EXHIBITS

Known for transforming views of familiar landscapes into astonishing epiphanies, artist Zean Cabangis showcases his trademarked works in collage, photography, acrylic paint, and emulsion transfers techniques in the exhibit titled Loom, on view at the Main Gallery, The Big Room, and Inner Room of Art Informal in Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City. The exhibit runs until June 25. For details, call 725-8518 or visit Art Informal’s Web site www.artinformal.com.

The BenCab Museum will be opening two exhibitions on May 28. The first is Crusaders by Orley Ypon, which that portrays crowds of Filipinos in their naked glory in a seeming race to nowhere. Crusaders reflects on Ypon’s hyper-realistic painting style that highlights his mastery of the human anatomy. The second is a textile exhibition, Upland/Lowland Tingguian/Iloko, featuring spectacular weaves and textiles of the Tingguian of Abra and its uplands. The two exhibits will be on view at the Gallery Indigo and Print Gallery of the BenCab Museum in Tuba, Benguet, until June 26. For details visit www.bencabmuseum.org or www.facebook.com/pages/BenCab-Museum.

Las Tres Marias, a three-woman exhibition by the Syjuco sisters — Michelline, Beatrix, and Maxine — featuring their latest sculptures, paintings, and installations, is ongoing until June 7 at the Qube Gallery in Crossroads, Banilad, Cebu City. For details, visit www.qubegallery.ph, call (032) 261-0696, or e-mail info@qubegallery.ph.

Finale Art File’s 33rd Anniversary Show runs until May 28, at Warehouse 17, La Fuerza, Pasong Tamo in Makati City. The exhibit features works by Catalina Africa, Amy Aragon, Annie Cabigting, Bembol dela Cruz, Ranelle Dial, Carlo Gabuco, Lyra Garcellano, Robert Langenegger, Keiye Miranda, Redd Nacpil, Nikki Ocean, Kim Oliveros, Ian Quirante, Wire Tuazon, Carlo Villafuerte, Liv Vinluan, Paulo Vinluan, and Jeona Zoleta. For details, call 813-2310 or visit www.finaleartfile.com.

An exhibition of Mario de Rivera’s recent works, WORLD Without END, runs until June 12 at the Altromondo Gallery, Greenbelt 5 in Makati City. For details, call 501-3270 to 71, or visit www.altromondo.ph.

Pablo Gallery presents New Scupltures (Unskilled and Unaware of It) by Lara de los Reyes, an exhibit that challenges the usual smooth ceramic works. It runs until June 11. Pablo Gallery is at C-11 South of Market, Bonifacio Global City. For details, call 400-7905 or e-mail fort@pablogalleries.com.

The first Retrospective Exhibition of Antonio Austria is on view until July 10 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Bulwagang Juan Luna (Main Gallery) and Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3F Hallway Gallery). The exhibit features Austria’s paintings of “different aspects, moods, scenarios, social and religious values of the urban Filipino” as well as drawings and memorabilia telling Austria’s progress as an artist in the 1950s. For details call 832-1125 local 1504/1505, e-mail ccp.exhibits@gmail.com, or visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.

The Yuchengco Museum is featuring Light in the Darkness, a collection of paintings and drawings by painter Danilo Angeles Arriola, Jr., from his first collector and patron, architect Dan Lichauco. The exhibit showcases Arriola’s works inspired by the techniques of classical European artists such as Caravaggio, Chardin, and Bougueareau. Light in the Darkness is a part of the Yuchengco Museum’s “Choices: Collection of the Personal” exhibit series. For more information, visit yuchengcomuseum.org.

Blanc Art Space is running three exhibits until June 4: Jared Yorkte’s Bark Infinitum, featuring his works in epoxy, sawdust, and oil on wood; Julius Redillas’ People You May Know, a collection of the artist’s beautifully haunting portraits depicting identities familiar from 1×1 ID photos; and Mark Arcamo’s Static Individual, a suite of portraits depicting the lives we lead on different media. For more details, e-mail info@blanc.ph, or visit blanc.ph and facebook.com/blancgallery.

The touring exhibition of Badong: Salvador Bernal Designs the Stage, organized by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, is on view at the Ateneo Art Gallery until July 2. Curated by Dr. Nicanor Tiongson, Gino Gonzalez, and Ricardo Cruz, the exhibit honors the late National Artist for Theater Design Salvador “Badong” F. Bernal, featuring his design projects in ballet, opera, theater, and film from the 1970s to 2011. Admission is P30. The Ateneo Art Gallery is in the Old Rizal Library Special Collections Bldg., Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City. For more information, contact the Curatorial Office at 426-6488.

