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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1488277" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure>The Philippine art scene is remarkably rising and would likely make big waves in the near future, with the appreciating value of local artworks and growing Filipino audience.This, as the country&#x27;s art mavens noted a shifting yet increasing interest in the arts, placing the Philippines&#x27; state of the art to a more promising horizon.&quot;There are many, many more people (of different ages) interested. They like to ask questions and they are willing to commit to learning, and patient enough to wait for good pieces,” said Silverlens Galleries founder Isa Lorenzo.Aside from longer queues at museums, Lorenzo cited the Philippines&#x27; participation in last year&#x27;s global art exhibit Venice Biennale as a significant upward turn for the local art scene which, she said, should continue.Art curator Norman Crisologo attributed the changing landscape to the realization of both artists and the audience of the different types of art.“We’ve always had the skill but now we are starting to get the different concept,” said Crisologo.However, UP College of Fine Arts Professor Leo Abaya said people should be reminded of the necessary balance between genuine appreciation and market value of artworks, especially for collectors.“In real terms, some people do for example collect art because they genuinely love art. And then at some point they become perverted,” Abaya said.“And then they look at art collecting as a kind of money market that can actually raise three or four million in markup in a few years,” he added.For Abaya, art enthusiasts can express &quot;true art appreciation without actually owning the objects.&quot;The professor added that the value of a genuine artwork transcends pecuniary returns for an artist which people should be aware of.“It’s the practice, really. That means the artist plus the years, the hours, the heartaches and the triumphs that he or she has actually experienced making art. The dedication, the opportunity cost,” Abaya said.In light of the new gains the art scene is getting, Crisologo welcomed the idea of profitability that benefits artists and the collectors.“Some people have the eye, some people have the wallet,” Crisologo added.Lorenzo echoed the idea, saying money and skill should go together for a greater cause of supporting venues for the public&#x27;s learning and appreciation of the country&#x27;s arts.“Actually you just have to see the polish. And the polish doesn’t need to be a nice frame or extra more people on the canvass, no. There’s just something that finishes artwork beyond the material,” she added.As with the many ways of looking at art, Crisologo stressed that real appreciation depends on how each person value an artwork regardless of its popularity.“It’s like defining love. I think it is whatever it is for you. And it’s always that the academics have their own say on what’s art and the snobs will have their own say. But at the end of the day it’s basically what how you feel about it and if you think it’s art and you wanna buy and put it in your house then, I guess that is what it is,” he said.Crisologo also noted that new local forms are on the rise, such as the photographic and video arts.With all the recent developments for the local arts, Abaya maintained that a genuine art articulates the culture of the society and is able to inspire people to revisit the past over beyond the mere buy and sell activity.“Art is largely for me a function of time. What we consider as art now or the art of today maybe considered in the future as something that is peripheral,” Abaya said.

The Philippine art scene is remarkably rising and would likely make big waves in the near future, with the appreciating value of local artworks and growing audience among Filipinos.

The Philippine art scene is remarkably rising and would likely make big waves in the near future, with the appreciating value of local artworks and growing audience among Filipinos.

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PH art booms: More Filipinos lining up at museums, galleries

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Published Jan 05, 2016 01:28 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 25, 2016 05:13 PM PHT

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