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A city that kills in Mike Olea’s Kanayunan Patungong Kalunsuran

Mike Olea’s photographs trace killing as violence encoded in the daily…

A wild plant grows through the concrete pavement

Punk lives on in unexpected spaces through artists A.lien (Neil Arvin Javier)…

Tracing the Ant: Curator’s Talk with Mayumi Hirano

In her second Curator's Talk, writer Lk Rigor speaks with Mayumi Hirano about the challenges and charms of…

The Black Dog Rises: Javy Villacin’s Itum na Ido at Qube Gallery

In his ‘Itum na Ido’, Javy Villacin combines past and future to chart the evolution of power.  

First impressions: Inside the OVERINKED Studio

As part of Prints Made in May 2023, Cartellino met with the members of up-and-coming…

Participating in the anti-monument in You Betrayed the Party Just When You Should Have Helped It

"The anti-monument is understated. It listens to the land and it listens to the people, creating space for…

From Me To You: Long Distance Worlds in Guided Agitation

At Gravity Art Space, experiences through sound collapse distance and time.

Beyond the line: A profile on Eugenia Alcaide

“It is this emotion that compels, that makes art relatable, that turns…

Kanpeki: The Voice of Independent Philippine Artists Heard in Kyoto

Koki Lxx visits Kyoto’s Voice Gallery, where curator Matsuo Megumi has teamed up with Nano to survey…

A Liminal Outer Space: On Celine Lee and Miguel Lorenzo Uy’s A Past, A Future

"What Lee and Uy simulate [...] lies in the interstices of our world and beyond — both here and there,…

The Ghost of Memory in Lui Gonzales' Countable and Uncountable

Writer Pie Tiausas discusses Lui Gonzales’ newest collection of paper compositions built up from the…

A Conversation: Brushing histories, carving space

In reflections on their personal artistic process, the artists invite readers and viewers of art to engage…

of forgetting, of remembering

"Writing has to side with collective truths and it should compel one to interrogate…

Weaving a Legacy: Of Art, Growth, and Community

"Now in its fourth year, Tubô Cebu Art Fair continuously echoes and demonstrates Visayas-Mindanao's growing…