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Spoliarium boceto fetches P63 million at auction

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 04:32 PM

The sketch of Juan Luna's renowned "Spoliarium" was sold for P63 million at the Salcedo Auction Saturday, weeks after news of its discovery circulated online. Read more »

Floy Quintos is bringing the secret story of anting-antings to Paris

Dahl Bennett
Updated as of Sep 22 12:04 PM

The collector and multi-award-winning playwright is bringing our past with him to the City of Lights in the spring as he tells the story behind the most ancient of our talismans Read more »

Will 'Spoliarium' boceto find a buyer at auction?

Angelo G. Garcia
Posted at Sep 22 06:06 AM

The boceto is just one of many important Philippine artworks that will be auctioned off at Salcedo Auctions' The Well Appointed Life.  Read more »

This whole thing about the Spoliarium is like the Spoliarium itself

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
Updated as of Sep 22 12:32 PM

Just as the controversial study of what is deemed to be Juan Luna’s greatest painting goes to auction, a new boceto emerges out of nowhere. But what does all this drama really mean?  Read more »

Richie Lerma: 20 questions with the man of the hour

ANC-X Staff
Updated as of Sep 21 10:39 PM

What is a trait you most deplore in others? “A lack of originality.” On the eve of what might be the biggest auction of his life—with no less than a purported study of Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium” up for for grabs—the Salcedo Auctions impresario shares a bit of his authentic self   Read more »

Paris show blends happiness and melancholia of young Picasso

Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 01:25 PM

"Picasso: Blue and Rose" delves into the formative days from 1900 to 1906 when the young artist was living the Bohemian life in a Montmartre studio, at times burning his works to ward off the cold. Read more »

The talented Mr. Richie

ANC-X Staff
Updated as of Sep 15 10:16 AM

The spotlight is on Richie Lerma this auction season as he unveils, to much excitement, what is believed to be a study of the Spoliarium. But amidst suspicion on the painting’s authenticity and run-ins with high-profile personalities—Paulino Que included—last night’s favourable endorsement from the National Museum may just give the beleaguered auctioneer his happy ending.  Read more »

13 things to do this weekend: September 14-16

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 06:07 PM

Here are some of the events, shows, and activities you can check out this weekend. Read more »

The art find of the century or its greatest hoax

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
Updated as of Sep 22 12:52 PM

A mysterious e-mail leads Salcedo Auction’s Richie Lerma to a miniature study of the Spoliarium. But can it really be the first study of our nation’s greatest masterpiece? Read more »

Beyond walls: Paulino Que’s hunger for art knows no boundaries

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
Updated as of Sep 14 10:06 AM

A walk through the home of legendary art collector Paulino Que reveals wall-to-wall paintings by our national artists, as well as looming rooms filled with antiquities and pre-colonial treasures—but the true heart of his collection is an entire facility dedicated to the art of Ang Kiukok. Que takes us on a trip through Philippine history by way of Philippine art.  Read more »

Manila mania: 7 old school buildings from our city's best days

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
Updated as of Sep 14 07:14 AM

If you fancy yourself a lover of Pinoy history and architecture, these buildings should be on your list of must-knows. Read more »

The art magazine in the age of the pop collector

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
Posted at Sep 12 05:15 PM

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New emails reveal link between 'Spoliarium' boceto and 'España y Filipinas' acquired by National Gallery of Singapore

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta, ANC-X
Posted at Sep 12 12:39 PM

Art circles have been abuzz for the past couple of weeks with the recent discovery of a purported study, or boceto, of Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium.” Read more »

'100 household staff' and other stories of 'crazy rich' Filipinos

Karen Flores Layno, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 04:56 PM

Despite the country’s third-world image, the Philippines is home to a lot of “crazy rich” people who have been living the luxe life. Read more »

'The Kids' Choice': Family of painters wows kiddie judges

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 09:58 PM

A family of painters who produced works of art in under two minutes impressed the kiddie judges of ABS-CBN's newest show "The Kids' Choice." Read more »

Maningning Miclat Art Awards Exhibit-sale 2018 opens

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 06:03 AM

The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation Inc., in cooperation with District Gallery and Far Eastern University’s President’s Committee on Culture, unveiled its art exhibit last September 4. Read more »

The lost art of hand-painted movie posters

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 04:56 PM

William Encenares is the only remaining painter at Sagmit Enterprises. The turn of the century saw the decline in the demand for hand-painted movie posters, the only craft he knew. Read more »

Pacita Abad, artist of the world

ANC-X
Updated as of Sep 13 03:35 PM

A spectacular gathering of the late great artist's trapuntos—fantastically rich quilts that embody Abad's journeys, passions and politics.  Read more »

Vic Delotavo: Posters for Philippine cinema

ANC-X
Updated as of Sep 13 03:55 PM

To people who grew up in the 70s and 80s, being in this room covered with posters from the most prolific era in local movies is a nostalgia trip like no other.  Read more »

The UP Studio Arts Degree Show 2018

ANC-X
Updated as of Sep 13 03:47 PM

Each year, collectors, artists, gallerists and serious art watchers visit the UP College of Fine Arts on the lookout for the next big thing, owing to the institution's reputation for producing some of the most interesting talents in contemporary art. Read more »