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How the study of the Spoliarium was sold

Jerome Gomez
Updated as of Sep 24 10:33 PM

Notes from the year's most riveting auction event Read more »

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

Dahl Bennett
Updated as of Sep 24 08:49 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 »

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 »

The two-minute review: Iginuhit Ng Tadhana

Andrew Paredes
Updated as of Sep 21 10:58 PM

Weeping by the bintana, a courtroom drama, and a meet-cute. On the 46th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, we revisit and weigh the merits and excesses of the biopic of the batas militar architect Read more »

Marawi's Darangen Dolls start anew

Anna Gabrielle Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 12:36 PM

The famous Darangen Doll store was one of the many structures in Marawi that suffered extensive damage during the conflict.  Read more »

The 2-minute review: The Predator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 01:27 PM

It’s no surprise Shane Black holds much affection for this island of misfit toy soldiers; he is an expert on masculine banter as bonding ritual Read more »

Arthur Mitchell, trail-blazing black American ballet dancer, dead at 84

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 07:57 AM

Arthur Mitchell, a pioneering black American ballet dancer, died Wednesday at the age of 84, the Dance Theater of Harlem troupe which he co-founded announced.    Read more »

This vinyl collector is San Agustin Street's proprietor of cool

Paolo Vergara
Updated as of Sep 20 07:08 PM

Amidst bottles of booze and the smell of truffle oil, Tonyboy de Leon tells us about how he got hooked on vinyl and fell deep for the subtleties of sound. Read more »

These sofas aren’t made for sitting—but what’s to stop you?

ANC-X Staff
Updated as of Sep 20 12:05 AM

Roche Bobois Manila taps a bunch of creative individuals—from Ed Calma to Bobby Manosa—to reimagine the iconic Mah Jong sofa Read more »

The 2-minute review: Searching

Andrew Paredes
Updated as of Sep 19 11:29 AM

In the sub-genre social media horror-thriller, this John Cho-starrer provides audiences with a twisty, chewy mystery they can sink their teeth into Read more »

Food Diplomacy: France

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 05:44 AM

French Ambassador to the Philippines Nicolas Galey and his wife Camelia sit down with Annalisa Burgos to discuss relations between Paris and Manila. Read more »

What’s stopping us from taking climate change seriously?

Alo Lantin
Updated as of Sep 19 04:14 PM

Despite the terrible manifestations, we remain the undaunted frog about to get boiled in hot water Read more »

Agnelli: playboy, paragon of style, working man’s hero

Carmela Fernando
Updated as of Sep 19 07:08 AM

Everything you want to know about the legendary Fiat magnate, Gianni, is in this sleek HBO documentary    Read more »

Enjoying homemade food from Sri Lanka with its ambassador to PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 01:36 PM

Annalisa Burgos sits down with Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Philippines Aruni Ranaraja to discuss Sri Lanka's bilateral ties with the Philippines, China's economic influence, and the beauty of Sri Lankan culture over cups of tea and home made Sri Lankan food. Read more »

Album Review: Paul Simon's In The Blue Light

Mariah Reodica
Updated as of Sep 17 07:06 PM

In his latest offering, the legendary singer-songwriter presents a reinvented retrospective of deep cuts  Read more »

No clipping this Butterfly's wings

Patricia Chong
Updated as of Sep 14 10:13 PM

This 2018 M. Butterfly production is exquisitely staged, rising up to the challenge of David Henry Hwang's powerful material  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 »

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 »