Yuchengco Museum Introduces ArtWearAble Exhibit Series
Museum launches its special exhibit series this July with a group show of jewelry and adornment from today’s most renowned sculptors and designers Contemporary artists see the human body as a canvas for expression as well as for adornment. By creating pieces for the body, such as jewelry, baubles, ornaments, and regalia, they blur the […]
Ulrike Ottinger Film Screenings at Yuchengco Museum
In line with the exhibit Ulrike Ottinger: Photographer and Filmmaker, Goethe-Institut and Yuchengco Museum are screening Under Snow, the latest film of German director, photographer, and artist Ulrike Ottinger, as well as Ulrike Ottinger: Nomad from the Lake, a documentary on the iconic filmmaker. The films are screened back-to-back at Yuchengco Museum every Monday to […]
Ulrike Ottinger: Photographer and Filmmaker
This summer, the Yuchengco Museum is the host of a traveling exhibit from Germany that pays tribute to one of its most headstrong filmmakers, Ulrike Ottinger. Entitled Ulrike Ottinger: Photo Exhibition, the exhibit will be accompanied by Ottinger’s latest film “Under Snow” and will be on view at Yuchengco Museum from April 11 to May […]
Yuchengco Museum Celebrates Women’s Month
Great women, through time, have helped others become great, bringing their own special power to birth children and innovations, teach, nurture, and develop a whole new generation. Great women are intrinsic to the very fiber of community and society. To mark Women’s Month this March, the Yuchengco Museum is presenting a special project called the […]
Up Close and Personal: Botong Francisco through Lenses and Letters
National Artist for Visual Arts Carlos “Botong” Francisco is considered one of the Philippines’ most distinguished muralists. He created enormous canvasses that chronicled the mythical world of the Filipino and its history, often seeking inspiration from tradition, folklore, myths, legends, and customs. While much has been said and written about Botong Francisco as a great […]
Culture Takes Flight in Unbound at Yuchengco Museum
Today’s artists are global citizens. They are no longer confined to boundaries such as their birthplace, residence, or nationality. They seek inspiration, create art, and showcase their work across countries or continents. By embedding their artistic practice in nations outside their own, they challenge our notions of cultural and artistic exchange, as well as our […]
Swiss Positions Lecture Series
To complement the exhibit Swiss Positions: 33 Takes on Sustainable Approaches to Building, the Swiss Embassy is presenting a series of Saturday afternoon lectures on topics such as architecture, construction, and sustainable development in the Philippines and Switzerland. The lectures are held on Saturday afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Talks are free with museum […]
Yuchengco Museum Presents Works by Carlos “Botong” Francisco’s Apprentice
National Artist Carlos Francisco, affectionately known as “Botong,” was not only an exemplary muralist, but a person who was self-giving and accessible to the people. To this day, Botong continues to inspire succeeding generations of local artists especially from his hometown, known as the Angono School. One of the artists that emulated and had worked […]
Swiss Positions at Yuchengco Museum
Swiss architecture and engineering enjoy an excellent reputation not only because of the technical expertise and inventiveness of their designers, but also for their far-reaching concern with sustainable development. The traveling exhibit Swiss Positions: 33 Takes on Sustainable Approaches to Building showcases photographs of 33 key Swiss construction projects over the past 20 years, which […]
Japanese Design Talk at Yuchengco Museum
The Japan Foundation Manila (JFM) in cooperation with the Yuchengco Museum is bringing to Manila one of Japan’s up and coming designers, Hiroko Takahashi, for a Saturday morning lecture on Japanese Design on November 24, Saturday, at 10:00 a.m. at the Yuchengco Museum. Hiroko TAKAHASHI (b. 1977) majored in fashion design at Saitama Prefecture Niiza […]
