Natures of Curation: A Conversation with Gian Carlo Delgado
By Sean Carballo
In the Realm of Nature grappled with our ideas about nature, inviting…

Dreaming and Beyond: Jun Impas’ Pangandoy
By Gwen Bautista
“From festivals to the stillness of a normal weekday, his paintings orient us to see the peripheries.” 

Tracing the Ant: Curator’s Talk with Mayumi Hirano
By Lk Rigor
In her second Curator's Talk, writer Lk Rigor speaks with Mayumi Hirano about the challenges and charms of curating—tracing the ant, so to speak,…

First impressions: Inside the OVERINKED Studio
By The Cartellino Team
As part of Prints Made in May 2023, Cartellino met with the members of up-and-coming Quezon City printmaking studio,…

Print and Imprint: Pandy and Diana Aviado on leaving a mark through printmaking
By Nikki Ignacio
“I’m still trying to find out what it all means—

Playtime for the inner child: A look into Khavn de la Cruz’s art practice
By Pao Vergara
Khavn de la Cruz talks to Cartellino…

Flux and Process with Antoni Muntadas
By Sean Carballo
Following his review of the artist's' Exercises on Past and Present Memories, Sean Carballo and Antoni Muntadas sit down to reflect on the…

The building blocks of Baraks: Artists at the heart of the collective/space
By Lk Rigor
“Fundamentally, artists are at the heart of this collective/space, so we understand the economics of how it is…

Reflecting Legacies: The Glass Art of Anna Orlina
By Mara Fabella
Between carrying her family's legacy and forging her own artistic path, Anna Orlina's practice is one of harmony and play. 

Tactile trajectories: The curatorial life with Pristine de Leon
By Sean Carballo
"Archive here is not personal, but intimate; it keeps the world close by. The hand is only one among many hands, open to being touched."

Beyond the line: A profile on Eugenia Alcaide
By Corinne Fernandez Garcia
“It is this emotion that compels, that makes art relatable, that turns a personal image universal.”

Galleries take a youthful approach to art at the Xavier Art Fest 2023
By Pao Vergara
Resuming its in-person format, the Xavier Art Fest continues its mission to make art less intimidating.

How farmers and cultural workers teamed up to preserve Bulacan’s agricultural, built, and artistic heritage 
By Pao Vergara
“Tayo ang bukid,” (“we are the meadow”) reads…

Catalina Africa charts a shapeshifting path
By Sean Carballo
“The energy of my work comes from the Baler landscape... I am a conduit to translate the language of nature.”…

Molding, meaning, making: How Tahanan Pottery is building a communal home for contemporary ceramic pottery
By Nikki Ignacio
“Clay is the only material that replies to your touch. When you poke it and pull it, that’s actually you,…

Jana Benitez answers and shares the call of the wild
By Pao Vergara
With a wide range of styles following her childhood entry into the art world, the painter has since touched upon something…

Being Kids For Kids: Culture-conscious action toward empowered futures
By The Cartellino Team
"We’re trying to create a world where no matter how different your passions are, everyone should be able to find that common ground to talk about…

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, and archiving, and how the team —…

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

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 in the active exploration of the past, to…

of forgetting, of remembering
By James Luigi Tana
"Writing has to side with collective truths and it should compel one to interrogate rather than to provide absolute…