One of the best-known paintings in the country, Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium” brought historical triumph not just to Luna but also to the Philippines in 1884, when it bested Spanish artists and ...

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 ...

Today we remember Juan Luna not just for the "Spoliarium," but also other masterworks such as the "Blood Compact" (and one of my favorites, the enigmatic green-gowned woman of "Despues del Baile").

As Mr. Lerma studied the photos, an interesting detail caught his attention — the signature of Juan Luna — on the lower right hand corner of the canvas. His curiosity led to further investigation of ...

There can be no heroes where there are victims, as Juan Luna so eloquently painted in the Spoliarium. In Marawi, all are victims in a society that has allowed such carnage to even happen. “The nearly ...

Historians are skeptical by nature, and doubly so in the case of the boceto or study of Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium” that surfaced from a private collection in Spain, and is up for auction in Manila next ...

Art lovers are conversant with the turbulent marriage of Juan Luna – concededly the greatest Filipino painter – and the Spanish Maria de la Paz Pardo de Tavera (Chiching). From their ...

Premium Beep cards featuring Juan Luna’s Spoliarium have been sold out, the National Museum Employees' Multi-Purpose Cooperative has said. In a statement on Thursday, the cooperative said that the ...

Going once, twice, and it's sold. The recently unveiled "Boceto for Spoliarium" by Juan Luna on Saturday fetched P63 million at the Rigodon Ballroom as part of the "Important Philippine Art" of "The ...