Visit by appointment only, we met and spoke to Silvana Ancelloti-Diaz, art director of Galleria Duemila in Pasay City. Silvana (an Italian who married a Filipino) established the gallery in 1975 to encourage support for the country's modern art. We had an incredibly in-depth conversation about the people of the Philippines, its future, culture, art, politics, and youth. We discussed a wide-array of topics that left us overwhelmed. The background information she gave us was priceless and has left us with a better understanding of the current state of the Philippines. I'm starting to get a better feeling of what we're getting ourselves into and I find it both intriguing and scary. It's amazing.
We met with her husband, Ramon Diaz, an artist himself who currently is exhibiting at Galleria Duemila. The both of them gave us a visually stimulating tour of their home which was filled with ancient artifacts, sculptures and hundreds of paintings. It basically could be a small gallery of its own.
Work by Ramon Diaz, Galleria Duemila
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