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Pio Abad, unexamined histories, and the Turner Prize
With works that implicate imperialist perceptions and perspectives, Pio Abad weaves transhistorical narratives in an exhibition shortlisted by Tate Britain for the 2024 Turner Prize.
Pacita Abad: The Foreigner Everywhere
An itinerant artist who absorbed and synthesized traditions in quilted canvases with maximalist color and flair, Pacita Abad embodies the ethos of a straniero ovunque (foreigner everywhere) through her trapuntos.
The 25th French Film Festival, Isabelle Huppert, and cinema as a language
Cinema is a language, or as actress Isabelle Huppert puts it, a window to the world
Barok is Back in Art Fair Philippines 2022
The anticipated contemporary art event of the year takes over a new space at Ayala Triangle Gardens and centers playful Filipino sensibility for its first physical exhibition since 2020.
‘Magellan, Marilyn, Mickey & Fr. Dámaso. 500 Years of Conquistador RockStars’ at Madrid’s Palacio de Cristal
National Artist for Film Kidlat Tahimik mounts materials by Filipino craftsmen as his lens to represent the impact of imperialism on local cultures.