Finding Poetry in Jel Suarez’s arrivals, retrievals
By Shireen Co
Every element in each assemblage or collage is handpicked…

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, about pruning, about nurturing. The…

Constructing Myths through Unconfined Cinema
By Isabel Cabal
Cinema is its own instrument and instrumentalist in storytelling. The three films Erwin Romulo arranged reversed the process: what is usually the impetus…

On the Materiality of Cloth in Dino Gabito's ‘Threads’
By Shireen Co
Gabito’s preoccupation with cloth focuses attention to an almost rudimentary level—devoid…

'Connecting and Disconnecting': the Self In and Beyond the Cybernetic Astral Plane
By Carl Cervantes
Bizzarro pop-surrealist Ciane Xavier's latest exhibition, 'Connecting and Disconnecting', calls for pause amid the transhuman race

Defining Home in the Works of Contreras, Bacay, and Tee
By Mara Fabella
In this month’s exhibitions at MO_Space Gallery, Marionne Contreras, Pope Bacay, and Nicole Tee recreate the…

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.

How Thirty-three Artists Redefine 'Kasarinlan'
By Shireen Co
Launched, tellingly, on July 4 at the Linangan Art Residency, the group exhibition 'Kasarinlan' examines the civic subject's autonomy -- or lack…

The Treachery and Optimism of Ayka Go’s Images
By Mara Fabella

Like This/Like That: On 'Katulad/Kahadha'
By Lix Sumilong
This Instagram exhibition draws striking parallels between works by Philippine and Arab masters, identifying points of contact in diplomacy, migrant…

On 'Same Shapes, Different Each Time'
By Shireen Co
Miguel Puyat's first solo show invites viewers into the creative act, as first imagined, and as it ought to be.

Taking a Moment to Reflect in 'Breathing Space'
By Mara Fabella
When in quarantine, any breathing room wall tends to close in.

Tanya Villanueva Shows Us There Is No Beauty in Violence
By Zea Asis
Named after indigenous groups in the country, Tanya Villanueva's paintings prompt any viewer of her exhibition to reach for context.

Within Curfew Hours with Wipo
By Isabel Cabal
For 'Sulok ng Araw', the artist's third solo exhibition, Wipo tracks time through an all-too-familiar vantage point.

Stories That Paint a Portrait of Negrense Women Artists
By Marz Aglipay
Here is a run-down of the works on view for 'Istorya Namon Subong,' now on its last week.

Drifting in Pepe Delfin's Transient City
By Jose Naval
In the artist's latest paintings, the viewer's eye tends to move about them as their inhabitants do. 

The Ghostly Recollections of Koki Lxx
By Jose Naval
The longer one lingers in the exhibition, the more strongly the effects turn out to be as the title…

How Steph Alvarez Approaches Devotion
By Jose Naval
A reflection on devotion, how it tangles with persistence, and how fortitude comes with age.

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…