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 (CNN Philippines Life) — Carcasses of gladiators are dragged away from a Roman circus and pulled towards pitch-black darkness. There are contrasting emotions in this scene — some seem to be ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Over a century since National Artist Juan Luna’s first “boceto” (study) of his acclaimed work “Spoliarium” was lost from public view, the signed study has now been found and is ...

Among the very important historic items that Leon Gallery will bid out during its annual yearend Kingly Treasures auction on Dec. 2 is the 1896 sketchbook and diary of patriot and master painter Juan ...

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." ...