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Another look at Venice Biennale: Living in interesting times

by Arianna Mercado - September 2, 2019 - 12:00am

May You Live in Interesting Times” is known more of as a curse than a blessing.

Love letters to the unseen: Works by Fr. Jason Dy & Costantino Zicarelli at Vargas Museum

by Arianna Mercado - August 5, 2019 - 12:00am

Poems from the Wind” by Costantino Zicarelli and “Studio Studies” by Fr. Jason Dy, SJ at Vargas Museum are delicate parallel love letters addressed to the operations that run the art museum.

Conversations with Leon Pacunayen’s art in Milan show

by Arianna Mercado - June 3, 2019 - 12:00am

“Living Earth: Contemporary Philippine Art” opened in Musica Arte Cultura (M.A.C.) in Milan last May 6.

Museo de Intramuros: Preserving our collective memory

by Arianna Mercado - May 6, 2019 - 12:00am

This is our history and it must be told,” announced Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat of the Department of Tourism (DOT) during the opening of Museo de Intramuros last April 29.

Old habits die hard: Liv Vinluan on repetition and permanence

by Arianna Mercado - February 18, 2019 - 12:00am

Under the Karen H. Montinola Grant, Liv Vinluan presents a monument both permanent and impermanent, transforming something as fragile as paper into a three-dimensional structure.

Of tragedy and indulgence: Ian Fabro’s ‘Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso’

by Arianna Mercado - February 18, 2019 - 12:00am

With extreme detail, Ian Fabro reinterprets narratives for this year’s Art Fair Philippines.

Is the Philippines still interested in contemporary art?

by Arianna Mercado - December 3, 2018 - 12:00am

Ten thousand, five hundred and seventy-five kilometers apart, Italy and the Philippines sound like a distant match, but Ludovico Pratesi tells us otherwise.

Market in flux: ‘Nam June Paik in Manila’ at León Gallery

by Arianna Mercado - October 29, 2018 - 12:00am

Last week, León Gallery opened an exhibition in collaboration with the international gallery, Gagosian.

Lost and found in translation: ‘Incarnator’ by Paul Pfeiffer

by Arianna Mercado - September 24, 2018 - 12:00am

Paul Pfeiffer’s latest exhibition, “Incarnator,” currently on view at the Bellas Artes Projects Outpost in Makati is an amusing and chilling take on the production, translation, and repetition of...

Brave new art and essays in this year’s Ateneo Art Awards

by Arianna Mercado - September 3, 2018 - 12:00am

The Ateneo Art Gallery recently announced this year’s winners for the Ateneo Art Awards.

The 2018 Ateneo Art Awards welcomes new beginnings

by Arianna Mercado - July 23, 2018 - 12:00am

This year, Ateneo Art Awards introduces exciting new changes and elements to its esteemed prizes in visual arts and art criticism.

‘The Hand, The Secretary, A Landscape’ at The CCP

by Arianna Mercado - June 25, 2018 - 12:00am

Walking through the hallways of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, a peek of green stands out on the corner of your eye.

That ’70s movement

by Arianna Mercado - June 11, 2018 - 12:00am

Ateneo Art Gallery’s current exhibition on the ’70s depicts the nuances in art history and art education, bringing to light a more complex understanding of conceptualism of the time.

I was told to do this

by Arianna Mercado - May 14, 2018 - 12:00am

For years, art in its mainstream sense seems to have become an endeavor that is admired from afar.

Conduits for sale

by Arianna Mercado - April 16, 2018 - 12:00am

After all the bottles of champagne, afterparties and photographs, what is left?

Keep your eyes peeled for Manila’s affordable art fair

by Arianna Mercado - March 26, 2018 - 12:00am

In its 12th year, Art in the Park gathers 59 galleries, independent art spaces, and student groups for its annual event in benefit of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines (MFPI).

Take a picture, it’ll last longer: In defense of the Art Fair selfie

by Arianna Mercado - March 25, 2018 - 12:00am

When I was still studying, following Art Fair Philippines week, many of my classes often began with this opener: “What did you think of the Art Fair?”

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