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Visiting National Artist Arturo Luz in his studio to see what he's working on is...

Visiting National Artist Arturo Luz in his studio to see what he's working on is always a treat. On my last visit he wasn't able to offer my favorite NY Times minestrone soup so he made up with: two paintings, three collages, and a photo-collage! My loot on his work table. Now I know how it feels to win the lotto. Thank you Mr. Luz!


2014

Happy Birthday Bencab! In the National Museum with Bencab, framed by the work o...

Happy Birthday Bencab!
In the National Museum with Bencab, framed by the work of National Artist Guillermo E. Tolentino. (Photo by Wig Tysmans cropped because it included a Photo Bomber in the background).


2014

My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/73517/too......

My Inquirer column today.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/73517/toothpicks-and-toothpick-holders


Toothpicks and toothpick holders
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Why is it that when we speak of Manila we refer to it in the past tense? Spanish Manila was once the walled city (Intra-muros) and the rest of the city outside the walls (extra-muros) were arrabales or suburbs. Legazpi founded Manila in 1571 in an existing city, may-nila, where the nila plant grew i...

Next week during Visita Iglesia be on the look-out for priests and bishops who w...

Next week during Visita Iglesia be on the look-out for priests and bishops who want us to return to the fashion worn by religious images in church.


2014

Galo B. Ocampo. "Brown Madonna" University of Santo Tomas Museum. This should go...

Galo B. Ocampo. "Brown Madonna" University of Santo Tomas Museum. This should go with my Inquirer column today but the op-ed page only carries my mugshot.

My Inquirer column today on Galo B. Ocampo and his "Brown Madonna."http://opini...

My Inquirer column today on Galo B. Ocampo and his "Brown Madonna."
http://opinion.inquirer.net/73444/brown-madonna


‘Brown Madonna’
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One of our demanding theology professors once entered the classroom and predicted: “One day you will return to the Ateneo with a big smile on your face after being told by a member of the Opus Dei that all Jesuits will go to Hell.”

Filipiniana in Japan. In the chapel of the Jesuit House inside Sophia University...

Filipiniana in Japan. In the chapel of the Jesuit House inside Sophia University, Tokyo is an impressive 17th or 18th century Hispano-Philippine ivory of the crucified Christ. I should research a bit more on the image and how it got there, it promises to be an engaging story.


2014

Shhhhh! We're back at Ayala Museum!

Shhhhh!
We're back at Ayala Museum!


Timeline Photos
We had a photoshoot with Ambeth Ocampo yesterday for his lectures this 2014! But for now we can't say anything about it yet! shhhhhhhhh #AmbethIsBack

My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/73248/dem...

My Inquirer column today.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/73248/demonyo-tables


‘Demonyo tables’
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Weeks ago I wrote about the overheated auction scene in Manila and the elegant Baliuag furniture made from Philippine hardwood ornamented with pleasing designs from carabao horn.

My Inquirer column today on a painting that depicts the house described in the N...

My Inquirer column today on a painting that depicts the house described in the Noli.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/73191/a-peek-into-kapitan-tiagos-house