By the Artesdelasfilipinas Research Team Introduction to the Murillo Velarde Map The Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Islas Filipinas of 1734, more commonly known as the Murillo Velarde map, is considered the first comprehensive and scientifically grounded map of the Philippine archipelago....

JUNE 2024 – Federico Sievert was known for his art steeped in social commentary. This concern runs through a body of work that depicts with dignity the burdens of society to offer a counter-narrative to demagogues and shape the future generation’s understanding of the nation’s socio-political past. Th...

March 2024 - Alexander Narciso is a Philosophy graduate from the Ateneo de Manila University, a master’s degree holder in Industry Economics from the Center for Research and Communication and a fellow with distinction of the Life Management Institute. He started his profession as a career agent in Sun Life in 1986 b...

Oslo, Norway -- Concern is mounting about the fate of large numbers of works of art owned by Norwegian government ministries or lent to them by the Nasjonalmuseet (National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design) and Public Art Norway (Koro), following the terrorist ­attack in Oslo on 22 July. The buildings damaged...

September 2022 – The fashion exhibition of Salvacion Lim Higgins hogged the headline once again when a part of her body of work was presented to the general public. The display is chic, refreshing, modern, contemporary and pure joy that any wearer from yesterday to today continues to surprise. Ironically, the exhibition...

One of the emblematic komiks writers in the Philippines, Jose Zabala Santos contributed to the success of the Golden Age of Philippine Komiks alongside his friends and associates, Francisco Coching, Francisco Reyes and Tony Velasquez. The four of them created enduring characters that entertained the komiks readers for generations. In 1932,...

 July 2022 -- The exhibition explores the often-surprising history of the celebrated Philippine hand-made textiles (jusi and piña), intricate patterns and designs, as well as the thinking and creativity of Patis Tesoro in how she promotes the traditional looming techniques and supporting community-based farming initiatives to create her distinctive dyes, beadwork, embroideries, prints and weaves. Through this exhibition, Tesoro gave relevance to today’s Philippine costume design and fashion industry, strengthening further our Philippine cultural identity....

April 2022 --   Artes de las Filipinas welcomed the year 2022 with its latest publication, The Philippine Art Book, a two-volume sourcebook of Filipino artists. The data gathering for this book began in the year 2012 and was completed in 2020 to give time for artists’ interviews. Scattered interviews and co...

June 2018-- A flurry of renewed interest was directed towards the works of Lamberto Hechanova who was reputed as an incubator of modernist painting and sculpture in the 1960s. His early works comprised of assemblages, collages, fine prints, oils, reliefs, sculptural pieces and temperas. In 1966, his Last Supper painting won f...

LAMBERTO HECHANOVA Christiane L. de la Paz Lamberto Hechanova took up residence in the East Coast in the 1960s. Tell us about the development of his artistic career in this period. ‘Bert’ arrived in the USA in the year 1969 and settled in Baltimore. He visited various art museums in the area and immersed...

April-May 2018--The Pere Lachaise Cemetery in the 20th arrondissement in Paris, France was opened on May 21, 1804 and was named after Père François de la Chaise (1624-1709), the confessor of King Louis XIV who resided in the Jesuit building who stood on the site of the chapel. Because of its proximity from t...