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Framing Windows to an Archive in three facets (After a text by Randall C. Jimerson)
By Lk Rigor
At ALiWW, Imelda Cajipe Endaya's archival exhibit presents a repository "open,…

The Joys and Abundance in the Life and Art of Inday Cadapan
By Mara Fabella
"The simplicity in her form and her lack of a formal artistic background had…

Further Conversation with Material: Curator’s Talk with Lara Acuin and Con Cabrera 
By Lk Rigor
Speaking with Lk Rigor, curators Lara Acuin and Con Cabrera go into the intricacies of curating, artmaking,…

A Conversation: Brushing histories, carving space
By Lyra Garcellano and Lec Cruz
In reflections on their personal artistic process, the artists invite readers and viewers of art to engage…

This is Not MO_Space: Traversing a space of unknowing
By Sean Carballo
"This is Not MO_Space gathers…

The contradictions of construction in Vien Valencia's 'Unpainting'
By Shireen Co
"These are the supposed fallout from other projects, material in between, on…

'The absence left the void half full': Works on what we find in nothingness
By Gabrielle Gonzales
Cartellino's first ever physical exhibition, presented at the 2022 Modern and Contemporary Art Festival, features…

When the present doesn’t hold: Navigating time between times in Anton Mallari’s When Dusk Settles
By Gabrielle Gonzales

Mass Media and Martial Law in Alfredo Esquillo's Bread and Circuses
By Meg Genuino
As the country prepares for the inauguration of a new president, Esquillo’s works beckon viewers to look…

Renz Baluyot’s Anthem: A Song for the Adrift
By Mara Fabella
Writer Mara Fabella ruminates on the lengths we go to give form to the ineffable and elusive, and finds grounding…

Writer and director Alex Westfall critically imagines history through archives and fiction
By Zea Asis
“A lot of my work stems from the existential question 'How did I get here? [...] What would have happened…

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…

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,…

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…

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

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…

'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…

How Thirty-three Artists Redefine 'Kasarinlan'
By Shireen Co
Launched, tellingly, on July 4 at the Linangan Art Residency, the group exhibition 'Kasarinlan' examines…

Subjugation through Adoration: Bona (1980) Reviewed
By Raissa Azarcon
Interesting to note, too, is that the film was made and released when the Philippines was embroiled in the…