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More than 300 artists are set to gather at TOPS in Cebu City for Tops ArtFest 2026 , a four-day celebration of art, creativity, and new ideas happening from October 22 to 25, 2026 . Carrying the theme “Building and Breaking Norms,” Tops ArtFest 2026 encourages audiences to look at art, traditions, and familiar ideas from a different perspective. The festival explores the ways artists preserve foundations while challenging conventions and imagining new possibilities. At the center of this year’s festival are two of the Philippines’ distinctive artistic voices, Junyee and Nune Alvarado , who will serve as the festival’s main artists. They will be joined by leading names in Philippine art, including Ronald Ventura, Romulo Galicano, Demi Padua, Charlie Co, Randalf Dilla, and Dino Gabito , among many others. Their participation reflects the festival’s central message: art can honor the traditions and ideas that shaped it while continuing to question what comes next. Tops ArtFest 2026 Highl...

Aaron Virata Mempin and Ronna Manansala exhibition A landmark two-artist exhibition entitled “CONVERGENCE: Bridging Generations and Creativity” brings together the distinct yet complementary worlds of Aaron Virata Mempin and Ronna Manansala.  Set within the Monteverdi Room of Altro Mondo Creative Space, the show invites viewers to witness a profound creative dialogue that transcends individual mediums.  “Convergence” is a space where the stroke of a brush meets the precision of geometry, and where the echoes of Philippine art history find a new, modern pulse. Aaron Virata Mempin and Ronna Manansala An artist-entrepreneur and geometric abstractionist, Aaron explores the intersection of calm and motion. His practice is rooted in a background of marketing and community-building through Katha Pilipinas , resulting in a visual language of line and structure that bridges classical discipline with contemporary energy. Meanwhile, Ronna, carrying the storied legacy of her grandfather, ...

KENNETH H. SANTIAGO - DIFFERENT STATE OF EMOTIONS The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation, Inc. (MMAFI) in cooperation with District Gallery and Far Eastern University's President's Committee on Culture is all set to unveil its forthcoming art exhibit on September 4, 2018 – Tuesday - 5 pm at the Exhibit Hall, Nicanor Reyes Hall of Far Eastern Unviersity in Manila.

GSM Premium Gin brought elevated cocktail experience and the arts together at the recent Art in the Park held at the Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village in Makati City. Art in the Park is a gathering of a diverse group of artists and art enthusiasts with the mission of making visual arts accessible to everyone.