The University of the Philippines (UP) turned a century old in 2008. To mark the milestone, the Philippine Republic gifted the University, by way of amendment of the very charter that created the institution in 1908, the status of being the national university in the Philippines for its trailblazing role in advancing the cause of higher […]
This project is about forms and figures. Architecture is grasped as a mode or manner, a blueprint of practice. It is also reckoned as a consciousness, a perspective through which space is sensed and lived out. These two aspects converge in eight exhibitions on landscape and urban planning, painting and photography, cinema and post cards. […]
The exhibit, curated by Gerard Lico, probes into the stylistic congruence of architecture and fashion at various points of Philippine cultural history. Although the relationship between architecture and fashion was recognized more than a century ago, the connection between them has rarely been explored by historians, designers and architects. The exhibition underscores intersections of architecture […]
The exhibition showcases the College of Home Economics’ costume collection and marks the series of events for its 50th year celebration. It represents choice pieces from the collection of dresses from as early as the 1930s to the 1970s. The exhibition aims to explore the costume and dress within socio-cultural contexts through the following themes: […]
The contemporary art scene in the Philippines effuses a synergy of inventive images and intuitive ideas as espoused by young and established names in mainstream exhibition circuit. This accrual of incisive forays in fact is dizzying as it is engaging. Almost always, in the forefront of these pursuits are artists honed by and educated in […]
Rizal sa UP was installed in celebration of the sesquicentennial of Dr. Jose Rizal’s birth. This exhibition focuses on the connection between our national hero and the University of the Philippines. This exhibition employs the rather ambiguous and ambivalent relationship of UP and Rizal mostly manifested “between the texts” written over the past century. In this […]
This exhibit opens on 14 September at the Bulwagan ng Dangal at 5 PM. The exhibit highlights the role of the UP Presidency in the life of the University as gleaned from the individual visions of the august league of men and woman who steered the institution since 1908 when UP was established. The exhibit […]
At the prime of his career as an artist, Joya was hailed as “prophet avatar of Expressionism,” “exponent of pure painting,” and “pillar of Philippine art.” He was the Filipino painter. The eminent art critic Leo Benesa once chronicled, in the mid-60s, Philippine painting was a Joya painting. Joya, without doubt, is a household name […]
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