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1 week ago | lifestyle.inquirer.net | Lala Singian

Walk through any major art museum’s historical galleries and you’ll likely encounter paintings created with egg tempera, particularly among Christian icons and medieval masterpieces. This ancient medium, which uses egg yolk as a binder for pigments, dominated European art through the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance period.

2 weeks ago | lifestyle.inquirer.net | Lala Singian

In the culture of collecting art, the concept of provenance carries the weight of changing guardianship and says something of not just the art but also the taste, curation, and connoisseurship of collectors. Leon Gallery’s The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2025, set for the weekend of June 7, 2025, brings together an important collection of pieces—from modernist masterpieces and striking depictions to personal artifacts of National Heroes.

2 weeks ago | lifestyle.inquirer.net | Lala Singian

Look up at RCBC Plaza in Makati’s business district and beyond its glass exterior and you might just glimpse an unfinished office floor—corporate real estate in limbo but glimmering with color, shapes, and textures inside. This is the ongoing group exhibition “Here & Now & Now & Then” curated by Nilo Ilarde that runs until May 25, 2025. Ilarde, a curator and conceptual artist, is a disciple of the one-man movement that is Roberto Chabet’s school, not just by lineage but also by logic.

3 weeks ago | lifestyle.inquirer.net | Lala Singian

While sneakers have long been a staple for everyday wear and easy walking shoes while traveling, Golden Goose is one sneaker brand that is more like fine contemporary art. The footwear is the equivalent of an abstract painting by an emerging artist, hanging in a white-walled gallery downtown. Originally from the otherworldly waterways of Venice, the Italian luxury fashion brand has gone global among the fashion-forward community through shoes known for being perfectly imperfect.

3 weeks ago | lifestyle.inquirer.net | Lala Singian

As summer continues to sizzle (then turn into sudden downpours mid-afternoon), Manila’s art scene offers a refreshing counterpoint, with both the reprieve and shelter of spaces that highlight artists and welcome walk-ins.