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100 Self Portraits From The Paulino Que Collection

David Cortez Medalla, "Self-Portrait"

Welcome to the blockbuster exhibit—Manila style.

Leave it to the private collector to take up the slack of our state museums.  Lucky for us, Paulino Que has always been generous about bringing out portions of his collection for the public’s delectation.  As Manila’s biggest collector of Filipiniana, no important exhibit is complete without something of Paulino’s on view, be it one on religious ivory figurines or pre-Hispanic terracotta ossuaries. Continue reading →


The Paulino Que Collection of Philippine Modern Art

Cesar Legaspi, "Bar Girls", 1947

Victorio Edades, "Self Portrait", 1928

A year ago, Paulino and Hetty Que allowed Manila art lovers to revel in their wonderful collection of Philippine contemporary

Ang Kiukok, "Girl With Doll"

paintings. We all had our fill of the key Filipino artists making waves today in both the local and international art scene.  Continue reading →


Viewing The Paulino Que Collection of Young Contemporary Artists (aka, The I Wish They Were Mine Show)

Three years ago, Ambeth Ocampo arranged for the

Kim Atienza and Ayala Museum's Ken Esguerra with Jojo Legaspi's "St Thelma"

Kim Atienza and Ayala Museum's Ken Esguerra with Jojo Legaspi's "St Thelma"

Board of Trustees of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines to view Paulino and Hetty Que’s collection of Philippine art and historical objets.  Ambeth, perhaps only half-kidding, dubbed the occasion the tour of the”… real National Gallery”.  As he took us through the assembly of works, from Juan Luna’s canvases, to Fabian dela Rosa’s landscapes, then onto the Amorsolos, and the Thirteen Moderns, from the Ben Cabs to the Ang Kiukoks, we realized what Ambeth meant.  The staggering display covered the whole gamut of Philippine art history from Damian Domingo’s Academia de Dibujo to the 1980s.   Continue reading →