NATIONAL Artist for Visual Arts Arturo Luz passed away on the evening of May 26 at the age 94, his daughter Angela Luz announced on social media.

AMAZON.COM, Inc. will buy MGM, the fabled US movie studio home to the James Bond franchise, for $8.45 billion, giving it a huge library of films and TV shows and ramping up competition with streaming rivals led by Netflix and Disney+.

ART LOUNGE Manila is relaunching in its new space at The Podium with the exhibit “Federico Alcuaz Unveiled: Select Works from the Alcuaz Family Collection.”

Filipinos have been seeking affordable and family-friendly domestic travel during the pandemic and hosting in Airbnb to support themselves and their local communities, according to Airbnb surveys conducted in 2021. 

THE PIG is usually the centerpiece of our festivals as Filipinos, but have you ever thought about where they came from?

“YOU are what you eat,” said American nutritionist Victor Lindlahr, as well as the likes of French lawyer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin and German philosopher Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach. And if this reasoning is to be considered for the livestock consumption in the Philippines, then Filipinos might be in for some linguistic trivia or a few surprises.

TEA is usually a meditative drink, fit for relaxing or thinking about the day (whether it’s the day’s beginning or end). There was a lot to think about during Dilmah’s talk on May 21, or International Tea Day.

BARCELONA — Souvenir shops are mostly closed and only a few tourists gaze at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia, a stark contrast from the hordes of visitors before the pandemic, but the board running Antoni Gaudi’s unfinished basilica hopes that will change soon.

THE DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DoT) presents the food festival Flavors of Pampanga: Manyaman!, a showcase of the diverse culinary heritage and rich food history of the region, particularly in Pampanga, often called the Culinary Capital of the Philippines.

DESPITE initial technical glitches, the online iteration of Art Fair Philippines this year could be deemed a success, drawing many more people to its talks, virtual tours, and workshops than it had in previous editions held in a  Makati carpark. 

THE QUESTION some people may ask is “How did a Philippine library become this year’s pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale?”

A LONG a dusty path on the outskirts of the Château de Versailles lies my favorite destination: Queen Marie-Antoinette’s private bedroom and boudoir in the Petit Trianon (small trianon). Built for King Louis XV and his mistress Madame de Pompadour in 1768, it was gifted to the new queen of France by Lous XVI and refurbished after 1774.