The Artist Playground, Arte Pintura, and Talent Factory, Inc. presents Nursery of Curiosities: A Solo Exhibit by Nasser Lubay. Curated by Philip Almazan Paraan, the exhibit runs until May 31 at the Arte Pintura Gallery, Kitaro Bldg., Shaw Blvd. cor. Wack Wack Rd., Mandaluyong City. For details visit www.nasserlubay.com, www.artistplayground.ph; or call 0915-561-0987.

The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) has extended the Michael Lin: Locomotion exhibit until May 29. The exhibit is the artist’s first solo presentation in the Philippines and was also featured on Artforum’s Critics’ Picks. For details, e-mail mcad@benilde.edu.ph, or call 230-5100. MCAD is located inside the College of Saint Benilde on Vito Cruz, Malate, Manila, is now open on Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

PERFORMANCES

Endless Revisited, a special acoustic performance by Gab & John, will be held on May 27, 8 p.m., at the Music Museum, Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan City. Tickets range in price from P1,192 to P2,384, which are available on TicketWorld.

Italian soprano Elena Monti will be performing at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) on May 28, 7:30 p.m. Elena Monti at the CCP will also be featuring Filipino tenor Ronan Ferrer and pianist Raul Sunico, the Musicgear Chamber, and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra string ensemble under the baton of Ruggero Barbieri. Tickets are priced at P1,800 and P1,300. For inquiries, call the CCP Box Office at (02) 832-3704.

The ICONIC Concert Series: Jed Madela Sings… Mariah will be held on May 28, 8 p.m., at the Music Museum, Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan City. A recording artist and WCOPA world grand champion, Madela kicks off a new concert series which is a spin-off from his latest album, ICONIC, under Star Records. Aside from the songs in his album, he will perform iconic songs from iconic artists. Every show in the series will be different as he will do a segment in tribute to a different icon every night. Ticket prices range from P1,545 to P2,575 and are available at TicketWorld (891-9999).

The Philippine Educational Theater Association presents Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang, an interactive production, on May 28 and 29, 3 p.m., at the PETA Theater Center. There will be fun activities for the whole family, such as workshops on storytelling, puppetry and visual arts, and music and rhythm. Tickets are available at TicketWorld or call 725-6244 local 22-23 or 0916-486-8696 for reservations.

An excerpt of Tanghalang Pilipino’s Walang Kukurap, as part of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ project “Art in the Workplace” (Sining sa Tanggapan), will be presented to encourage public workers in local and national levels to support and promote Philippine art and culture. There will be performances on May 30 (3 p.m.) at the PCG Headquarters Function Hall for the Philippine Coast Guard, and on June 1 at the Diosdado Macapagal Auditorium for the Landbank of the Philippines. For details, contact the CCP Cultural Exchange Department at tel. no. 832-1125 locals 1708-1709.

FILM

“Sine Pop-up” brings Lav Diaz’s Norte, Hangganan ng Walang Kasaysayan to Imus, Cavite on May 29, 3 p.m. Screening will be at Robinsons Imus, Cinema 3. Tickets are available for P100. For more details, visit their Facebook page, facebook.com/sinepopup.

EVENTS

Historian and journalist Ambeth Ocampo will lecture on cartoons as history and social commentary in “Telembang! Pakakak! Buntut Pague!” at the Lopez Museum and Library Collection, on May 28, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Ocampo will look back at illustrations and cartoons to retrace our national narrative and revisit illustrations and political cartoons that framed issues and events, iconic images and scenes with a twist of humor and wit as a Filipino brand of social commentary. Tickets are priced at P250 for students and P350 for adults. For more information, call (02) 631-2417 (museum) and (02) 631-2425 (library), or e-mail lmmpasig@gmail.com. The museum is located at the Benpress Bldg., Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

In celebration of Filipino Heritage Month, the Filipino Heritage Festival in partnership with the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. presents “Parian sa Binondo” on May 28, 4 p.m., at the Atrium of Lucky Chinatown, Lachambre St., Binondo, Manila. For inquiries, call 576-8139.

On May 28, the Manila Hotel will present its Summer Fiesta which is open to hotel guests and walk-ins. It will feature Filipino-themed children’s games like patintero, luksong-bato, and more. Adarna House will hold a storytelling activity. Learn the basic first aid and general safety tips from the Red Cross. The hotel’s kitchen team will hold a cooking demo, while the Centro Escolar University Folkdance Troupe will entertain the kids with a dance performance and a workshop. There will also be a Filipino merienda cena with “dirty” ice cream, taho with arnibal and sago, turon, barbecue, and a selection of fresh fruit shakes. At the end of the day, prizes will be given to winners in the games and activities. Those wearing the best and most unique Filipino costume bring home a special prize. Hotel guests will get one free pass to the event while walk ins can enter for P999 per child. For inquiries and reservations, call 527-0011 local 1175 to 1178 or e-mail resvn@themanilahotel.com.

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