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Isabella Wentendorp Brias, known among friends and fans as Betsy, is among the world celebrated artists, immortalizing notable personalities of history through her brush strokes. The Metropolitan Museum of Manila (MET) gives Filipino a chance to witness the works of the Spanish-Filipino artist at the museum’s ground floor Tall Galleries from Jan. 29 to March 15. Entitled “Passages: Celebrating the Artistic Journeys of Betsy Westendorp,” the retrospective gathers more than 100 artworks spanning 60 years of the artist’s illustrious professional painting career in various cities around the world. It alludes to the departure from her home country of Spain to commence what would be a lifetime relationship with the Philippines, and reveals the paths which would lead to her self-definition as a woman, a wife and mother, an artist. ....
Betsy Westendorp, Edge of Darkness Flea market at a ‘palace’ AN OPEN fair inspired by European street markets, Palacio de Memoria opens its grounds to the “Flea Market at The Palacio,” a weekend of arts, antiques, and artisanal goods on Feb. 6 and 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be unique and curated finds from art galleries, private collections, and artisanal shops, Rue Angelique Gallery of Prints, ARCHIVO 1984, Galeria Lienzo, Vidro, and the Edd Fuentes Private Collection. In addition to the market, special events will be held over the weekend. On Feb. 6, there will be a talk, “Connoisseur Conversations” with Dr. Jaime Laya from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by a Cognac Masterclass by Remy Martin at 1 and 3 p.m. At 5 p.m., there will be a screening of the 1977 film ....
THE artist in her studio in Aravaca, Madrid MANNY MIÑANA Homage of Life, one of the paintings featured in the Retrospective at the MET MANNY MIÑANA The Artist’s Studio in Makati MANNY MIÑANA IT IS believed that we are a sum of our surroundings. Judging from portraits of her by other artists (including one by Fernando Amorsolo), Betsy Westendorp, one of the grandes dames of Philippine art, had been and continues to be a beautiful woman at the age of 93. She was surrounded by beautiful people and beautiful things, and in such a setting, nothing else but beauty is expected. The rarefied world that Ms. Westendorp lived in seemed to be a set path: to paint society portraits; then paint something beautiful; then see those hung on either the homes or the offices of the powerful she painted. Her works then serve as a salve, and an escape from this world, and an exercise in the purpose of beauty. ....
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Tampa police detective faces charges of tampering with evidence Jarda Bradford, 38, is accused of covering up mistakes she made using photos of suspects in an attempted murder, said Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan. Â Â Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan, shown here at a news conference in November, announced the arrest of detective on evidence-tampering charges. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ] Updated Dec. 16, 2020 TAMPA â A detective was arrested and suspended for tampering with photos of possible suspects shown to witnesses during an attempted murder investigation, Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan announced Tuesday. Detective Jarda Bradford, 38, failed to mask earrings in a photo lineup she had assembled before showing it to a witness, Dugan said. Thatâs a violation of department procedures that call for âoverly suggestive detailsâ to be removed from photos shown to witnesses, the agency said. ....