Arts & Culture

06 February 2023

• drybrush Gallery gathers 6 masters for ‘Master’s Touch’ on February 1-28

  drybrush Gallery on the second floor of SM MoA Square at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City presents renowned visual artists Lander Blaza, Paul Dimalanta, Juno Galang, Al Perez, Fernando Sena, and Raul Isidro in an exhibit aptly called “Master’s Touch” from February 1-28. The artworks of the six artists will be on display at the Gallery and can also be viewed at drybrush.com.

• French-born artist finds inspiration on remote Easter Island
  Rapa Nui – the remote Chilean territory in the mid-Pacific widely known as Easter Island – is home to a Catholic church featuring artwork that reflects that islanders’ ancestral culture as well as Christian beliefs. Among the eye-catching works are stained glass windows -- created by a French-born artist – that portray figures resembling Rapa Nui’s inhabitants.
• Tezos NFT Exhibition Showcases Leading Southeast Asian Artists at Singapore Art Week’s S.E.A. Focus 2023

  The strength and potential of NFTs as an art medium will be at the forefront of S.E.A. Focus 2023, the anchor event ofSingapore Art Week,in an exhibition powered by pioneering Layer 1 Proof-of-Stake blockchain, Tezos.Running from 6 to 15 January 2023, ‘Living System: An NFT Show’will showcase  collections by six leading artists across Southeast Asia, each distinguished by their own unique styles and disciplines. 

• For World Cup visitors, a peek into Islamic art, heritage

  DOHA, Qatar — An emerald inscribed for a Mughal emperor. A Safavid-period knotted wool carpet. An Ottoman-era curtain, intricately embroidered with metal threads, which was part of the covering of the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in Mecca that Muslims consider the metaphorical “house of God.”

• Eccentric art flourishes along outskirts of Buenos Aires

  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Why build a rooftop water tank in the shape of a Teletubby? Or go to the effort of installing a replica of the Eiffel Tower atop a semi-abandoned building?