25 Aug Shots in the Dark: Fragments of the Ecological Conversation in Derek Tumala’s Phantom Limb
Read moreThis review on Derek Tumala's "Phantom Limb" is written by Red Sales, a participant in the KLFI Art Criticism Writing Workshop 2025.
25 Aug The Path of Sacred Waters: Kung Iga na ang Bukal and Mount Banahaw
Read moreThis review on "Kung Iga na ang Bukal" at Gravity Art Space is written by Frankie Locsin, a participant in the KLFI Art Criticism Writing
25 Aug Should have been Ipis not Isip: A Review of Dengcoy Miel’s Kathang Isip Ipis (2025)
Read moreThis review on Dengcoy Miel’s "Mga Kathang Ipis" is written by Jan Marvin A. Goh, a participant in the KLFI Art Criticism Writing Workshop 2025.
17 Aug Call for Applications: Art Criticism Writing Workshop 2026
Read moreBeyond responding to a single art work, exhibition or performance, this lecture-workshop turns the critical eye towards trends, tendencies, and broader issues that affect an
01 Jul All this is out of my hands now
Read moreKLFI is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition, "All this is out of my hands now". The exhibit opens July 1, 2026
28 Apr Interview: Yuji de Torres, 2025 PKL Center Research Grantee
Read moreYuji de Torres, 2025 PKL Center Research Grantee, shares his thoughts about the grant and working with KLFI.
27 Apr Interview: Sofia Santiago-Jimenez, 2024 PKL Center Venue Grantee
Read moreSofia Santiago-Jimenez, 2024 PKL Center Venue Grantee, shares her thoughts about the grant and working with KLFI.
31 Mar Call for Entries: Ateneo Art Awards Purita Kalaw Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism 2026
Read moreCo-presented with Ateneo Art Gallery, KLFI welcomes entries on the theme of Futurities for the 2026 Ateneo Art Awards - Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art
27 Feb Drawing Connections: Bridging Art and Information as an LIS Student Intern of the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Center
Read moreThis essay is a reflection by Emman Baldonado during his internship at the PKL Center last 2025.
27 Feb Call for Proposals: PKL Center Research Grant 2026
Read moreWe are inviting research proposals that explore our archive, art collection, and/or library for an onsite project at the PKL Center. Entries should be submitted
23 Feb Call for Interns: April – June 2026
Read moreThe PKL Center is excited to announce the opening of applications for our Internship Program from April to June 2026.
12 Jan Message from the President
Read moreRead a message from our President, Ms. Anne Marie Ozaeta, on how KLFI honors Purita Kalaw-Ledesma’s legacy through art criticism and research.
07 Jan An Artist Talk by Ciwas Tahos
Read moreThis event is part of the public program of Leaps, Changes, Conditions, a project by Yuji de Torres, supported by the KLFI Research Grant.
15 Nov A Day with Paper
Read moreJoin us for A Day with Paper, a series of workshops and talk sessions with Asao Shimura, Atsuko Yamagata and Ambie Abaño on November 29
03 Nov An Artist Talk and Mapping Workshop by Donna Miranda
Read moreThis event is part of the public program of Leaps, Changes, Conditions, a project by Yuji de Torres, supported by the KLFI Research Grant.
15 Oct Leaps, Changes, Conditions
Read moreKLFI is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition, "Leaps, Changes, Conditions", a curatorial project by Yuji de Torres with support from the
27 Aug Call for Applications: Art Criticism Writing Workshop
Read moreKLFI continues its commitment to nurturing new voices in art criticism with this year’s Art Criticism Writing Workshop, facilitated by critic and writer Pristine de
19 Aug Meet the shortlisted writers for the Ateneo Art Awards 2025
Read moreAteneo Art Gallery (AAG) presents the ten Shortlisted Writers for the Ateneo Art Awards 2025 (AAA) Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism.
