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Mass Media and Martial Law in Alfredo Esquillo's Bread and Circuses
By Meg Genuino
As the country prepares for the inauguration of a new president, Esquillo’s works beckon viewers to look…

Renz Baluyot’s Anthem: A Song for the Adrift
By Mara Fabella
Writer Mara Fabella ruminates on the lengths we go to give form to the ineffable and elusive, and finds grounding…

Synthetic Condition: Relics of the Personal World like Shed Snakeskin
By Carl Cervantes
As one's identity, memories, and feelings emerge from the depths of the psyche, they find synthetic expressions,…

The glimmer of woman’s desire in Pam Quinto’s ‘lonely is the room’
By Zea Asis
"It would seem that I’d been led to trespass at a crime scene. Was it…

Odes on a gossamer existence: The works of Hae Ryun, Christian Carillaza and Jem Magbanua
By The Cartellino Team
At Galerie Stephanie, a trio of shows offer a contemplative retreat into the sublimity of nature.

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…

Writer and director Alex Westfall critically imagines history through archives and fiction
By Zea Asis
“A lot of my work stems from the existential question 'How did I get here? [...] What would have happened…

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…

Remembering and Retrieving in Ateneo Art Gallery's Ligalig
By Meg Genuino
"...With only less than a month before the registered population is given a chance to choose the nation’s…

The Regions in Focus at the 10th Art Fair Philippines
By Marz Aglipay
With this year’s edition of Art Fair Philippines going hybrid, featured art groups from the country’s…

On Shifting Perceptions: Artist Interview with Lesley-Anne Cao and Pam Quinto
By Zea Asis
Writer Zea Asis speaks to both Lesley-Anne Cao and…

Finding Poetry in Jel Suarez’s arrivals, retrievals
By Shireen Co
Every element in…

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

On the Threads of Space and Time in “Passing”
By Mara Fabella
In her solo show “Passing,” Celine Lee wrestles with the inevitable pull of the unknowable.

Artist Interview: Sam Feleo on Process and Her Next Steps
By Jose Naval
"In a way, the process became a process of care: about caring,…

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

Printmaking Illustrations: The self-published books and full-colored prints of Keith Gum
By Marz Aglipay
Unlike artists books that are often focused on highlighting…

Meet Your Instructor: Steph Alvarez on Her Practice of Art
By The Cartellino Team
"With painting still life (in my class), students…

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…

Art Writing and ‘Stilled Lives’
By Lyra G
On days we remain trapped, we take notice of what…