Art show raises funds for victims of ‘Pablo’
By Jocelyn R. Uy
It’s not too late to make the thousands of victims of Typhoon “Pablo” in Mindanao happy this holiday season. Buy a painting and lend them a hand in the process.
It’s not too late to make the thousands of victims of Typhoon “Pablo” in Mindanao happy this holiday season. Buy a painting and lend them a hand in the process.
Wit and irony sometimes define the Cebuano notion of the beautiful. You see that often in our literature, radio drama and popular music. Yet it seems to be missing in our visual arts today, which continues to be identified with the nostalgic pastoral paintings of the Martino Abellana school.
MANILA, Philippines—Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales condemned on Monday the art exhibit at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) depicting a crucifix with a wooden penis and a picture of Jesus Christ with the ears of a rabbit. Speaking on Church-run Radio Veritas, Rosales said the exhibit of Mideo Cruz “abused” freedom of expression [...]
The founder of the Cultural Center of the Philippines joined on Monday the uproar against an ongoing exhibit in the CCP, which Catholic leaders consider a desecration of Jesus Christ and the Holy Family.
Manila Representative Amado Bagatsing demanded on Sunday the resignation of the Cultural Center of the Philippines chairman, Raul Sunico, and other officials of the state-run corporation for allowing an art exhibit that desecrated Jesus Christ and the Holy Family in the name of Christianity.
