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First impressions: Inside the OVERINKED Studio
By The Cartellino Team
As part of Prints Made in May 2023, Cartellino met with the members of up-and-coming…

Flux and Process with Antoni Muntadas
By Sean Carballo
Following his review of the artist's' Exercises on Past and Present Memories, Sean Carballo and Antoni…

When the present doesn’t hold: Navigating time between times in Anton Mallari’s When Dusk Settles
By Gabrielle Gonzales

Pio Abad: Exorcising the Ghosts of the Marcos Regime
By Mara Fabella
After ten years of research into the conjugal dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, Pio Abad's Fear…

Tracing trajectories in Jonas Eslao’s Blanc Gallery Solo Show
By The Cartellino Team
In Jonathan Eslao’s most recent show, scrap fabrics overlap, crack, and crease and clumps of paint collect…

Who the Heck Is Maerschelle R. Douchechamp?
By The Cartellino Team
“Originality is dead, Douchechamp killed him!” - Freedrick Kneetsheh

Stories Worth (Re)Telling: Philippine Artists at 2020 Berlin Biennale
By The Cartellino Team
Does it take an international biennale to learn about our local artists? No, but it's a good writing prompt.

Seeing through Textiles with Patricia Perez Eustaquio
By The Cartellino Team
In our conversation with the esteemed artist, we learned two things: 1) the reasons behind her fascination…

Zhao Zhao’s “China Garden” Is a Real Piece of Work
By The Cartellino Team

Decoding the Social Media Resistance: Why Some Artists Refuse to Share Online
By Francesca Testa
Dear artists, social media is not your enemy here. It's a part of your world now and what better way to coexist…

What Is Appropriation Art And When Is It Okay?
By Cielo Serale
What on earth is appropriation; what counts as one and what makes it okay for…

Cut & Curated: Back To The Year 4891
By The Cartellino Team
Man or god made disasters, natural selection, the survival of the fittest—the way see all these things…

The Many Faces Of Appropriation Artist Yasumasa Morimura
By Cielo Serale
In 1988, Yasumasa Morimura photographed himself as the subject of Édouard Manet's Olympia,…