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A cinematic experience at the National Museum.
Gone are the days when paying tribute to our artistic roots means opening a new museum or setting up exhibits for the public. Today, there are many innovative ways to promote and celebrate our culture, and often technology has a big role ...
Previously thought to have been lost during the Battle of Manila, Mariano Benlliure's fabled bronze Luna bust was recently turned over to the National Museum.
Long has it been since the public last saw Mariano Benlliure's prized "Bust of Juan Luna y Novicio." Too long, really. Seventy-eight years, to be exact. The Spanish sculptor wound up creating one of the more intimate portraits of arguably ...
He was the first Filipino artist to "consciously use photography as a medium for art."
Photography art can be distinguished as a series of images that makes use of the medium for the artist's own expression. Today, we know Filipino photographers like Ezra Acayan or Hannah Reyes Morales who elevate the usual still images into true ...
One woman escaped the wrath of a Luna brother while the other tragically did not survive.Â
Juan and Antonio Luna were the best of men, but they were also the worst of men.The Luna brothers are usually held in the same regard as Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, and Apolinario Mabini. Juan's obra maestra, the "Spoliarium," still ...
Is it real or fake?
If it's real, it's got to be the cheapest artwork ever sold by the painter on record.An alleged Juan Luna piece is currently being auctioned on Invaluable, an online auction house of artworks from around the world. The highest ...
The life of Juan Luna is decorated with triumphs and recognitions that belie a dark persona.
Textbooks have always painted a positive image of the life of Juan Luna: an ilustrado, a part of the Propaganda Movement, and the Philippines' foremost master painter. And yet we gloss over the most glaring, terrifying, and tragic event that haunted Luna ...
Another Luna boceto breaks into the scene, and threatens to break auction records
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The winning bidder is rumored to be a taipan.
A painting believed to be a boceto of Juan Luna's Spoliarium was sold by Salcedo Auctions last night. The exact hammer price was P73,584,000 including buyer's premium.The auction, which also listed Philippine art, fine jewelry and timepieces, ...
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