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The Mùndo Design Awards 2026

The Mùndo Design Awards arrives at a moment when conversations around design increasingly extend beyond questions of form and function.…

From Studio To Reality

The relationship between creativity and social well-being has long occupied a compelling place within artistic discourse. Throughout history, artists have…

Cebuano Artists as Chroniclers of the Carbon Public Market

Within the Cebuano imagination, space is rarely seen as something to restrain or leave alone. The Cebuano lifestyle is a…

HABING SILONG- Upcycled, to Weaved and Installed

Habing Silong unfolds as a suspended landscape of memory, labor, and transformation—an expansive 12ft x 30ft installation that reimagines the…

Tartanilla: A Defiant Symbol of Heritage, Culture, and Community

Amidst the relentless tide of modernization sweeping across urban centers, the tartanilla stands tall as a captivating emblem of continuity…

“Kompartable Ra Ba Ka?”

Within the rapidly transforming urban landscape of Cebu City—where new commercial towers rise alongside older neighborhoods and port-driven economies signal…

PHIL SEVILLA, 49TH Joya Awards – Grand Prize Awardee

What remains of a home once its walls have been dismantled? When architecture disappears, memory does not vanish with it;…

Tapok-tapok

In Tapok-tapok, the artist assembles an installation of everyday household objects drawn from personal experience and from materials widely recognizable…

“Ma, I Saw an Amorsolo By The Shoe Rack”: A Discussion of National Artist Works in Private Hands

There it was—Lady with Umbrella, hanging on a gilded gold frame right by the doorway, looking like a proclamation of…
Group photo with all volunteers during the Tubô Cebu Art Fair 2024

Ant Colony

Like ants, we require each other to thrive, but our unique characteristics as humans open up many opportunities. Think about…

Kumbitay: Stained and Woven through Resilience

by Maris Villanueva   “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”  —Cesar A. Cruz, Mexican poet and academic …

Pusô in the Work of Mikhail Achas

Tubô Cebu Art Fair together with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., co-presented the 47th National Artist José T. Joya Awards…

Exploring the Intersection between Visual Art and Literature with Cebu Art Book Fair Director Mark Deutsch

Tubô Cebu Art Fair together with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., co-presented the 47th National Artist José T. Joya Awards…

Tubô Cebu Art Fair Supports the 47th National Artist José T. Joya Awards

Tubô Cebu Art Fair together with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., co-presented the 47th National Artist José T. Joya Awards…

Everything You Need to Know about the Cebu Island Artists Network

The Cebu Island Artists Network aspires to link together various art groups, initiatives, and spaces in towns and cities around…

Converging Art and Fashion: A Short Dialogue with Cebu Top Designers Edwin Ao and Protacio

“Art is art. Fashion is fashion,” says Karl Lagerfeld, a fashion designer and photographer, notably known as the creative power…

Art and Travel: An Interview with Artist Gary Carabio and Art Collector Ed Arriola

Entangled by the riveting tug of art, realist painter Gary Carabio and art collector Ed Arriola dispense their shared experience…

Promoting Social Change through Public Art

Public art installations can take many forms—from murals to sculptures to performance art. They bring life to a public space,…

Look at Me: How Art Speaks When Words Cannot

Visuals speak when words cannot, and Luna knew this painting the Spoliarium. His infamous work is an example of the…

Kimsoy Yap | Catching the Waves

  Flipping through his sketchbook of watercolor paintings, the delicate brushstrokes and soft hues rendering them ethereal, Kimsoy wistfully describes…

Golda King | Painting with Emotions

  Dreamlike landscapes and intimate portraits are the usual subjects of painter Golda King’s work. Scrape past her signature rings…

Ronyel Compra | Home Is Where the Art Is

  No matter where his celebrated works bring him—Manila, Hong Kong, Indonesia—for Ronyel Compra, his artistry inevitably draws him back…
Tubô Cebu Art Fair