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Rizal’s P31 million ‘Mona Lisa’ National Museum’s Christmas gift to nation
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - December 10, 2024 - 12:00am
In a feel-good moment in this otherwise politically charged season, the National Museum of the Philippines stepped up to buy Jose Rizal’s “Mona Lisa” sculpture and make it a Christmas gift to the...
Bidding war for Rizal’s ‘Mona Lisa’ hits P31 million
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am
A ferocious bidding war for Jose Rizal’s “Josephine Sleeping” erupted last weekend at the Leon Gallery’s Kingly Treasures Auction in Makati City.
7 stolen insurrection records rescued from ebay
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - November 29, 2024 - 12:00am
Seven stolen historical documents have been rescued from ebay and have finally come home to the National Library of the Philippines where they belong.
Copy of declaration of Philippines independence sold for P11.4 million
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - September 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Amid an international slump, the appetite for Filipino art is as voracious as ever.
Blockbuster Zobel Prado show comes to Manila
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - September 7, 2024 - 12:00am
The blockbuster Prado show – that had thrown a spotlight on a Philippine-born artist for the first time in Madrid since the glory days of Juan Luna – is coming to Asia for the very first time at the Ayala...
Fugitive outfit of the day: Fake or fortune
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 25, 2024 - 12:00am
The STAR yesterday ran a blow-up photo on its front page of fugitive fashionista Alice Guo from her Facebook page on June 9, 2023 – but the arithmetic behind it is even more revealing.
Voyage to dangerous ground, the Spratlys
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The Spratly Islands, one of the world’s most hotly contested zones, is around 800 kilometers from Manila (or double the distance to Laoag and half the distance to Davao City).
Angel in white
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 9, 2024 - 12:00am
Fastidious to a fault, dear ol’ Dad would dress faultlessly and unfailingly every day in head-to-toe white, in identical polo shirts in a fine lawn fabric and pleated trousers in white drill.
More is more at Finestra
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - March 21, 2024 - 12:00am
Filipinos are no strangers to fiestas.
Paintings back to front, stories on the reverse
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - March 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Like visas on a passport, the marks of an artwork’s journey can be as important as its beauty.
The enigmatic Miss Nena Saguil
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - February 14, 2024 - 5:00pm
Not since the days of Juan Luna and Resurreccion Hidalgo has a Filipino artist pulled up her stakes, forged boldly towards an unexplored world and thrown everything they had away for the sake of making art abroad...
Scarborough 1st appeared on maps of Philippine waters in 1750s
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - November 21, 2023 - 12:00am
On the night of Sept. 12, 1748 the British East India Co. ship Scarborough struck the now-famous reef of the same name while on its way from England to China.
Juan Luna’s long-lost masterpiece unveiled at Ayala Museum Multimedia Show
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 11, 2023 - 12:00am
In time for the 125th year of Philippine independence, Ayala Museum with the cooperation of León Gallery unveiled last night Juan Luna’s long-lost masterpiece for the first time in the country.
Vernon Agnelli Huibonhoa liberates photography 
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - September 17, 2022 - 12:00am
At its very onset, one suspects, photography was meant to be a scientist’s way of portraying the world.
 Aguinaldo, Quezon, Marcos: The ‘Long Now’ in art and culture  
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - July 29, 2022 - 12:00am
What better place to contemplate what’s next for art and culture in the era of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. than in the historic town of Baler where two other presidents, Emilio Aguinaldo and Manuel Luis Quezon, would...
The Taliban, Sara, Anita & the ‘Dalaga’
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 30, 2021 - 12:00am
Reportage on the fall of Kabul and the fate of its women play out every night on the news like an addictive Netflix series.
The First Filipino Pharmacists: Dreamers First, Scientists Second
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - December 13, 2020 - 12:00am
Before this wicked pandemic, the practice of pharmacy was one of those necessary but utterly invisible professions: the license to dispense medicines and furthermore, to vet the right doses given your other medical...
Unknown Heroes and Famous Heels
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 31, 2020 - 12:00am
Every last Monday of August, we now celebrate National Heroes Day.
The post-pandemic home
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 15, 2020 - 12:00am
‘Humanity will be changed by the pandemic. Everything is now mediated by the screen and virtuality.’
Elevating Couch Potato Dressing
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 5, 2020 - 12:00am
Maxine Syjuco is the perfect spirit guide to find our way back to fashion sanity.
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