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5 newly opened art exhibits to check out this weekend
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The Metro Manila art scene is bursting with loads of openings this week, we say ditch the mall for an afternoon and head out to a gallery to get a less gastos and a little more inspiration.
1. Hail Holy Eyes by Jigger Cruz
At BGC's Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the newest exhibit of contemporary artist Jigger Cruz opened with much aplomb this week. Curated by Beauty Gonzalez's husband Norman Crisologo, "Hail Holy Eyes" features more than 100 works of Cruz from 2007 to present, offering a rare look at the artist's bold visual language.
The trending Ellen Adarna attended the exhibit opening earlier this week, and in her Instagram Stories, reminded us that Cruz is actually color-blind. Take this little nugget of information when you step into the M and check out the exhibit. With all the color, and the texture, and really, the superb energy from his art works, you'll understand why Cruz is the celebrated artist that he is. What a genius.
"Hail Holy Eyes" runs until March 1, 2026. MK Tan Centre, 30th Street corner 9th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines
2. Resonance by Alex Villaluz
Over at the Garapata Store in Cubao X, a new photography exhibit of American artist Alex Villaluz opened this week. "Resonance" focuses on the rhythm of fashion and landscape, with images showcasing unique lives, curves, patterns — choreographed moments of organized chaos.
According to Villaluz, who was born in Japan and was raised in the Philippines, "Resonance" is about noticing the small things — how a body moves through space, how shapes meet, the invisible sparks that connect us."
"Resonance" runs until Nov. 30, 2025. Garapata Store, Cubao Expo, General Romulo Avenue, Cubao.
3. Hold Everything Dear by Ames Yavuz
The international. gallery with outposts in Singapore, London, and Sydney, is holding the pop-up exhibit "Hold Everything" at La Fuerza Compound on Pasong Tamo in Makati.
"Hold Everything" is a group show featuring works of more than 50 Filipino artists including Pope Bacay, Allan Balisi, Elmer Borlongan, Zean Cabangis, Kiko Capile, to name a few.
A deep dive of love in its many forms, the works featured are comprised of various mediums and "reflect the resilient, nuanced, and deeply human expressions of love that shape Filipino life and culture," Ames Yavuz said on its website.
"Hold Everything Dear" runs until Dec. 5, 2025. Pasillo 18, La Fuerza Compound 2241 Chino Roces Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
4. A Deafening Silence by Mike Adrao
At the Vargas Museum in UP is a solo show by Filipino artist Mike Adrao. "A Defeaning Silence" revisits the wide array of themes that course through Adrao's practice — ruin, excess, rupture, and demise — through large-scale drawings, small-scale studies, and resin sculptures.
"A Deafening Silence" runs until Jan. 17, 2026. Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center, Roxas Avenue, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City,
5. Dive Deep by Poklong Anading and Eight Views by Carina Santos
Finally, Poklong Anading's "Dive Deep in the Shallows" returns to the Philippines as it runs in Silverlens in Makati.
"Dive Deep" is the product of Anading's art residency in Lubi, Davao Oriental. It first showed in the US as Anading made his debut in the West and several months later, finally comes home to Manila.
Carina Santos' "Eight views from the Border" meanwhile features a collection of the artist's "pour paintings" — abstract works that use material, gesture, and chance in conjuring memories of landscapes.
Until Dec. 20, 2025. Silverlens Manila, Pasong Tamo, Makati.
