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Ang INK’s 30th Traces Its Role in Children’s Literature
By Wil Guzmanos
Nina Martinez, the current president of Ang INK, shares the organization’s hopes for…

Shedding Light: FotomotoPH on Their Inaugural and Connection through Portraiture
By The Cartellino Team
“Fotomoto” is a play on the words “photo mo ‘to.” The Cartellino…

It takes many twos
By Alain Zedrick Camiling
When it comes to art writing, there's often much to consider; in this estimate, two too many.

Ardent readings
By Carlos Quijon
"Ardent readings lead us to the emergence of something exemplary or to finding felicity in forms or articulations not readily recognizable as such."

NFT Art: A Double-Edged Sword
By Raissa Azarcon
When the quality of art is equivalent to its mintability, what exactly is being sustained?

Expanding the Tapestry: Modern Myth-Making with Philippine Spirits
By Mara Fabella
Jean Karl Gaverza engages with local myth and folklore -- and invites readers to do the same.

A Site of Curiosities: Soft Power Peripherals
By Marz Aglipay
If you’re reading this article from your workstation, take a good look at your surroundings.…

What to See in This Year's UPCFA Studio Arts Degree Show
By Shireen Co
This year's UPCFA student degree showcase serves up a balance of skill, talent, ingenuity, limning, incidentally, the pressures that come with them.

First Edition Beneficiary Spotlight: Museo Pambata
By Sam del Castillo
Museo Pambata is one of the two beneficiaries for this year's First Edition.

Further Notes on Tuchi Imperial's Smaller Worlds
By The Cartellino Team

Re-envisioning the Tarot: Brenda Fajardo, Iya Regalario, and Manix Abrera
By Raissa Azarcon
The open structure of the occult favorite allows for manifold interpretation and various designs - an appeal and potential not lost on the three Filipino…

When Pat Frades Found Her Quarry
By The Cartellino Team
Pat Frades had long been in the company of artists. Inspiration became a matter of where she looked.

Behind the Racket: FREE-Lances on the Art Gig Economy
By The Cartellino Team
Is there such a thing as an exclusively professional career in the arts? FREE-Lances’ Renan Laru-an, Con Cabrera, and Jaime Pacena II are asked…

Then Came NFTs: Understanding the Debate behind the Crypto (Art) Movement
By Jose Naval
It’s colloquially pronounced “nifties.”

Abstracting a Life in Art
By Stephanie Frondoso
Artist-curator and writer Stephanie Frondoso shares her story on how she found a career in art.

Miguel Lorenzo Uy Blueprints a Techno-Utopia
By Jose Naval
We’re millennials; we know how personalized ads work. But when used to surface parallels between…

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

Jed Gregorio Joins the Deathless
By Jose Naval
A séance-turned-declaration, Jed Gregorio’s FRAT has one search down the rabbit…

The Pictorial Key to Manos: Suit of Hands
By The Cartellino Team
Learn the meanings behind the cards, take a step into another domain of art.

Vin’s Art Is Something You Taste
By The Cartellino Team

Arno Salvador Was Here
By The Cartellino Team
Arno Salvador of Cartellino's Picks answers our First Edition questionnaire