EXHIBITS

Galeria Duemila presents They Speak To You By Association, an exhibit featuring artists Felix Bacolor, Mariano Ching, RM de Leon, Jonathan Olazo, Yasmin Sison, and Trek Valdizno. It opens on Aug. 6, 4 p.m., and will run until Aug. 29. Galeria Duemila is located at 201 Loring Street, 1300 Pasay City.

Basti Artadi
Shangri-La Plaza presents A Musical Rendezvous with Basti Artadi on Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m., at the Mandaluyong mall’s East Atrium, Mid-Level 2/3, East Wing. Since the launch of his album Everybody Knows the Dice Are Loaded in 2014, Artadi, together with his band The Nice Ones, has been touring the city to promote the nine original tracks he had written himself. Mr. Artadi, who recently starred in American Idiot the Musical, will also take part in the 10th anniversary of the Silent Film Festival later this month. He will be scoring the German silent film The Last Laugh by F. W. Murnau during the four-day film festival. For inquiries, call 370-2597/98 or visit www.facebook.com/shangrilaplazaofficialfanpage.

Polarities by Lindslee and Donna Sy is on view at the Lobby Lounge Luxe of the Makati Shangri-La hotel from Aug. 3 to 15.

1335Mabini opens two exhibits on Aug. 6: Venture Capital by Poklong Anading, Carlos Celdran, Tad Ermitano, Miggy Inumerable, Martin Krenn, Manny Montelibano, and Mark Salvatus; and Human Nature by Mark Andy Garcia. Both run until Sept. 9.

Works of Japan’s leading contemporary printmaker, from the collection of Steven Co, are showcased in the exhibit titled The Diary of Tetsuya Noda: Steven Co Collection on view at the Ayala Museum until Aug. 28.

Letters from Manila, a group exhibit featuring local graffiti or street artists from Manila is ongoing until Aug. 6 at Gallery A of Secret Fresh. Also on view is a “Fixed Gear X Art” exhibition titled CHAINTEETHTENSION III.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines presents a solo exhibit of sculptures by Ryan Rubio titled Instinctual Creation which is ongoing until Sept. 11 at the Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo. Also ongoing is the photo exhibit Myth by artists Jippy Pascua and Dennese Victoria, which is on view until Aug. 21 at the Pasilyo Victorio Edades.

Ana Verayo’s second solo exhibit titled Badlands is on view at Light and Space Contemporary until Oct. 1.

Artery Art Space presents When You’re Strange, a show by Romeo Lee, Carlo Ricafort, and Chill, on view until Aug. 6. The exhibit will feature paintings, drawings, and prints.

Silverlens Galleries has three exhibitions ongoing until Aug. 6: Survey by Isa Lorenzo, Rachel Rillo, Mawen Ong, and Soler Santos; Transference by Jet Pascua, and Who Are You Wearing by Yvonne Quisumbing.

The Metropolitan Museum of Manila presents Japanese Design Today 100 and Discourses in Design: Philippine-Japanese Cultural Linkages until Aug. 19. Meanwhile, Raymundo “Ray” Albano is the subject of A Time to Unlearn, at the Sphere section of the Met’s permanent exhibit Philippine Contemporary Art: To Scale the Past and the Possible.

A retrospective exhibition by renowned painter and sculptor Allan Cosio titled Three Periods of Art-Making is on view until Aug. 19 at the Alliance Total Gallery, Alliance Française de Manille.

Tin-aw Art Gallery presents Ernest Concepcion’s Can’t Sit Still.

ArtInformal has three ongoing exhibitions until Sept. 3: JC Jacinto’s When All Grounds Are Sacred, Alvin Zafra and Vic Balanon’s Fata Morgana, and Veronica Pee’s There is Water Where the Sun Never Shines.

Kalsada, Max Balatbat’s mixed media works, is on view at the BenCab Museum in Bauiog City until Aug. 14.

Vinyl On Vinyl has three exhibitions: Darrel Ballesteros’ second solo exhibit, You Will Destroy This Planet; Teo Esguerra’s Beach Houses, and Barong Tagalog’s Buhay Na Walang Hanggan which features artists Tano Panaligan, Ren Quinio, Miki Miki Mulingtapang, Mhelen Hassim, CURSE/GIFT, Regen Mulingtapang, Migs Deniola, Darwin Peña, QWARK, Dionisio Sandoval, Jr.

FILM

Cinemalaya’s celebrates its 12th year with “Break the Surface” on Aug. 5-14 at the CCP Theaters in Pasay City, and Ayala Cinemas. Opening ceremonies will be on Aug. 5, 6 p.m., at the CCP Main Theater, admission is free but seats are on a first-come first-served basis. The opening film is 1-2-3 by Carlo Obispo. Regular tickets are P150, while student tickets are P100. There are 20% discounts for senior citizens, PWDs, and government employees. For details call the CCP Box Office at 832-3704, 832-3706, TicketWorld at 891-9999, or visit the CCP Web site www.culturalcenter.gov.ph and Cinemalaya Web site www.cinemalaya.org.

PERFORMANCES

South Korean singer-songwriter DEAN will perform at the SM City North EDSA Skydome on Aug. 6, 5 p.m., to promote his debut EP entitled 130 Mood : TRBL, exclusively distributed by MCA Music (Universal Music Philippines). 130 Mood : TRBL is now available to download on Spinnr and iTunes or stream via Spotify and Apple Music. The CD will be available at the Astroplus selling booth on show day, Aug. 6.

Rak of Aegis, the rock musical by Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), runs Tuesdays and Sundays until Aug. 28. Call 891-9999 or visit ticketworld.com.ph for reservations, or 725-6244, or e-mail petatheater@gmail.com for more information.

EVENTS

Yuchengco Museum offers Shui Mo: Chinese Painting Workshop (Intermediate) on 10 Saturday afternoons, Aug. 6 to Oct. 8, at 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The workshop will be led by in-house instructor, Pieh Tsai Shiu-Yuin (Arsenia Lim). For details, contact Elma Abrina, programs officer, at (02) 889-1234 or e-mail at emabrina@yuchengcomuseum.org.

The Enderun Culinary Experience: World Comfort Food Series starts on Aug. 6. For details and reservations call Cecil Mundo at 856-5000 loc. 547, 0917-891-6385, or e-mail extensioncourses@enderuncolleges.com.

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