Saturday, December 20, 2025
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Tag: Primer by Chong Ardivilla

Troublesome Pinoys:A map shows where Americans should fear to tread

The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor holds many documents from the early 20th century when the United States colonized the Philippines. The Clements Library’s archives...

The ‘anik-anik’ trivialization of struggle

There is a cultural compounding of the anik-anik, with appendages like keychains and other ornaments dangling at your behest to signal your alleged whimsical...

Beyond the splatter and googly eyes

Noteworthy paintings from Art Fair Philippines 2025 The recently concluded Art Fair Philippines was a great way to see what is “hot” in the art...

Fully formed: 3D works of note at Art Fair Philippines

Art Fair Philippines 2025 was at the Ayala Triangle Gardens from Feb. 21 to 23. These past few days, one of the most important...

By slash and turn: Fernando Zobel and the promise of modern Philippines

The British author and satirist Sue Townsend quotes  Bertrand Russell: “The aristocratic rebel, having been well fed, will look for other sources of discontent.” I argue...

Nature as your love letter

This Friday is going to be nuts. Valentine’s Day is going to gridlock the roads. Malls will be fuller than usual. Restaurants will be...

Holding the line: Elmer Borlongan and the virtues of drawing

Any art professor worth their salt always emphasizes that developing drawing must become almost second nature to the art student. Drawing is a muscle...

Aura power

How Filipino ‘bakla’ culture perfected the art of being seen If you are adept in American Gen Z culture, you might have heard the term...

Reconfiguring his universe: Benjie Cabrera navigates realities with printmaking

Master printmaker Benjie Cabrera won the Grand Prize at the 2024 ASEAN Graphic Arts Exhibition in Vietnam for his print Unspoken Longing. Under his...

Pop art and the Catholic visual culture

Ade Bethune elevates comicsas divine narration Art history states that pop art gained prominence in the United States in the mid-1950s. The Philippines may be...

Legal not-so tender

Let’s get one thing out of the way: the new Philippine polymer currency design looks vibrant and exciting. The fauna aspects of Philippine biodiversity...

Send in the clowns: The cultural significance of the circus

We can trace the history of the circus back to ancient history. The circus is part of the cultural fabric of American cartography, that...

Anita Magsaysay-Ho and the truly silent and holy night

The December 1951 issue of Philippines Quarterly featured illustrations by Anita Magsaysay-Ho that depict vignettes of a tranquil, rural Christmas. These spot illustrations carry...

From his hands

Benjamin Valenciano and his santos at Asia’s first modern church The Chapel of St. Joseph the Worker in Victorias, Negros Occidental, was built in 1950...
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