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Tracing trajectories in Jonas Eslao’s Blanc Gallery Solo Show
By The Cartellino Team
In Jonathan Eslao’s most recent show, scrap fabrics overlap, crack, and crease and clumps of paint collect…

Remembering and Retrieving in Ateneo Art Gallery's Ligalig
By Meg Genuino
"...With only less than a month before the registered population is given a chance to choose the nation’s…

The Regions in Focus at the 10th Art Fair Philippines
By Marz Aglipay
With this year’s edition of Art Fair Philippines going hybrid, featured art groups from the country’s…

On Shifting Perceptions: Artist Interview with Lesley-Anne Cao and Pam Quinto
By Zea Asis
Writer Zea Asis speaks to both Lesley-Anne Cao and…

Finding Poetry in Jel Suarez’s arrivals, retrievals
By Shireen Co
Every element in…

Ang INK’s 30th Traces Its Role in Children’s Literature
By Wil Guzmanos
Nina Martinez, the current president of Ang INK,…

On the Threads of Space and Time in “Passing”
By Mara Fabella
In her solo show “Passing,” Celine Lee wrestles with the inevitable pull of the unknowable.

Artist Interview: Sam Feleo on Process and Her Next Steps
By Jose Naval
"In a way, the process became a process of care: about caring,…

Shedding Light: FotomotoPH on Their Inaugural and Connection through Portraiture
By The Cartellino Team
“Fotomoto” is a play on the words “photo…

Printmaking Illustrations: The self-published books and full-colored prints of Keith Gum
By Marz Aglipay
Unlike artists books that are often focused on highlighting…

Meet Your Instructor: Steph Alvarez on Her Practice of Art
By The Cartellino Team
"With painting still life (in my class), students…

It takes many twos
By Alain Zedrick Camiling
When it comes to art writing, there's often much to consider; in this estimate, two too many.

Ardent readings
By Carlos Quijon
"Ardent readings lead us to the emergence of something exemplary or to finding felicity in forms or articulations…

Art Writing and ‘Stilled Lives’
By Lyra G
On days we remain trapped, we take notice of what…

Luck at First Strike: Three Winning Filipina Printmakers at International Print Exhibition
By Marz Aglipay
“Striking” is a printmaking term, meaning to lay paper on an inked plate to make a mark. It is…

Constructing Myths through Unconfined Cinema
By Isabel Cabal
Cinema is its own instrument and instrumentalist in storytelling. The three films Erwin Romulo arranged reversed…

On the Materiality of Cloth in Dino Gabito's ‘Threads’
By Shireen Co
Gabito’s preoccupation with cloth focuses…

'Connecting and Disconnecting': the Self In and Beyond the Cybernetic Astral Plane
By Carl Cervantes
Bizzarro pop-surrealist Ciane Xavier's latest exhibition, 'Connecting and Disconnecting', calls for pause amid…

Defining Home in the Works of Contreras, Bacay, and Tee
By Mara Fabella
In this month’s exhibitions at MO_Space Gallery, Marionne Contreras,…

NFT Art: A Double-Edged Sword
By Raissa Azarcon
When the quality of art is equivalent to its mintability, what exactly is being sustained?

Loosen Writing’s Leash
By Pristine de Leon
Kickstarting the series, On Art Writing, Pristine…