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Noted art historian Cid Reyes shares insights from his interviews with influential figures in Philippine art.
Whether you're an aspiring artist, a collector, or simply an art enthusiast, learning about the artistic journey of Filipino art luminaries offers a wealth of knowledge. Discovering their unique styles, techniques, influences, philosophies, and motivations can fuel our creativity and deepen ...
She was hailed a National Artist for Theater and Music “for her tireless efforts to bring her art to all sectors of Filipino society and to the world.”
Before the so-called "Golden Age of Philippine Cinema" in the 1950s and 1960s and the rise of movie stars like Nida Blanca, Amalia Fuentes, Susan Roces, Lolita Rodriguez, and Gloria Romero, there was Honorata "Atang" de la Rama, considered the brightest ...
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The beloved composer and lyricist is also a visual artist and now has a mural hanging in the lobby of the head office of Land Bank of the Philippines.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, many of us hunkered down at home wallowing in a gamut of emotions: fear, anger, grief, anxiety, self-pity.Not Ryan Cayabyab. Two days after the nation shut down, the National Artist for Music ...
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This Filipino gentleman innovated the English language as early as the 1930s.
In Francisco Arcellana's story "The mats," written in 1938, the Angeles family lives in an unnamed city. Two of the places the children's itinerant father Jaime have been to are named: Mariveles and Lopez, from where he takes the Bicol ...
Decades (maybe even centuries) in the making, this exhibit shows us how the National Artist's neo-colonial cinema has come full circle.
For all the years we've known Kidlat Tahimik-man with the cool moniker, carrying a rattan vintage film camera, rocking a bahag, and sporting flowy gray hair-he's undoubtedly the quintessential proponent of the Filipino identity. His name crackles around ...
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How many signatures can you identify?
Claude Tayag might be known today as a chef and passionate promoter of Filipino cuisine, but his roots lie in the visual arts. In 1977, he was a 20-year-old art student at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. During ...
The production is a grand retelling of heritage, expression, and revival. What a time for dance.
National Artists for Dance are a rarity. We've only had six of them since the idea of National Artists came about in 1975. And two of them have recently blessed us with some of Philippine Dance's most emblematic pieces, restaged ...
The National Artist enters the Metaverse.
National Artist for Visual Arts Larry Alcala's six decades' worth of zany characters and comic strips continue to find a way to endure. In August, a retrospective was even dedicated in honor of the Slice of Life creator's career. Now, ...
Courtesy of the Judge Guillermo B. Guevara Foundation.
Last week, the National Museum of the Philippines formally accepted four Fernando C. Amorsolo pieces from the Judge Guillermo B. Guevara Foundation, Inc. The donation coincides with Amorsolo's 50th anniversary of being proclaimed as the country's first National Artist.These ...
Here's where you can listen to it.
On the 50th anniversary of the Order of the National Artists, a new album combining the music, lyrics, and arrangements by National Artists for Music and National Artists for Literature has come out. ALPAS: Awit at Letra ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng ...
This National Heritage Month, we celebrate the works of the beloved cartoonist.
For nearly six decades, National Artist for Visual Arts Larry Alcala's comics were regularly seen in various circulated publications nationwide. He introduced more than 500 characters and 20 comic strips to us during his illustrious career.His magazine illustrations from his ...
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Meet the artist who studied law.
Though acclaimed here and abroad, not much is known about National Artist Federico Aguilar Alcuaz's oeuvre and his life outside of the studio. At Salcedo Auctions' Under the Tree 2021 edition, four remarkable works show the artist's dexterous practice, starting ...
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He was an “avatar of light.”
One of my photos of National Artist Bien Lumbera is suffused with reflected light from the Palanca 2019 Awards stage, landing right on Bien's 'bumbunan,' making him, at that very instance, look like an amiable (not grim and determined) Avatar of ...
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