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OMOCHA and the Art of Play
From Edo-era talismans to Wi-Fi Tamagotchis, OMOCHA: Japanese Toys Today traces how Japanese toys evolved into cultural artifacts shaped by memory, technology, and collective imagination
‘Seams of Memory’ and What Makes Diasporic Art Visible
In Seams of Memory, Winna Go stitches a Sinophone reverie across canvas, tracing the railroads of identity that bind Filipino and Chinese histories.
Thy Art Flows in Surfaces
Get a glimpse of a flowy and vivid artistic journey inside Peter Zimmerman’s upcoming solo exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila.
The Devotion of Looking
A sweeping mid-career retrospective, Hail Holy Eyes reveals how Jigger Cruz transforms excess, rupture, and devotion into a singular visual language that resists clarity yet invites awe.
Pitoy Moreno’s Enduring Style
Timeless: J Moreno exhibit celebrates the life and works of Pitoy Moreno on his centennial anniversary.
When “Unauthorized” Became the Magic Word
After “What’s a Banksy Museum Without Banksy?” by Max Lakin for The New York Times
Lessons in Looking
In Annie Cabigting’s show, the act of looking at an artwork is as much a physical exercise as it is a mental one.
From being prosaic to being poetic: Exhibitions in December 2023
From discarded packagings of goods and sheets of used sandpaper to diagrams and archival materials to long-standing artistic preoccupations, the artists featured this month turn mundane objects, scenarios, and musings into subjects of their artistic practices. The works of art in the exhibitions are not merely a refraction of the artists’ lived experiences, but an ode to human condition.
Two worlds: Exhibitions in November 2023
Exploring two different worlds could require grappling with their differences all while locating the intersection of the two.
