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Piolo Pascual stars as Crisostomo Ibarra in musical restaging of Kanser

Simply dubbed as Ibarra, Jomar Fleras’ award-winning play is given a new spin in a nearly all-sung production featuring one of the country’s biggest actors in the title role. Directed by Frannie Zamora, the all-new musical starts its theatrical run on June 8 at the GSIS Theater. By Alex Y.…

Who are the heroes of our time?

Surrealist artist Juanito Torres posits this question in his latest series of artworks depicting real and fictional heroes in a totally different light. Opening in time for National Heroes Day, which the entire country marked last Monday, August 29, “The Hero in Our Time,” (ongoing until September 7 at Galerie…

Carlo Tanseco explores ‘lighter side’ of Jose Rizal in “Panapanahon-Paraparaan”

The artist, whose works are currently exhibited at J Studio HQ in Las Piñas, joins this year’s Art Fair Philippines. Although his collection’s underlying theme may seem trivial, it tries to further explore the man’s patriotism and his dream for a better Philippines through everyday objects and symbols. How have…

Carlo Tanseco pays homage to Jose Rizal in second solo show

In “Alias Elias,” the artist tries to show how Rizal, even almost 125 years after his death, remains relevant to Filipinos. He likens the narrative of the hero’s life as a link to the nation’s past and a connection to its present. Artist and furniture designer Carlo S. Tanseco continues…

Czech Embassy Manila commemorates the 168th birth anniversary of Ferdinand Blumentritt

Even before the Philippines and the Czech Republic established embassies in their respective capitals in 1973, the people-to-people ties between these two countries have already been flourishing — a friendship that has served as one of the foundations of its current bilateral ties. Such a relationship is encapsulated in the…

Does your new normal look like this?

In “The New Reality: Truth is Stranger Than Fiction,” visual artist Juanito Torres paints an interesting picture of life in the time of COVID-19. In many ways, one can say that we do live in grim times, mostly due to a pandemic that has upended the world as we know…

The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction: What you didn’t know about Rizal, Bonifacio and Del Pilar

By Jose Paolo S. dela Cruz We bid on them. We hang them on our walls. We hold on to them as prized possessions. But as we all know there is more to these great artifacts than the beauty they bring to our homes. This cannot be any more apparent…

Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2016 at LeÃ³n Gallery

LeÃ³n Galleryâ€™s Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2016Â 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…