Juan Luna's massive Spoliarium occupies pride of place in the National Museum Gallery of Fine Arts.
Visitors who stand infront it awed by the gore of its subject and its place in Philippine history should be reminded that it was the crowd favorite in the 1884 National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid. It appeared on the cover of La Ilustracion Española y Americana in May 1884. Stray copies of the magazines bought cheaply on e-bay have made their way to local auctions where they proved a g...
Published on July 18, 2021 04:45