Crossings, A Series of Art Activations in the Philippines

24 June 2024 – Art Agenda announces Crossings, a series of art activations including exhibitions and presentations in the Philippines taking place from 28 June to the end of July 2024. Crossings evokes the notions of journeys, meeting, confluence and discoveries, and aptly describes the succession of staged encounters between Philippine and Indonesian post-war and modern art that is at the heart of each of the activations.

Art Agenda is an art gallery and advisory in Jakarta and Singapore. Since establishment in 2016, Art Agenda has focused on the research, exhibition and private sales of post-war and modern Southeast Asian art, particularly Indonesian art. Crossings is Art Agenda’s effort to broaden focus through regional and international affinities, focusing this time on the Philippines since both Indonesia and the Philippines are the two largest countries in Southeast Asia and arguably have the richest cultural and art histories amongst the ten member states of ASEAN.

The three exhibitions that form the core of the activations are:

Jointly presented with Lumena Auctions, Cosmic Concerns is an exhibition juxtaposing the works of Nena Saguil and Fadjar Sidik, two of Southeast Asia’s leading 20th-century painters who each made significant contributions to the development of abstract art in Southeast Asia.

Cosmic Concerns: Nena Saguil & Fadjar Sidik

28 June – 12 July 2024

Monday to Friday 1:00 – 9:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 9:00 PM

Vernissage on Friday, 28 June 1:00 – 3:00 PM

GF, Mahogany Place, Pope John Paul II Ave, Cebu City, Philippines

Download full press kit for Cosmic Concerns: Nena Saguil & Fadjar Sidik here.

Hosted by law firm Quisumbing Torres, Encounters is an exhibition featuring more than two dozen works of the most illustrious Philippine and Indonesian post-war and modern artists, including Affandi, Ang Kiu Kok, Arturo Luz and Vicente Manansala.

Encounters: Post-War & Modern Philippine & Indonesian Art

3 – 6 July 2024

Daily, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Vernissage on 3 July 2024, 4:00 – 8:00 PM

Quisumbing Torres, 17th Floor, One/NEO Building, 26th Street corner 3rd Avenue, Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines

Download full press kit for Encounters: Post-War & Modern Philippine & Indonesian Art here.

Art Agenda is presenting works of two leading 20th century women abstract painters, Nena Saguil and Umi Dachlan in support of Athena, the inaugural exhibition at The Monarch, a new art and design destination down south in Alabang.

ATHENA

5 July – 3 August 2024

Monday to Friday 1:00 – 9:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 9:00 PM

Vernissage at 6:00 PM, 5 July 2024

Unit 5, Molito Lifestyle Building 3, Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Download full press kit for The Monarch and its inaugural exhibition here.

The three exhibitions above are accompanied by a full set of programmes including vernissage, guided tours, presentations and discussion sessions. More information on the programme available here.

This press release has also been published on VRITIMES