UST Museum holds 'Visual Color of Grace' exhibit

MANILA, Philippines - The UST Museum holds “Visual Color of Grace: An Exhibition of the UST Visual Art Collection” to celebrate the 140th year of the UST Museum’s establishment and the Quadricentennial Anniversary of the University of Santo Tomas.

It features the prestigious UST Museum painting collection and showcases important artworks whose recent restorations were funded by the donations of the museum’s friends and benefactors through the annual Christmas Concert Gala, co-chaired by Maricris Zobel and UST Museum director, Fr. Isidro C. Abaño, O.P.

The exhibit includes paintings such as the celebrated “Portrait of a Young Balinese Girl” by Romualdo Locatelli; “Portrait of Bishop Antonio Zulaybar” by Juan Arzeo; “Portrait of Dr. Jose Rizal” by Victorio Edades; “Fruit Vendor” by Pablo Amorsolo; and the “Foundation of the University of Santo Tomas” by Celis that won the painting competition held during the University’s 300th anniversary in 1911.

The exhibit is a journey through the history of art in the Philippines, as well as a tangible demonstration of how the museum is not only a co-curricular arm of the university but a guardian of our nation’s heritage and herald of its cultural transformations through four centuries.

The exhibit runs until Jan. 29. For information, call Red de Leon at 781-1815, 740-9718 or visit http://ustmuseum.ust.edu.ph.