Porfirio Castañeda on His Tatay, Dominador Castañeda by: Christiane L. de la Paz March 2016–Dominador Castañeda spent his early education at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Quiapo, Manila. In 1924,...

MEXICO CITY -- Experts said Thursday that a trove of 1,200 art works displayed at prominent Mexican gallery as the work of famed artist Frida Kahlo are forgeries. The works, owned by the art dealer Carlos Noyola and his wife, h...

September 2012--The Mangyan tribe has been included in the history of Mindoro. Spaniards have long documented the life of the Mangyan people. However, much is still to be learned from the culture of one of the Philippines&r...

June 2016--Known for his textured abstract paintings, Raul Piedra, still a college student in 1970, staged his first solo exhibition at the University of the East where he featured his paintings of botanicals, landscapes...

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March 2015--When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines with sword and cross in hand some four centuries ago, they brought with them  the art of religious image-making. The first “santo” on Philippine soil was a...

February-March 2014--The School of Fine Arts was established by authority of Act No. 1870, founding the University of the Philippines which was enacted by the Philippine Assembly on June 18, 1908. The School was opened to...

April 2012--The Prado’s copy of the Mona Lisa was most likely painted by Salaì, Leonardo’s assistant and reputed lover. Salaì, whose nickname means “little Satan”, joined his master’s...

March 2010 -- Artes de las Filipinas is conducting a survey to record the Filipino artists since the seventeenth century to the present day. Each of the entry includes the middle name, place of birth as well as the birth and...

October 2009 -- Private Collections is a book about private art collecting and collectors in the Philippines published in 2009. It tells the passions and visions of thirty Filipino collectors and follows their tastes in art - whe...