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February 16, 2026

Artes de las Filipinas welcomed the year 2022 with its latest publication

Antiques Roadshow portrait revealed to be by Anthony Van Dyck
Antiques Roadshow portrait revealed to be by Anthony Van Dyck
December 2013-- Father Jamie MacLeod, who runs a retreat house in north Derbyshire, first took the artwork to Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, in 2012.  He said he was now planning to sell the piece by the 17th Century...
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Federico Estrada: The Forgotten Great
Federico Estrada: The Forgotten Great
October 2013-- A lesser known contemporary of Vicente Manansala, Federico Estrada started his career as a sculptor in 1932. He was the first Filipino to work at the atelier of Pietro Amberti who taught him the secrets of s...
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The History of the San Agustin Church
The History of the San Agustin Church
January 2012--Along with its search for wealth, the Spanish colonizers made it a top mission to spread Catholicism in the Philippines. And to broaden the reach of Christianity, a place for worship is needed to bring the cong...
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The Journey to Art of Joven Ignacio
The Journey to Art of Joven Ignacio
There is something beguiling about painting new and spectacular flora. They infiltrate our reception of images and they carry particular poignancy. The sweetness of a nightingale and the tranquility of wh...
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Jose John Santos III's Subconscious Upwellings
Jose John Santos III's Subconscious Upwellings
February 2010 -- While many of the ideas of the young artists today swirled in chaotic orbits, Jose John Santos’ paintings remain simple and fantastic and are always governed by thought. In many of his outputs, he...
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Brief Sketch of the History of Plastic-Graphic Arts in the Philippines (Second of Two Parts)
Brief Sketch of the History of Plastic-Graphic Arts in the Philippines (Second of Two Parts)
September 2013--In sculpture, we are face to face with a problem more difficult perhaps than that which we have encountered in the consideration of Philippines architecture, considering the fact that there is scarcity of auth...
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Leonardo Boy Hidalgo Comes Home For Good
Leonardo Boy Hidalgo Comes Home For Good
January 2014---In 1958, Boy Hidalgo joined a group exhibition where he debuted as an aquarellist, partial to on-the- spot painting. He staged his first one-man show at the C.I.V.I.S in Rome, Italy in 1960 and then held hi...
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Young and Emerging Artist Adler Llagas
Young and Emerging Artist Adler Llagas
Landscape artists invariably have a love of their environment and this is clearly seen in the works of young artist, Adler Llagas. The rolling hills and mountains of Rizal and Laguna figure largely in hi...
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Gallery Owner: Evita Sarenas of Finale Art Gallery
Gallery Owner: Evita Sarenas of Finale Art Gallery
One of the most respected and most experienced among gallery owners in the Philippines, Evita Sarenas has earned the reputation for launching the careers of many young and promising artists in the Philippines. She s...
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School of Sanso
School of Sanso
August 2016--Juvenal Sanso (1929, Spain) is a seminal Philippine modernist. His works have been collected in museums in Philippines, France and the United States. He studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines fr...
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