Pintô Art Museum
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| Established | 2010[a] |
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| Location | Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°34′51.8″N 121°09′50.3″E / 14.581056°N 121.163972°E |
| Type | Art museum |
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| Founder | Joven Cuanang |
| Owner | Silangan Foundation for the Arts, Culture, and Ecology |
| Website | www |
The Pintô Art Museum is a contemporary art museum complex in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines.
History
[edit]Joven Cuanang, a former doctor who was a chief medical officer at the St. Luke's Medical Center – Global City, would bought a house and lot in Antipolo that would later be associated with the Pintô Art Museum in the 1970s. Cuanang would open the Pinto Gallery around the year 2000 and in 2010, he would found the Pintô Art Museum.[1] The museum is linked to Cuanang being a patron of local Antipolo artists – particularly the amateur art troupe, named Saling Pusa. During the 1990s, he would exhibit the local Antipolo artists' works on a clothesline which became known as "Sampayan Art".[1]
The museum would be run under the Silangan Foundation for the Arts, Culture, and Ecology.[1] The group was co-established by Cuanang as the Antipolo Foundation for Arts, Culture, and Ecology after the People Power Revolution of 1986.[2]
Museum
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The Pintô Art Museum consists of six buildings and stands on 12,000 square meters (130,000 sq ft) of land at the Grand Heights subdivision in Antipolo, Rizal. The buildings are not air-conditioned and rely on open-air ventilation to preserve its collection.[1] Tony Leaño, a Saling Pusa member designed the buildings in an organic and eclectic style.[b][3]
The complex has two museums – one for contemporary art and another for indigenous art. It has an academy for literature, visual and performing arts. Pintô also has a cafe, an arboretum.[3] The 2000 square meter arboretum has 500 indigenous plant species as of 2021.[4]
The museum hosts the collection of Joven Cuanang.[1] Works of Saling Pusa members would be featured in the museum.[5]
Its largest exhibition space for contemporary art is Gallery 7 which opened in January 2020.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Established in 2000 as the Pinto Art Gallery. Established as a museum in 2010.
- ^ With bahay na bato, Spanish colonial, American pueblo and mission architecture, Greek and Balearic houses named as inspiration for the eclectic architecture style.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Salcedo-Posadas, Maria Esther (June 29, 2014). "Pinto Museum's art management philosophy". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ Abellon, Bam (July 12, 2019). "Dr. Joven Cuanang on achieving well-being through art, culture, and nature". ANCX. ABS-CBN. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ a b "Doctor opens healing/art school on V-Day". Lifestyle.INQ. Philippine Daily Inquirer. February 12, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ Pag-iwayan, Jessica (February 17, 2021). "LOOK: Pintô Art Museum's Arboretum is now open". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ a b Limos, Mario Alvaro (February 5, 2020). "A Private Tour of Pinto Art Museum with Founder Dr. Joven Cuanang". Equire. Retrieved September 5, 2023.