Wayne Lacson Forte: A Filipino American Artist Finds His Roots

Wayne Lacson Forte: A Filipino American Artist Finds His Roots

It’s not farfetched to link painter Wayne Forte’s religious orientation with his consistent reassertion of his Filipino roots since Christianity is deeply embedded in Filipino identity and culture. 

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Portraits of Filipino Identity

Portraits of Filipino Identity

Artist Melvyn Culaba’s exhibit examines both the beautiful and less admirable traits of the Filipino, portraying a variety of characters, from babies to senior historical figures.

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Contemporary Filipino Artists and Historical Memory

Contemporary Filipino Artists and Historical Memory

Philippine identity is evolving rapidly, and its various manifestations in contemporary art are some of the ways in which it is being negotiated and defined in the public sphere.

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The Year of Pacita Abad

The Year of Pacita Abad

Finally, the late Filipino American visual artist Pacita Abad is getting the international recognition she long deserved.

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Leo Valledor’s Art Gets Spotlight at ‘Frieze New York,’ Silverlens Gallery

Leo Valledor’s Art Gets Spotlight at ‘Frieze New York,’ Silverlens Gallery

Silverlens Gallery aims to “re-historize” artists who were overlooked during their time for various reasons, and to illuminate such visions as Valledor’s, whose work was crucial to American Modernism.

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Points of Artistic Power

Points of Artistic Power

Visual artist Rodolfo “Dolpee” E. Alcantara Jr. uses dots and lines to convey emotions inspired by ever-changing life and the vivid colors of nature.

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Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra Conquers Europe

Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra Conquers Europe

The Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra makes history with a double triumph in Europe.

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Master Pianist Van Cliburn’s Filipino Connections

Master Pianist Van Cliburn’s Filipino Connections

Renowned pianist Van Cliburn did more in the Philippines than be friends with Imelda Marcos.

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Play Plunges Actor Alexandra Hellquist in Unresolved Debate

Play Plunges Actor Alexandra Hellquist in Unresolved Debate

A play about the making of a film on interracial romance by D.W. Griffith, creator of the 1915 movie that inspired Ku Klux Klan violence, puts a Chinoy-Caucasian actor in the ambit of an unending racial debate.

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Carlos ‘Totong’ Francisco II: Art on His Own Terms

Carlos ‘Totong’ Francisco II: Art on His Own Terms

Visual artist Carlos “Totong” Francisco II takes after his painter-muralist grandfather, National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco, but with a difference.

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