EXHIBITS
Galleria Duemila presents There, Not There and On The Way, by Australian artist Tony Twigg. The exhibit opens on Sept. 3 and will be on view until Sept. 30. Galleria Duemila is located at 201 Loring St., Pasay City.
Studio 1616 artists Lendl Arvin, Kiko Urquiola, and Gian Miroe Surban come together in a painting exhibition titled Immerse, at Secret Fresh Gallery in Ronac Art Center, San Juan, Greenhills. Opening reception on Sept. 4, 6 p.m.
A first solo show for a Malaysian contemporary artist at the Ayala Museum, the landmark exhibit of Yee I-lann titled Yee I-lann: 2005-2016, is on view until Oct. 2.
Signs of Change, an exhibit featuring works of the 20 regional and national winners of the 2015 – 2016 Philippine Art Awards (PAA) runs until Sept. 10 at the Yuchengco Museum in RCBC Plaza, Makati City.
Kaida Contemporary presents Biophilia, a solo exhibition by Mark Dawn Arcamo, from Sept. 4 to 19. Kaida Contemporary is located at 45 Scout Madriñan St., South Triangle, Quezon City.
The Goethe-Institut Philippines presents Club Berlin: Electronic Music and Photography, an event to engage both sight and sound, curated by Heiko Hoffman and Alfons Hug, featuring photographic works of Berlin’s 1990s club scene by Martin Eberle and portraits by Berghain club member Sven Marquardt. The exhibit will also feature rare footages from the Boiler Room, an underground platform. The exhibit runs until Sept. 23 at Pineapple Lab in Rockwell, Makati City.
Nona Garcia’s Fall Leaves After Leaves Fall is Silverlens Gallery final show in its first Pasong Tamo Extension gallery, before it moves in Lapanday Center, also in Makati City. Exhibit runs until Sept. 17.
Pigura, a group show presented by the Filipino Portrait Artists’ Guild, Inc., is on view until Sept. 8 at the Gateway Gallery at Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Cubao. It features works by Donat Alvarez, Mardy Aguilar, Adi Baen, Grandier Bella, Cee Cadid, Carlos Castro, Romy Carlos, Rick De Villa, Norman Dreo, Tess Duldulao, Esther Garcia, Horacio Gillego, Sen Lacson, Lea Lim, Nemi Miranda, Lupicinio Ng, Alvin Montano, Noel Pocot, Menchu Sarmiento, Bing Siochi and Myke Velasco.
Mountain Top by Dansoy Coquilla is on view at the Gallery Indigo of the BenCab Museum in Baguio City until Oct. 9.
Detour by Jonathan Ching and Elaine Roberto-Navas is on view at Blanc Gallery until Sept. 3.
The Vargas Museum in UP Diliman presents School of Sansó, the fifth of the seven retrospective exhibits in 2016 in honor of the life and works of Juvenal Sansó. The museum is also showing works by Jon Cuyson in Dancing the Shrimp (The Tactical Improvisation of Postcolonial Space Mix) until Sept. 15.
Vinyl on Vinyl has three ongoing exhibits: Brown Dada by Manuel Ocampo, Argie Bandoy, Bjorn Calleja, Jigger Cruz, Don Dalmacio, Neil Dela Cruz, Beejay Esber, Edric Go, Jayson Oliveria, Joel Quinones; Kamundo by Blic; and Pleated Reveries by Reynold dela Cruz.
1335Mabini has two ongoing exhibits: 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.
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.
Ana Verayo’s second solo exhibition titled Badlands is on view at Light and Space Contemporary, West Fairview, Quezon City until Oct. 1.
Raymundo “Ray” Albano’s career is the subject of A Time to Unlearn, at the Sphere section of the Metropolitan Museum of the Philippines’ permanent exhibit Philippine Contemporary Art: To Scale the Past and the Possible. The Met is located at the Bangko Sentral Compound, Roxas Blvd., Malate, Manila.
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. ArtInformal is located at 277 Connecticut St. Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City.
PERFORMANCES
Spotlight Artists Centre presents its original production, Dirty Old Musical, about middle-aged men getting on with their lives, featuring original songs and jukebox hits from the 1970s and ’80s. The show will have Thursday to Saturday performances from Sept. 1 to 10 at the Music Museum, Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan. Tickets are available at TicketWorld (891-9999) and Music Museum (721-0635).
See You in September with The New Minstrels & Circus Band will be held on Sept. 2, 8 p.m., at The Theatre at Solaire, Solaire Resort & Casino, 1 Aseana Ave., Entertainment City, Parañaque City. The show will feature Pat Castillo, Ray An Fuentes, Louie Reyes, Eugene Villaluz. Jacqui Magno, and Ding Mercado. Tickets ranging in price from P1,348 to P2,960 are available through TicketWorld (891-9999).
GFriend L.O.L Manila Showcase 2016 will be held on Sept. 4, 6 p.m. at The Theatre at Solaire, Solaire Resort & Casino, 1 Aseana Ave., Entertainment City, Parañaque City. Tickets ranging in price from P3,300 to P6,600 are available through TicketWorld (891-9999).
Red Turnip presents Tribes, a play about family, language, and being deaf. There are performances on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until Sept. 4, at the Power Mac Center Spotlight, Circuit Lane, Circuit Makati, A.P. Reyes Ave., Brgy. Carmona, Makati City. Tickets are available at TicketWorld.
Repertory Philippines presents Hansel and Gretel until Dec. 15 at Greenbelt 1, Makati City. A musical adaptation by Erwin Fajardo and Sach Castillo, it is directed by Joy Virata. For details, call 843-3570 or TicketWorld at 891-9999, or visit www.repertoryphilippines.ph.
EVENTS
Sikuna, a Collaborative Arts Festival will be held on Sept. 3 at Intramuros, Manila. The fundraising event marks the start of the 2nd season of “Para Sa Sining,” happening from September to May 2017. Tickets online through mybondle.com.
The Anime & Cosplay eXpo will be held on Sept. 2 to 4 at the Megatrade Hall 3, SM Megamall, in Pasig City. Activities include: Cosplay Karaoke Encore, Cosplay Academy, Cosplay’s Got Talent, Cosplay Auctions & Storage Wars, TORCH Manila Qualifiers, Trivia Throne Throwdown and Solo Cosplay Catwalk, and more. For details, visit the ACXPO Facebook page. Tickets available at smtickets.com.
Ryan Rubio will give an Artist Talk in connection to his ongoing exhibit, Instinctual Creation, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). The talk will be held on Sept. 2, 4 p.m., at the CCP’s Museo ng Kalinangang Pilipino (MKP) Hall. For details, call 832-1125 local 1504/1505.
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