Chances are, even those with the littlest interest in art know what the "Spoliarium" is, and maybe could identify Juan Luna as the noted painter behind the grand work. Admission to the National Museum ...

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MANILA, Philippines — Filipino art master Juan Luna, which ranks second in National Gallery Singapore’s “10 Must-See Artworks,” will be honored as one of Southeast Asia’s most important artists in an ...

Science and art indeed can go together. This was proven in a landmark discovery linking science and national heritage through the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) partnership with the ...

MANILA, Philippines — When you walk into the National Museum of Fine Arts, past the metal detectors and the big wooden double doors, you enter a cavernous hall. There you behold the masterpiece for ...

“Cleopatra,” by Juan Luna from the Collection of Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain Luna’s portrait of Governor General Ramon Blanco —PHOTOS BY SHERWIN VARDELEON The National Gallery Singapore ...

JUAN LUNA’s Hymen, oh Hyménée. “Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.” — Dr. Jose Rizal’s toast to Luna and Hidalgo, 1884, Café ...

At some point in history, between 1883-1884, a friendship between Spanish sculptor Mariano Benlliure and Juan Luna blossomed, together with other Filipino expats in Europe such as Felix Ressureccion ...

The “Spoliarium” boceto “provides a fascinating insight of the creative process behind an artwork that continues to stir the hearts and minds of Filipinos” Ramon “Richie” Lerma, director of Salcedo ...

Salcedo Auctions Vice Chairperson and Chief Financial Officer Karen Lerma, National Museum Board of Trustees Chairperson Andoni Aboitiz, Salcedo Auctions Chairperson and Chief Specialist Richie Lerma, ...

Updating my travel history for the past 10 years, for future reference when applying for visas, I was surprised to realize that I had made six short trips to Singapore in the past 10 months. In all ...

The National Museum of the Philippines has urged Salcedo Auctions not to put under the hammer a bronze bust of Filipino artist Juan Luna, to which the premier auction house complied "out of goodwill." ...