ÄRT MÖD: See You at the Fair!

Wazzup Pilipinas!The first ÄRT MÖD Fair 2017 is opening its doors on Independence Day weekend from 10 AM - 7 PM on Friday, June 9 to Sunday, June 11, 2017 at the Megatrade Hall 2, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. The 3-day art fair will be filled with contemporary artworks from various artists, talks...

Red Bull Doodle Art Returns to the Philippines

Wazzup Pilipinas!Be ready with your pen and paper, because Red Bull Doodle Art is returning to the Philippines!Red Bull Doodle Art brings together more than 50 thousand students from over 1000 universities in more than 40 countries. This event provides students with the platform to translate their...

NEC Philippines and NEC Telecom Software Philippines Join the 2017 NEC World Children’s Nature Club

Wazzup Pilipinas!NEC Philippines, Inc. (“NEC Philippines”) and NEC Telecom Software Philippines (NSP) participated in the 11th NEC World Children’s Nature Club, held in Baguio City, Philippines, 18-20 March 2017.The 3-day program, focusing on environmental education and arts, was joined by 14 children...

Thrice a Decade of Decadence: Manuel Ocampo at Archivo 1984 Gallery

Wazzup Pilipinas! The heat is on for art events this February, National Arts Month, but more specifically for contemporary art. It’s been a while now that trendy Filipino artists have been getting hair-raising attention due in part to auction results. Credit however must be given to neophyte galleries--being...

Mula Sa Buwan All Set To Open On Dec. 2

Wazzup Pilipinas! Black Box Productions proudly presents its first theater production “MULA SA BUWAN ” --- a new Filipino musical about love, ideals, and the heartbreaks in between.Based on French poet Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, “ Mula...

Get "Blown Away" with Glass Blowing and Glass Sculpting by Czech Artist Jiri Pacinek at Museo Orlina

Wazzup Pilipinas! Museo Orlina in Tagaytay City presents a rare demonstration of hot glass blowing and glass sculpting, to be conducted by prominent Czech glass artist Jiri Pacinek from November 18 - 20. This will be held on the stage of the amphitheater of the Sculpture Garden. Mr. Pacinek...

Mexican Modernity Comes to Yuchengco Museum this September

Wazzup Pilipinas!Yuchengco Museum presents Mexican Modernity: 20th Century Paintings from the Zapanta Mexican Art Collection, a touring exhibition of Mexican modern and contemporary art, from September 17 to November 24, 2016. 40 paintings, drawings, fine art prints, and mixed media works from Mexico's...

Crusader: Painting by Orly Ypon

Wazzup Pilipinas!Orley Ypon hails from Toledo, Cebu, Philippines. He discovered a love for art at a very early age, doing portraits of himself and of family and friends throughout his growing years.Orley left Cebu Province at 17 after a few semesters at the Cebu Institute of Technology taking up...

Banaue Miclat-Janssen: Gearing Up for Her Silver Linings in the Arts

Wazzup Pilipinas! Careers come and go. It is how one makes or breaks it. As a prelude to the forthcoming silver linings of her career in the arts next year, multi-talented artist Banaue Miclat-Janssen has been connecting her heart, mind and soul into a wholistic process as part of her time capsule...

ArtBGC Festival Makes a Comeback!

Wazzup Pilipinas! Most of us who frequent the Bonifacio Global City have seen the more than a dozen works of art spread all over the area surrounding all those business establishments and buildings. These include the murals that vibrantly fill an otherwise dull sight of certain areas especially...

Days of Creation By Marc Gaba

Wazzup Pilipinas!Galleria Duemila proudly presents Days of Creation, a solo exhibition by Marc Gaba. The works in Days of Creation rose out of the artist’s inexplicable desire to revisit the church in 2015, which led to analytic readings of the first chapter of the Bible. Unlike the second chapter...

Art For Everyone: Appreciate the Works of Filipino Artists

Wazzup Pilipinas! SM's Art For Everyone art fair is happening from February 27 to 28, 2016 simultaneously at 6 premier SM Malls. You'll see different works at every mall so that's one of the many reasons why you should visit all the malls participating. All works on display are for sale so you...

Vagari by Josephine Turalba on March 6 to 31 at Galleria Duemila

Wazzup Pilipinas!Galleria Duemila presents Vagari a solo exhibition by Josephine Turalba. The exhibition takes its name from the Latin word Vagari meaning to wander. Her latest suite of works features an array of multimedia works that encompasses photography, video installation, painting, and serigraph...

Galleria Duemila Presents Inima III Revisited by Leonardo Aguinaldo

Wazzup Pilipinas!Galleria Duemila proudly presents Inima III Revisited by Baguio-based artist Leonardo Aguinaldo. The show takes its name from inima Ilocano for hand-pressed. There is a kind of resurgent activism shown in intricate narratives in striking black and white woodcut and linocut compositions,...

Luminescence Dreamscapes 2016: 18th Solo Exhibit of Maria Victoria Rufino

Wazzup Pilipinas!The Peninsula Manila presents Luminescence DREAMSCAPES 2016, the 18th solo exhibit of new mixed media by MARÍA VICTORIA RUFINO.Opening Cocktails on Tuesday, 2 February 2016 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 p.m. to be held at The Gallery, of Peninsula Manila. Proceeds will benefit Child Protection...

A Call for Visayas Entries to the National Digital Arts Awards 2015

Wazzup Pilipinas! Organizers of the National Digital Arts Awards (NDAA) 2015 are calling for entries from the Visayas. Globaltronics, a company specializing in digital advertising in the Philippines, is encouraging students who aspire to be part of the country’s digital arts community to join...

Globaltronics Launches the 3rd National Digital Arts Awards

Wazzup Pilipinas! Globaltronics officially launched the National Digital Arts Awards (NDAA) 2015 under the theme #DigitalPinoyAko last August 7 at 500 Shaw Zentrum Events Pavilion. About 600 people mostly student participants, media agencies, corporate and marketing executives, and sponsors attended...

If Aristotle Can’t Be Your Teacher, You Have To Teach Yourself

Wazzup Pilipinas!Believing that one cannot teach students how to become an artist, but only show what’s its like to be one, Richard Tuttle often said this line whenever he is invited to give a talk at an art school - “If Aristotle can’t be your teacher, you have to teach yourself.”This line also...

Samsung Celebrates Culture and Heritage Through 'The Plazas of Manila' Exhibit and Mobile App

Wazzup Pilipinas! Samsung Corporate Citizenship celebrates the richness of Filipino culture and heritage by using innovative technology to cast the spotlight on historical sites and landmarks. Once the center of Filipino life, plazas in Manila are either disappearing or falling into a state of...

Power Mac Center Celebrates Art and Technology with Pixelworx

Wazzup Pilipinas! Power Mac Center dares to test the limits of Filipino creativity with its launch of Pixelworx, a campaign that merges ideas, technology and art through various platforms and events. It culminates with the introduction of Power Mac Center’s newest art envoys and the announcement...