Draped in Silk: The Journey of the Manton de Manila
The Philippine islands, colonized by Spain in the 16th century, was an obligatory port of call for galleons loaded with precious cargoes of Oriental products, which came via Mexico to dock at Seville’s port. Known as the galleon trade, these galleons brought goods from China to Europe through the Philippines. One of these in-demand items […]
First Impressions: Early Views of the Philippines
First Impressions: Early Views of the Philippines shows the work of Spanish and Philippine cartographers who drafted the first known maps of the Philippines from the collections of the members of the Philippine Map Collectors Society (PHIMCOS) and Gallery of Prints. In addition to the rare 16th and 18th century maps on view, also on […]
Stepping in Pinoy Style
In order to reinforce the dialogue of cultures, Filipino artists and designers bring their contribution to the French touring exhibition Portraits of Shoes, Stories of Feet—an exhibit curated by Yuchengco Museum entitled Stepping in Pinoy Style. Like the major exhibition, Stepping in Pinoy Style looks at the range of Filipino footwear through the centuries. One […]
Quo Vadis, Lakaran?
In November 2008, German sculptor Hans Angerer accepted an invitation from Goethe-Institut Manila to an artist-in-residence program on “Artwork with tropical materials.” In Baguio City, Hans collaborated with filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik, whom he had previously met in Bavaria. The objective of commissioning Filipino woodcarvers to produce models of shoes used by the villagers around Baguio […]
Portraits of Shoes, Stories of Feet
Portraits of Shoes, Stories of Feet is an exhibition of 62 pairs of shoes from the 18th to the 21st century from the Romans International Museum Collection and collections of renowned French fashion houses. The exhibit freely recalls the history of shoes from the 17th to the 21st century beginning from its creation to its […]
Zeitgeist Becomes Form: German Fashion Photography 1945 – 1995
Berlin en vogue was the title of the catalogue and exhibition that grew out of a research at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin about three years ago. It was the first project of its kind to explore fashion photography in Germany. Although many histories of fashion photography have been published in other countries, such […]
Mukhang Tsinoy: Portraits by Fernando Amorsolo
Inspired by portraits of Enrique and Maria Yuchengco in the museum collection, and aligning with the fundamental thematic thrust of the museum to highlight the culture, stories, and expressions of the Filipino-Chinese, known as Tsinoys (people of Chinese ancestry, but raised in the Philippines), the Yuchengo Museum joins the Amorsolo Retrospective with an exhibit entitled […]
Mukhang Tsinoy, Artistang Pinoy
In line with the exhibit Mukhang Tsinoy: Portraits by Fernando Amorsolo, the Yuchengco Museum presents Mukhang Tsinoy, Artistang Pinoy, a showcase of portraits of Filipino-Chinese personalities by acclaimed Filipino artists. Among the artists featured in the exhibit are Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, Ang Kiukok, Bencab, Romulo Galicano, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Vicente Manansala, and Ting Ping Lay.
Brook Andrew: Eye to Eye
Brook Andrew is an Australian artist whose work encompasses photography and installation, as well as interventions in the realms of architecture, the museum, public art, and landscape design. Deftly connecting aesthetics and polemics, Andrew creates striking and insightful works that neatly, beautifully, encapsulate complex conceptual and theoretical questions, which emerge from a lived experience. Reflecting […]
Beyond the Currents: The Culture and Power of Sulu
The exhibition Beyond the Currents: The Culture and Power of Sulu is presented as a general survey and study of the culture of the Sulu archipelago. The objective is to give in a nutshell or in one short visit a ready understanding of the power and strength that the Sulu archipelago and the sultanate had […]
