A landmark work by the 19th-century Filipino painter and activist Juan Luna is one of the newest highlights at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Una Bulaquena is one of Luna’s most enigmatic works. The painting ...

Arecent visit to Spain found me once more “chasing” after Philippine artwork and objects in cities near Madrid, where I was ...

While the controversial purchase by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) of Juan Luna’s painting "Parisian Life" preserved a national heritage for a very steep price, many more of his ...

The painting is now enjoying its second major public debut as the star of Ayala Museum’s new single-work show “Splendor: Juan Luna, Painter as Hero,” which runs through December 30, 2023.

Juan Luna y Novicio, “Spoliarium” (1884), oil on canvas, 13.8 x 25.18 feet, collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila (photo by Marco Collado via wikimedia.org) ...

Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium” is probably the most famous painting in the Philippines. Completed in Rome in 1884, it won a First Class medal in the Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, the same ...

JUAN LUNA’s Hymen, oh Hyménée. “Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.” — Dr. Jose Rizal’s toast to Luna and Hidalgo, 1884, Café ...

To recall, Juan Luna shot Paz and her mother Juliana to death in 1892. It was said to be a crime of passion. The Pardo de Tavera family then allegedly ordered the painting to be burned down. However, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Paintings by revered Filipino artists Fernando Amorsolo and Juan Luna were sold at record prices this month by Leon Gallery. The gallery sold Amorsolo's "Under the Mango ...