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 congregation together. As a result, churches were built around the country for Christianity to thrive....

January 2012--The restoration of a painting by Rubens from London’s Courtauld Gallery has revealed that the work was probably not a commission, but created for the speculative market. Cain Slaying Abel, around 1608-09—one of the most significant works by the artist in the Courtauld’s collection—...

December 2011--In the not so distant past, Antonio Gonzales Dumlao was a big name in Philippine art. He was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo and Vicente Manansala who began his career during the late the 1930s painting landscapes and figures while maintaining a job in an advertising company and engraving fi...

November 2011-- The year was 1521, as Ferdinand Magellan set foot in the Philippines, it marked the arrival of Catholicism in the Philippines. The Spanish colonization paved way for the spread of Christianity and the era of Western church architecture in the Philippines. During the three centuries of colonization, it pro...

November 2011--ROME (Reuters) - Art restorers have discovered the figure of a devil hidden in the clouds of one of the most famous frescos by Giotto in the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, church officials said on Saturday. The devil was hidden in the details of clouds at the top of fresco number 20 in the cycle of the scene...

October-November 2011--Islam as a religion has long been established since the early A.D. 600s. Along with its emergence around the world, it also paved way for the development of its own unique stlye of art. Islamic art place emphasis on creating an artform that is built on the beauty and respect for the teachings of Islam....

October 2011-- A new biography of Vincent van Gogh and a “60 Minutes” report on it scheduled for Sunday night call into question the long-accepted notion — central to the myth of the troubled artist — that he committed suicide. In the book, “Van Gogh: The Life,” due out next week, the Pulitze...

October 2011--Bob Dylan faced uncomfortable questions Wednesday over several paintings in a New York exhibition by the prolific singer-songwriter that appear to have been copied directly from other artists' photographs. The paintings are part of a show at the Gagosian Gallery titled "The Asia Series," billed as "a visual reflect...

      “What in art gives such remarkable power that it can offend?  What makes people susceptible to being offended?”  Thus spoke Prof. Flaudette May Datuin, taking off from WJT Mitchell’s What Do Pictures Want?  I’m glad I attended the UP Ar...

July 2011-- Collage has a short and distinguished history and was firmly established as an art form of novelty in the 1920s and 1930s. Today, the popularity of collage is on the rise again and a new generation of young artists such as Dina Gadia is rediscovering the practice by combining different materials charmingly by hand...

AMSTERDAM -- The Van Gogh Museum said its experts now believe one of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings previously thought to be a self-portrait actually depicts his brother, Theo. If true, it would be the only known painting of Theo, although Vincent made several sketches of his brother, who supported him financially and was his lifel...

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, had been on exhibit at a gallery in San Miguel Allende in central Mexico. But experts said there was...