Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 75

Not quite Rapunzel, but how long did it take for these late 19th century Filipinas to wash,dry, and groom their hair. Remember t...

Not quite Rapunzel, but how long did it take for these late 19th century Filipinas to wash,dry, and groom their hair. Remember they used gugo or fresh aloe vera for shampoo and hand-held abanico instead of electric dryers. #ambethocampo #philippines #history #hair



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My voice is part of an exhibition in the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. I annotate the por...

My voice is part of an exhibition in the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. I annotate the portrait of Jose Rizal by Juan Luna.
1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions the first major Smithsonian museum exhibition to examine the War of 1898 (often called the Spanish-American War), the Congressional Joint Resolution to annex Hawai‘i (July 1898), the Philippine-American War (1899–1913) and the legacy of this controversial chapter in history.



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Henry Moore in Princeton University looks like a multiple I posed with in Hong Kong before the pandemic. Thanks to Jonathan Bald...

Henry Moore in Princeton University looks like a multiple I posed with in Hong Kong before the pandemic. Thanks to Jonathan Baldoza for the pics and the walking tour of the historic buildings on campus.



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My Inquirer column today on an elephant sent from Manila to Cadiz by Simon de Anda in 1773 as a gift for Carlos III.https://opi...

My Inquirer column today on an elephant sent from Manila to Cadiz by Simon de Anda in 1773 as a gift for Carlos III.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/162681/a...



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Recent online obituaries hail Oscar M. Lopez (1930-2023) as a titan of business in the Philippines, but the little-known side of...

Recent online obituaries hail Oscar M. Lopez (1930-2023) as a titan of business in the Philippines, but the little-known side of him I knew was as a bibliophile, whose home library was both a source of inspiration and envy for me.
Both of us loved the Lopez Museum and Library that he helped build by studying and acquiring rare Filipiniana abroad for his father Eugenio Lopez, Sr. When the Lopez Museum was still in the Benpres building he would pop in unannounced to insure that contemporary a...

Thanks to the NCCA, Sentro Rizal, and the Philippines Consulate General New York for the opportunity to deliver the first on-sit...

Thanks to the NCCA, Sentro Rizal, and the Philippines Consulate General New York for the opportunity to deliver the first on-site Bayani Talks since the pandemic. Photo by Jae Danan.



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My Inquirer column today on Rizal's letters to his family regarding his relationship with Josephine Bracken. These are meant to ...

My Inquirer column today on Rizal's letters to his family regarding his relationship with Josephine Bracken. These are meant to make the family like her.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/162549/l...



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Did you know that King EDWARD VIII carried a souvenir from his 1922 visit to the Philippines all his life? He was injured in a p...

Did you know that King EDWARD VIII carried a souvenir from his 1922 visit to the Philippines all his life? He was injured in a polo game when he was still Prince of Wales, he abdicated years after the Manila visit.
A pity he was unable to revisit the islands with the Duchess of Windsor for whom he gave up the British throne.



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Did you know that King EDWARD VIII carried a souvenir from his 1922 visit to the Philippines all his life? A pity he was unable...

Did you know that King EDWARD VIII carried a souvenir from his 1922 visit to the Philippines all his life?
A pity he was unable to revisit the islands with the Duchess of Windsor for whom he gave up the British throne.



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In the Museum of Modern Art New York with 7 minutes to closing time Freud wanted a photo with the work of Philippine-born Alfons...

In the Museum of Modern Art New York with 7 minutes to closing time Freud wanted a photo with the work of Philippine-born Alfonso Ossorio “Empty Chair of the Last Colonial” (1969). Have to return tomorrow and read the wall text.



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