VIVA ExCon, or Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference, is the longest-running biennial gathering of artists and art communities from all over the Visayas and beyond. Since its beginning in 1990, it has become a meaningful space where artists share...

The conversation began quite organically, in 2024, with Johanz Mercurio simply showing up at Thrive Art Gallery, talking about this project he and his brother, Jed, were engaged in: the "quads." He says they've created over 300 artworks with plans of...

BACOLOD, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL – The Abungalow Residency Project and Sachet Projects are pleased to announce the culmination of Tokwa Peñaflorida’s two-month residency with the exhibition, Walang Naiwan Kundi ang Hamog sa mga Dahon (Nothing Left But the Dew on the Leaves)....

In a world that rarely slows down, where speed and urgency often overshadow stillness, two brothers have found their own rhythm of pause and reflection. Johanz Mercurio and Jed Mercurio, through their exhibition Breathe: The Quad Series Part One opening at...

Take away the decades, the digital revolutions, and the changing zeitgeists. What does an artist from the 1990s share with an artist working today? Both seem to endure a perpetual negotiation for space: a space in the audience's consciousness, a connection...

 Miraculously, he got us tickets. I burst into Palma Hall on the U.P. Diliman campus at exactly 1p.m., just as the matinee of the sold-out Sugatán was about to start. Professor Alfredo B. Diaz—also known as Sir Fred, or if you’re...