Ferdinand MagellanFerdinand Magellan, painting, 1970. The Portuguese navigator and explorerFerdinand Magellanheaded the first Spanish foray to the Philippines when he made landfall onCebuin March 1521; a short time later he met an untimely death on the nearby island ofMactan. After KingPhilip IIhad...
October-November-December 2017--In 1979, Inday Cadapan was forty years old when she set out to find a visual structure that would allow her to voice out her opinion against poverty and the unjust labor practices. Largely self-taught, she began painting h
Kelvin Morales likens the art of embroidery to painting. “It is one of the most expensive techniques used in clothing, as it requires a lot of time and labor. It’s almost the same process as with completing a painting—but instead of paint, we use threads and a needle.” “For our ...
April 2012 -- The press has recently been full of reports about forgeries. In Europe, fakes by Wolfgang Beltracchi have embarrassed a number of experts and collectors. In the US, a painting purportedly by Jackson Pollock that was sold for $17m is the sub
notably in and aroundManila, SpanishRoman Catholicart flourished after the Spanish colonization. Elsewhere, European academypaintingconventions made a steady incursion from the mid-19th century onward. The postwar period ofnationalism, which marked the end of European colonial domination, significantly influ...
Cruz February 29, 6:30-8:30 PM Multipurpose Room Liu Institute for Global Issues University of British Columbia Open to all The UBC Philippine Studies Series and Centre A is pleased to present a talk by Filipino-Canadian artist Patrick Cruz, winner of the 2015 Annual RBC Painting Competition...
stakeholders of the province. Activities include “karituhan”, a parade of caritos artistically decorated with coconuts and its products, poster making and painting contests. Hataw sa Kalubihan-games and cultural presentation, food festival and highlighted by a coronation of “Nanay sang Kalubihan....