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...

Jed Vincent Mercurio is an artist from Iloilo City who’s vibrant, animation-inspired style blends perspective-driven compositions with lively, imaginative color work.  Working in acrylic and mixed media on wood, he combines dynamic perspectives with playful yet deliberate color choices to create...

Breathe. Simply that.  Such is the title of Thrive Art Gallery’s current exhibit: over 500 miniature squares of wood, each brimming with light and shadow, color and hue, vibrance and imagery, patterns and geometries. Sprawled all over the walls of the gallery,...

Johanz Mercurio's paintings prompts the audience to go on a quiet contemplation. As an artist, Mercurio learned painting through years of consistent practice. Along with a perspective sharpened by his background in Psychology, his paintings, often miniature in scale, are visual...

“Hala Viva!” blends the sound and meaning of two different/deferring concepts and events. One is taken from the collective cry of Ati-ati revelers showing persistence and perseverance despite the tiredness from street dancing during the Ati-atihan Festival (“Hala Bira!”), the other...

The dominance of Manila as the center of the Philippine art scene has long defined the narrative of success and visibility of Filipino artists. But this centralism might soon be yielding to a counter-current: the gradual rise in regional consciousness fueled...