Salcedo Auctions launches its mid-year auction, a live and online event, on June 25. Dubbed as Finer Pursuits: Important Philippine & Rare Collectibles, it will auction off a little over 100 pieces, including rare works by Filipino masters, vintage furniture pieces, fine bone china and a rare Rolex Cosmograph Daytona. …
The influences that animate its featured art and furniture pieces, which are to be auctioned off on March 13 and 14, span half a millennium. But certain inspirations actually date back to even before the time of Magellan's discovery of the Philippines, as evident in a number of artworks. Text…
Despite the many unparalleled challenges that confronted the world this year, including the art scene, León Gallery ends the year on a high note, as it stages “The Kingly Treasures Auction 2020.” Slated on November 28 at Eurovilla 1 (Legazpi corner Rufino Streets, Legazpi Village, Makati), starting 2 p.m., the…
By Alex Y. Vergara Simply dubbed as “The Magnificent September Auction 2020,” Leon Gallery’s upcoming big event scheduled on September 19, 2 p.m., with previews from September 12 to 18, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., is noteworthy for a number of reasons. For one, says gallery director Jaime Ponce de…
From H.R Ocampo to Arturo Luz, to Justin Nuyda and Roberto Chabet – among many other art legends– Salcedo Auctions brings the big names and the most fascinating artworks as part of the premier auction house’s 10th anniversary celebrations this March. The best part? These works can very well be yours, too...…
In the Philippine art scene, very few pieces are as expensive, sought after and prized as the classics of Fernando Amorsolo — the Philippines’ first National Artist, the “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art.” While paintings of this Renaissance man are few and far in between, their beauty can now…
Art worth owning is a story worth telling. This, in a nutshell, is the thought behind Salcedo Auctions’ selection of "Important Philippine Art," which includes "Important Philippine Furniture, Tribal & Ethnographic Art." All these will be going under the hammer on Saturday, March 10, 2 p.m. at Three Salcedo Place.…
León Gallery’s Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2016 this June selects significant works that emphasize extremely sought-after art and artists, as well as noteworthy pieces that have added in vital Filipino identity. A number of prized pieces by renowned masters Fernando Amorsolo, Jose Joya and Ang Kiukok, as well as modern pieces by…
By JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ We live in a world molded by our forebears. That we pledge allegiance to a Filipino flag, and are subjects of no foreign country, is a legacy bequeathed by those who lived and died so that we may be free men — albeit too free, sometimes.…