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THY WILL BE DONE
Thy Kingdom Come (diptych), pen and ink, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 40 in, by Iggy Rodriguez
In September 1521, in a fleet of five ships and 270 men called the Armada de Maluco, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain to discover a westward route across the world in search of spices. It has been half a millennium since that voyage reshaped world trade and our idea of the size and shape of our world.
Since March 2021, 500 years later, there have been many activities constituting a global commemoration of this first circumnavigation, which opened up what Portugal considers “the Magellan Route,” a Portuguese feat, Magellan being Portuguese, and which Spain considers its own, even if it has all these years been credited mainly to a Portuguese explorer, not only because it was sponsored and financed by King Charles I, but more because, Magellan only made half the trip He was killed in the Philippines and it was Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano who made it back
Gene Paul Martin’s solo exhibit, ‘spiritual thug lyf’ SILVERLENSGALLERIES.COM/
‘Considered Gestures,’ curated by Yael Buencamino, features works by Patricia Perez Eustaquio, Gina Osterloh, Gary-Ross Pastrana, Maria Taniguchi, Lee Aguinaldo, Jose Joya, Arturo Luz, and Fernando Zobel SILVERLENSGALLERIES.COM/
Ortigas Library releases e-book
THE ORTIGAS Library has released an e-book version of one of its titles,
Hispanic Philippine Churches: An Architectural Study by Benito Legarda, Jr. The book in PDF format with a file size of 96MB is available for purchase for P250. For details, e-mail the library at ortigasfoundation@ortigas.com.ph.
2 exhibits open at Silverlens
SILVERLENS opened two exhibits on Jan. 9 “spiritual thug lyf” featuring works by Gene Paul Martin, and a group show called “Considered Gestures” both of which will run until Feb. 6. Gene Paul Martin’s solo exhibit, “spiritual thug lyf