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An art of memory in crisis
By Sean Carballo
"In these works, looking is no ambiguous act. To look — clearly and intentionally — lands as a corrective…

A decade of Jaime Pacena II’s creative practice: There’s art in all the in-betweens
By James Luigi Tana

The Ghost of Memory in Lui Gonzales' Countable and Uncountable
By Pie Tiausas
Writer Pie Tiausas discusses Lui Gonzales’ newest collection of paper compositions built up from the artist’s recollections of the near…

Looking through the materiality of memories in Isha Naguiat's Photo of a Photo
By Lk Rigor
"By altering her family photographs physically and chemically, the artist created more distance between her and the…

This is Not MO_Space: Traversing a space of unknowing
By Sean Carballo
"This is Not MO_Space gathers past and present works from 15 artists…

Remembering loss in Teo Esguerra's flirted with you all my life
By The Cartellino Team
The artist’s latest offering at Vinyl on Vinyl reflects on a life lived with Death. 

Fotomoto 22 brings us “Home”
By Marz Aglipay
Fotomoto 22 opens up to more photographers for its second edition themed “Home”.

Collaging Worlds: The Contemporary Spiritual in Jet B. Leyco’s Ispirituwal Transaction
By Pie Tiausas
"With the collapse of the search for an archaic singular truth then comes the espousal of the contemporary spiritual…

'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 works by Jobert Cruz, Teo Esguerra,…

The glimmer of woman’s desire in Pam Quinto’s ‘lonely is the room’
By Zea Asis
"It would seem that I’d been led to trespass at a crime scene. Was it an act of passion that led to its almost…

Pio Abad: Exorcising the Ghosts of the Marcos Regime
By Mara Fabella
After ten years of research into the conjugal dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, Pio Abad's Fear of Freedom Makes Us See Ghosts unearths…

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 leaders, Ligalig presents a diversity…

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 Pam Quinto at length about ideating their…

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

Unprocessed and Hastily Published: Some Zines from a Personal Collection
By Carl Cervantes
The author dusts five collected zines in a part review, part remembrance of pre-pandemic past

Further Notes on Tuchi Imperial's Smaller Worlds
By The Cartellino Team

STRANGE FRUIT: Six Photographers Define Light Nutrition
By Jed Escueta
Their works debuted…

Re-envisioning the Tarot: Brenda Fajardo, Iya Regalario, and Manix Abrera
By Raissa Azarcon
The open structure of the occult favorite allows for manifold interpretation and various designs - an appeal and potential not lost on the three Filipino…

The Ghostly Recollections of Koki Lxx
By Jose Naval
The longer one lingers in the exhibition, the more strongly the effects turn out to be as the title…

Keep It Lush: The Ateneo Wild Launches a Thoughtful Coloring Book Series
By The Cartellino Team
Four volumes are set to release this World Wildlife Day, March 3.

Know That Platform: AITP Exhibitor Spotlight
By The Cartellino Team
Art in the Park's now on full swing. Here's a primer.