NOW THAT COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) quarantine protocols have allowed restaurants to start operations again, Conrad Manila’s award-winning restaurant, China Blue by Jereme Leung, has reopened, offering its modern interpretation of authentic Chinese cuisine curated by celebrity Master Chef Jereme Leung and Executive Chinese Chef Eng Yew Khor.

SINCE THE pandemic has made sure that one will be staying at home a lot, one might as well fill it up with treasures. And treasures are what one will find in Leon Gallery’s 16^th edition of its online auction LeonExchange, which will be held on July 18 and 19 at 11 a.m. Up for grabs are Picasso lithographs and etchings, a Zobel serigraph, and watercolors by Botong Francisco and Jose Joya. And that’s just the first day, running under the theme “The Collector’s Vault.”

A NUDE by Roy Lichtenstein led Christie’s relay-style auction that played out virtually Friday in four cities around the globe.

ISTANBUL — Turkey will inform the United Nation’s cultural body UNESCO about steps being taken regarding Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, after Ankara converted the museum back into a mosque.

PARIS — The Rodin museum in Paris reopened on Tuesday and is hoping the sale of limited-edition cast bronzes of work by the 19^th century sculptor will help make up some of its financial losses from a fall in visitor numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic.

THE gallery’s new exhibit, Unusual Tranquility, features the work of four artists: Dennis Bato, Anjo Bolarda, Archie Oclos, and Roberto Sanchez.

THE story of two boys and one slipper won the top prize in the fifth installment of the Nespresso Talents Vertical Film Competition. The film, Tsinelas, by Charlene Tupas was described by the jurors as “enlightening” and “open minded in [their] vision of the world.”

INSTITUTO CERVANTES in Manila will broadcast the online talk “Inter-religious Dialogue: Muslims and Christians in the Philippines,” on July 15, 6 p.m. Datu Muss Lidasan and Catholic priest Ángel Calvo will give their thoughts on the coexistence of both faiths in current Philippine society.

TO RAISE funds to support World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines’ environmental front liners and partner communities, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach and WWF-US Ambassador Jeremy Jauncey will host the latest installment of the organization’s Digital Fundraising Hour, streaming live on July 15, 8 p.m. in the Philippines and 8 a.m. EST on WWF-Philippines’ official Facebook page.

MUMBAI — Revered Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter-in-law and granddaughter have joined him and his son in testing positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the family said on Sunday, in one of the highest-profile cases of the pandemic sweeping India.

LOS ANGELES — She signed off as “Country Mouse” and called him “My most excellent boss.”

MICKEY waved from a distance and visitors wore colorful face masks with mouse ears on Saturday as Florida’s Walt Disney World opened to the public for the first time in four months amid a surge of coronavirus cases in the state.