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Ayala Museum
Ayala Museum
Ayala Museum, located at the heart of the Makati Central Business District, Philippines, is a breathing space amidst the hustle and bustle of Metropolitan Manila. Whenever visiting the country, the museum is surely one of the best places to lose yourself in amazing contemporary art and uplift your spirit through the Philippines’ inspiring history
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Published at 2018-02-26 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Leisure
Tags: Ayala, Contemporary, Museums, art
10 Must-Visit Contemporary Art Galleries in Manila
10 Must-Visit Contemporary Art Galleries in Manila
Manila’s art scene has expanded rapidly in recent years, with many of the city’s once-abandoned warehouses and old homes transformed into exhibition spaces. Filipino artists are also becoming a stronger presence at international art fairs and auctions; and likewise, artists from around the world are increasingly drawn to the Philippines. We profile a second list of Manila’s must-see contemporary art galleries.
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Published at 2018-02-26 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Leisure
Tags: Contemporary, Galleries, art
The Top 10 Contemporary Art Galleries in Manila
The Top 10 Contemporary Art Galleries in Manila
The art scene in Manila has seen an influx of artist-led contemporary galleries alongside its existing commercial ones. This has produced subsections of the discipline devoted to critically engaging and analyzing the parameters of contemporary art, whilst embracing a more academic side. Through this expansion of the Philippines’ contemporary landscape, an exciting cultural and artistic exchange has been instigated.
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Published at 2018-02-26 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Leisure
Tags: Contemporary, Galleries, art
10 Must-Visit Contemporary Art Galleries in Manila
10 Must-Visit Contemporary Art Galleries in Manila
Manila’s art scene has expanded rapidly in recent years, with many of the city’s once-abandoned warehouses and old homes transformed into exhibition spaces. Filipino artists are also becoming a stronger presence at international art fairs and auctions; and likewise, artists from around the world are increasingly drawn to the Philippines. We profile a second list of Manila’s must-see contemporary art galleries.
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Published at 2018-02-06 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts
Tags: Contemporary, Galleries, Manila, art
Six Contemporary Filipino Architects You Should Know
Six Contemporary Filipino Architects You Should Know
The architecture of the Philippines reflects the country’s complex cultural identity. First colonized by Spain, then Japan and finally America, Filipinos joke that they spent 400 years in a convent, five in a prison camp, and 45 in Hollywood. This complexity finds its creative expression in the work of these six post-war architects, whose vision simultaneously captured the country’s history while looking towards the region’s future.
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Published at 2018-02-06 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: People
Tags: Contemporary, architecture, culture, identity
10 Contemporary Filipino Artists to Know
10 Contemporary Filipino Artists to Know
With the exception of a few established artists on the international stage, the Filipino art scene was long confined to an insular environment – until about a decade ago. After a 50-year hiatus, the Philippines participated in the 2015 Venice Biennale with a national pavilion, which drew attention to the region and brought a new wave of local artists into the limelight. We profile ten contemporary Filipino artists you should know.
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Published at 2018-02-06 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts
Tags: Contemporary, artist, international
The American and Contemporary Traditions in Philippine Visual Arts
The American and Contemporary Traditions in Philippine Visual Arts
From one colonizer to another – after more than three centuries of Spanish rule, the Americans came. They set out to conquer the Filipinos through education and governance – the public school system and a system of government.
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Published at 2017-12-26 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: American, Contemporary, art, visual art
Philippine Literature in the Post-War and Contemporary Period
Philippine Literature in the Post-War and Contemporary Period
Published in 1946, Ginto Sa Makiling – a novel by Macario Pineda, is the first work of note that appeared after the second world war. In plot, it hews close to the mode of romantic fantasy traceable to the awits, koridos and komedyas of the Balagtas tradition. But it is a symbolical narrative of social, moral and political import.
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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: Contemporary, Literature, Period, post-war
Philippine Contemporary Art as A Post-War Phenomen
Philippine Contemporary Art as A Post-War Phenomen
Modern or contemporary art, although a by-word for decades in the Western world, is a phenomenon of the post-war period in the Philippines. This is not meant to detract from the yeoman efforts of Victorio Edades, Carlos Francisco and Galo Ocampo, who were known as the ‘Triumvirate’ in progressive art circles of the pre-war period.
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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Contemporary, art, phenomenon, post-war