Shakespeare’s portrait sent to edge of space to mark 400 years of First Folio
LONDON — A portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech from A Midsummer Night’s Dream were sent to the edge of...
Organic and slow food celebrated in Negros festivals
THE 16TH EDITION of the Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival is slated for Nov. 15 to 19 in Bacolod City, alongside the 1st Terra...
Indigenous cradle songs for contemporary audiences
FILIPINO PARENTS do not usually expose their young children to Philippine songs due to a lack of modern versions on newer platforms. This is...
Fall auctions woo rich bargain hunters with $2.5 billion in art
NEW YORK’s all-important November auction season begins this week, when hundreds of Impressionist, modern and contemporary artworks — many valued at $1 million or...
Arts&Culture (11/08/23)
THE WEST Gallery currently has four exhibitions running this November.
Monet painting to go on sale at Paris auction for first time in decades
PARIS — A painting by French impressionist master Claude Monet, which has remained in private hands since 1948, is expected to fetch up to...
Hollywood actors’ union notes disagreements with studios’ offer, including AI
LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood actors’ union on Monday responded to the latest offer from major studios and streaming services, saying the two sides...
Hungary sacks museum chief for not enforcing LGBT ban on under-18s at exhibition
BUDAPEST — Hungary’s government dismissed the director of the National Museum on Monday after it allowed under-18s to visit a World Press Photo exhibition...
South Korea police question K-Pop star over alleged drug use
INCHEON, South Korea — The former front man for the K-pop band BIGBANG, known as G-Dragon, appeared at a police station for questioning on...
Four men charged over theft of $6-million gold toilet from English palace
LONDON — Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat golden toilet from a palace in southern England, where it was...
Blue Room, Leonor Will Never Die bag most Gawad Urian nominations
WITH 10 nominations each, Ma-an L. Asuncion-Dagñalan’s Blue Room and Martika Ramirez Escobar’s Leonor Will Never Die lead this year’s pack of film nominees...
Shadow man
By Noel Vera
ELY CRUZ passed just a few weeks ago, an event that was little noted by newspapers, or even by the studios he worked for....