Uncovering the ‘Mysteries’ of the PhilippinesMarv RecintoArtReview Asia27 January 2023Philip Bowring’s ‘The Making of the Modern Philippines’ is a piece of armchair-research that betrays his naivete
Tradition and Invention in Diasporic Filipino ArtMarv RecintoArtReview Asia22 August 2022Carlos Villa – subject of a retrospective at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – accessed his diasporic identity through the intercultural solidarity between minority groups
Unlikely Heroes: Martika Ramirez Escobar’s Postmodern MasterpieceMarv RecintoArtReview Asia08 August 2022The Filipino filmmaker’s genre-bending Leonor Will Never Die is imbued with a chaotic freshness that isn’t beholden to easy conclusion
Peng Zuqiang’s Sense of TouchMarv RecintoArtReview Asia14 June 2022In ‘Sideways Looking’ at London’s Cell Project Space, the Chinese artist’s moving-image installations consider connectivity and its absence
Imelda Marcos’s Picasso Is the Least of Our ProblemsMarv Recintoartreview.com27 May 2022I was never troubled by whether the painting was ‘real’ or ‘fake’
Unapologetically Political Art: Resistance Fighter and Poet Kerima TarimanMarv RecintoArtReview Asia04 May 2022A tribute to the Filipino communist rebel who understood the revolutionary power of artistic expression
‘Memory Box’ Unlocks the Ghosts of the Lebanese Civil WarMarv RecintoArtReview16 February 2022Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige’s film is preoccupied with things that are left unsaid
