1:00PM - 2:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

A World of Islands, A Conversation with Curator and Featured Artists

Learn more about the exhibition in this session moderated by curator Ligaya Salazar, with participating visual artists Nice Buenaventura, Ronyel Compra, and Kim Sacay Chin.

3:00PM - 4:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Modes Of The Figurative And The Abstract: Romeo Tabuena, Constancio Bernardo, and Solomon Saprid

Three of this year's featured artists are trailblazers in Philippine modern art.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Beyond Painting: Exploring New Materials and Approaches in art making Ged Uson Merino, Bernice delos Reyes of Sa Tahanan Co. and Ampparito

Artists today explore unconventional and fresh approaches and strategies.

11:00AM - 12:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Preparing a Generation of Creatives in the Age of Digital Technology

This session explores how to how fine art schools address the impact of digital technology to creative practice.

1:00PM - 2:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Private Collecting Today: From Early Impulse to Sustained Practice

This collector conversation brings together two collectors from Manila whose journeys into art are shaped by very different starting points.

3:00PM - 4:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Impressions of Memory: Tessy & Jon Pettyjohn, and Max Balatbat

Personal experiences, everyday environments, and familiar materials carry traces of the past that resurface in their work. Reflecting on their processes and influences, the session explores how memory is embedded in artistic practice.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Engaging the Female Presence: Imelda Cajipe Endaya, Brenda V. Fajardo, and Ambie Abaño

These three artists all share a passion for printmaking and eventually explored distinct paths and styles.

11:00AM - 12:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Aguilar Alcuaz in Conversation: Salaysay from Those Who Knew Him

Anchored in salaysay as narration and lived testimony, this panel brings together those who knew Federico Aguilar Alcuaz most closely to reflect on his life and art, in anticipation of the forthcoming monograph to be published later in 2026.

1:00PM - 2:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Exploring Archival Practices

This panel includes archivists, art historians, curators, and artists involved in managing different archival collections who will share strategies in archival management and approaches in public access while maintaining security and ethical concerns.

3:00PM - 4:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

A New Space for Art, is in Motion

This moderated conversation reflects on how design and curatorial practice shape civic spaces today, set in the context of the development of the forthcoming Kontempo - Center for Contemporary Art, Philippines in Circuit Makati.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

ARTFAIRPH/TALKS

Insights From A Curator’s Residency

Anne Laure Lamaitre visited the Philippines last October 2025 as the first recipient of the ArtFair Ph Curatorial Grant. Within a 4-week period, she visited museums, art galleries and artists studios, and met communities of creatives.