit

Union, New Jersey – Manila-born artist Winston Young has an ongoing solo exhibit titled Mythic Realms at the Les Malamut Art Gallery, 180 Morris Ave., Union, N.J. Inspired by the Old Masters of the Northern and Southern Renaissance (14th to 16th centuries), Mythic Realms revolves around traditional and classical themes along with their rich symbolic…

ByNewsdeskFebruary 13, 20200Comments

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Renowned Filipino Chinese and Their Art

Image shows Hau Chiok's 'Caravan,' 2001, which was on display at the Metropolitan Museum in Manila in 2019. There have been Chinese influences on Filipino culture even before the Spanish Rule. The Chinese have been our trading partners since the ancient times, allies in times of war, and business consultants to this day. On the eve…

ByNewsdeskJanuary 24, 20200Comments

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‘Longing’

By алексей петренко Longing is unknown. Humanity names it to each his/her own experience, may it be sadness, dependence, or pain, even when actually, it is more than our understanding. Its existence means that the world drove its energies into something magical that we have encountered, making it enough reason to long for. From someone who made…

ByNewsdeskJanuary 23, 20200Comments

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‘Ang Pagdadalamhati ng Ina’

Mga salita ni алексей петренко Naalala ko nung mga panahong ako ay bata pa, kitang kita ko sa kanyang mga mata ang kaligayahan nang makita niya akong nagsasalita sa harap ng maraming tao. Naalala ko rin nung mga panahong may “no permit, no exam” policy sa paaralan, nakita kong nagpunta siya sa faculty room para magbenta ng…

ByNewsdeskJanuary 15, 20200Comments

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‘Spilt’

By Tala Jose Behold the world grows smaller and smaller and smaller Still, ‘til I can barely move I am dark from cupped hands I run down spilling lower than a beggar on his knees I kiss the ground anxious to ascend I pour the soul your hands have broken I am barely myself and you are barely you Still, fainter and fainter and fainter your Face grows. Oh, Beauty, all around me, Your kingdom come. Give me this day the…

ByNewsdeskJanuary 9, 20200Comments

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Emerging, Seasoned Filipino Visual Artists Support Launch of Online Art Marketplace

(L-R) Filipino visual artists Ryan Orig and Jose Ehric Egualada A first of its kind in the Philippines, FilipinoArt.ph, an online art marketplace that showcases emerging and seasoned Filipino visual artists and their artworks, was recently launched. The launch coincided with the physical exhibition, Sariling Sining: A Showcase of Contemporary Filipino Art, which ran at Art…

ByNewsdeskJanuary 8, 20200Comments

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