16 Jun Call for Entries: Ateneo Art Awards 2025 Purita Kalaw Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism
Read moreCo-presented with Ateneo Art Gallery and The Philippine Star, KLFI welcomes entries on the theme of Flight for the 2025 Ateneo Art Awards - Purita
09 Mar Putting in the work, art, and long routes: ArtSpeak on Purita Kalaw-Ledesma and Lydia Arguilla
Read moreIn celebration of International Women's Month, the Ateneo Art Gallery invites you to “Putting in the work, art, and long routes: ArtSpeak on Purita Kalaw-Ledesma
04 Mar Tidal Rifts: Art, Cinema and Solidarity in East and Southeast Asia
Read moreTidal Rifts is a dynamic artistic initiative organized by the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with art researchers and scholars from East and Southeast Asia.
01 Mar Bridging Worlds: Reflections on my Internship at the PKL Center
Read moreThis essay is a reflection by Joice Lynn Segovia during her internship at the PKL Center last 2024.
24 Feb Call for Proposals: PKL Center Research Grant
Read moreThe Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Center invites research proposals that explore PKL archive, art collection, and library for an onsite project at the PKL Center. Entries should
21 Feb Call for Interns: March – May 2025
Read moreThe PKL Center is excited to announce the opening of applications for our Internship Program from March to May 2025.
11 Feb Drawing from Life: Purita’s Artistic Impulse and the 1970s
Read moreKLFI is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition, "Drawing from Life: Purita's Artistic Impulse and the 1970s" opening on February 17, 2025
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NEWS
Arianna Mercado
Arianna Mercado is an aspiring curator who recently completed her studies in BFA Art Management from the Ateneo de Manila University. She aims to contribute in art education in the country with the use of curation and art criticism.
Prize Winning Essay
Dalena’s Curtain Call
Joyce Roque
Joyce Roque is a freelance writer and real estate broker finishing her MFA in Creative Writing at De La Salle University while majoring in creative nonfiction. She has worked in media and publishing in Manila and Shanghai, China.
Prize Winning Essay
Transits of Meaning
Pristine L. de Leon
Pristine L. de Leon graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a degree in Communication and a minor in Literature at the Ateneo de Manila University. She has been involved in publishing for two years and worked as an editor for luxury and lifestyle publications. She has written articles on art, fashion, and design, as well as profiles on various individuals leading the country’s creative industry. While working for a luxury jewelry brand and writing pieces on design, she now maintains a regular column on art and culture for The Philippine Star.
Prize Winning Essay
Exploring Lopez Museum’s political cartoons and the pleasures of resistance
Carlomar Arcangel Daoana
Carlomar Arcangel Daoana is the inaugural winner of the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prize for Art Criticism of the Ateneo Art Awards in 2014. The following year, he received the Metrobank Foundation-Alice Guillermo Award for Art Criticism from the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence. As a poet, Daoana has authored four collections of poetry, with Loose Tongue: Poems 2001-2013, published by the UST Publishing House in 2014, as the most recent. He received First Place and Second Place honors in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in the English Poetry category with his collections, “The Elegant Ghost” (2012) and “Crown Sonnet for Maria” (2013). A regular columnist in the Arts and Culture section of the Philippine Star, he teaches at the Fine Arts Department of Ateneo de Manila University.
Prize Winning Essay
Loss as impetus of discovery
Other Articles
Through her archives, a portrait of Purita Kalaw-Ledesma and her times
Lara Acuin
Lara Acuin is a graduate student at the University of the Philippines Diliman under the Araling Pilipino program. She teaches part-time at the De La Salle College of Saint Benilde and San Beda College Alabang. She lives in Las Pinas with her partner husband, Rolf, and their daughter, Amianan.
Prize Winning Essay
‘Lakas ng Loob’: Reintroducing Cesar Legaspi
Dominic Zinampan
Dominic Zinampan is currently taking up Art Studies at the University of the Phiippines Diliman. His research interests include transgression, film theory, and experimental music. He hoards books and plays in a couple of bands in his spare time.
Prize Winning Essay
“Chambers of Reflection”: A Critique on Mark Justiniani’s Reverb