A Day in the Life: Johanz Mercurio

Johanz Mercurio's paintings prompts the audience to go on a quiet contemplation. As an artist, Mercurio learned painting...

A Day in the Life: Gelo Zarsuelo

Gelo Zarsuelo is a painter based in Aklan whose art explores themes of identity and intimacy in queer...

Art Festivals Matter

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...

Lunch with Alfredo B. Diaz

 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...
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Melvin Guirhem’s Puluy-an Art Gallery Offers New Home for Artists

The past three years were quite an ascent for Melvin Guirhem. He won Grand Prize at the Philippine...

Contemporary Art Meets Way of Life in “Panagbo: Encounters with Tradition”

Place and identity are intersecting themes of contemporary art that are often explored by artists and curators. In...

Politics and Abstraction in Allain Hablo’s “Bleed and Bloom II”

With its rich textures carefully layered over pours of paint, Allain Hablo’s art reminds us of why we...

The City as Canvas: Public Art and Iloilo City

The taxi I was riding passed by the Diversion Bridge, I asked the driver what he thinks about...

Have Words, Will Xerox: A Brief History of Ilonggo Zines

Editor's Note: The full version of this article was...

Althea Villanueva: Immortalizing Culture Through Art

Iloilo has a rich culture, captivating stories, and cultural...

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Take away the decades, the digital revolutions, and the...

Lunch with Alfredo B. Diaz

 Miraculously, he got us tickets. I burst into Palma...

A Day in the Life: Jed Mercurio

Jed Vincent Mercurio is an artist from Iloilo City...

The mercurial art of the Brothers Mercurio

Breathe. Simply that.  Such is the title of Thrive Art...

A Day in the Life: Johanz Mercurio

Johanz Mercurio's paintings prompts the audience to go on...

Hala Viva! A Fundraising Exhibition for Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference

“Hala Viva!” blends the sound and meaning of two...

“Ugnayan,” a Lesson on Collaboration and Exchange

The dominance of Manila as the center of the...

Blurred Liminalities in Between: Everywhere is Here at Thrive Art Gallery

How would a visual medium encapsulate abstract understandings of...
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Art in the Aftermath of a Storm

It was a night in the city of Iloilo...

Role of Artists in the Age of Disinformation

My identity as an artist relies on my ability...

Artist’s Perspective: Paindemic

For our series Artist's Perspective, an artist reflects on how gentrification is highlighted during the pandemic.

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