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by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - March 21, 2024 - 12:00am

Filipinos are no strangers to fiestas.

Vernon Agnelli Huibonhoa liberates photography

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - September 17, 2022 - 12:00am

At its very onset, one suspects, photography was meant to be a scientist’s way of portraying the world.

Aguinaldo, Quezon, Marcos: The ‘Long Now’ in art and culture

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - July 29, 2022 - 12:00am

What better place to contemplate what’s next for art and culture in the era of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. than in the historic town of Baler where two other presidents, Emilio Aguinaldo and Manuel Luis Quezon, would...

500 years of Filipina heroes

by Lizza Guerrero Nakpil - November 15, 2021 - 12:00am

Caught in between the double quincentennial of Magellan’s arrival in the Philippines and his demise by Lapulapu’s sword is the third quincentennial of Juana’s baptism and her teary-eyed welcome...

The Taliban, Sara, Anita & the ‘Dalaga’

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 30, 2021 - 12:00am

Reportage on the fall of Kabul and the fate of its women play out every night on the news like an addictive Netflix series.

The First Filipino Pharmacists: Dreamers First, Scientists Second

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - December 13, 2020 - 12:00am

Before this wicked pandemic, the practice of pharmacy was one of those necessary but utterly invisible professions: the license to dispense medicines and furthermore, to vet the right doses given your other medical...

Unknown Heroes and Famous Heels

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 31, 2020 - 12:00am

Every last Monday of August, we now celebrate National Heroes Day.

The post-pandemic home

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 15, 2020 - 12:00am

‘Humanity will be changed by the pandemic. Everything is now mediated by the screen and virtuality.’

Elevating Couch Potato Dressing

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 5, 2020 - 12:00am

Maxine Syjuco is the perfect spirit guide to find our way back to fashion sanity.

Life at a distance

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 2, 2020 - 12:00am

For Pierre Verger, it was the scenes of the Philippines teetering between one century and another that made the Philippines so special. It was raw and real but also civilized and European.

The Lost Arts before Zoom and Viber

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - July 13, 2020 - 12:00am

The fleeting mementos of a forgotten age photographs and poems, letters and sketches are always objects of fascination at any auction.

Almost Fathers, Single Fathers and Serial Fathers

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 19, 2020 - 12:00am

Of all the pantheon of family-oriented holidays, poor ol’ Dad’s Day is among the least high-pressure.

Beauty Queens, Hometown Belles, and Boys’ Nights Out

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 8, 2020 - 12:00am

An unexpected discovery will be revealed at the upcoming Spectacular Mid-Year Auction at León Gallery on Saturday, June 20.

From entresuelo to Danish Modern to Michael Jordan: The new ‘Work from Home’

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - May 24, 2020 - 12:00am

Whether you’re part of the 50 percent of the workforce ordered to stay indoors, somewhere below age 21 or above age 59, the new-fangled phrase “Work from Home” is something we’ll all have...

What to wear to a mañanita or MECQ

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - May 20, 2020 - 12:00am

Cover arms and legs. No skirts or shorts. And seriously consider wearing socks.

Rizal’s ‘Noli,’ Hen. Luna’s Vaccines, and the Pandemic of the Gilded Age

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - May 10, 2020 - 12:00am

A contagion that starts in the winter months? Telltale symptoms of high fever, labored breathing and pneumonia?

Uzis, Trancazo, and the Pandemic Pantry

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - April 26, 2020 - 12:00am

The Influenza Pandemic struck down not just ‘able-bodied Filipinos from the ages of 20 to 39’ but also children from the ages of two to nine years old. In hard-hit Manila, no family was immune. My mother’s...

Black swans, art fairs and coping with COVID-19

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - March 23, 2020 - 12:00am

I used to wonder about the way millennials used the word “random”, but alas there’s no better way to describe our current predicament.

Life imitates virus, goes on stealth mode

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - March 16, 2020 - 12:00am

For every Green Day or Alanis concert cancelled, you can bet your bottom dollar that there will be an uptick elsewhere even if it’s just on Netflix or other streaming service.

The era of ‘Visiting Forces Disagreements’

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - February 17, 2020 - 12:00am

The sudden termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement on Feb. 11, 2020 comes exactly 121 years to the day, when the Philippine-American War was beginning to come to a boil.

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