Visual catechism—biblical teachings told through paintings and sculptures—is so rich at Santiago de Apostol (St. James the Apostle) Parish in the old district of Betis here that it has become a regular destination for pilgrims completing their Visita Iglesia on Maundy Thursday.
More than 140 paintings by Picasso, Van Gogh and other masters which were bought with stolen funds by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos remain missing, the government said Tuesday.
Here, the hottest days end always in the most spectacular play of light. The sun is a disc of deep red as it sinks into a bed of the most beautiful colors from the visible spectrum. And even before the colors fade completely into the dark blue night, you begin to see pin points of [...]
Paris is everyone’s dream destination. Artists, most especially, are drawn to the City of Lights. The Eiffel Tower beckons them like a lighthouse promising refuge from a world that is inhospitable to art.
Paintings and sculptures of contemporary Cebuano artists are being featured in the “Contemporary Cebu” art exhibit, which opened last Jan. 4 at the Cebu City Museum.
Joysie was mid-way to finishing a painting. The priest watched over her shoulder as it progressed into a drawing. On the left side of the frame, a monster hid behind a mask of a teacher, the blackboard behind her. In front of her, a whole class of children sat quietly behind their prescribed desks, in [...]
