The Philippine Daily Inquirer

Penises, TV shows,
bishops, and memos:
How art landed on the front page
KULO
June 17, 2011 - August 9, 2011
Cultural Center of the Philippines
Details of Poleteismo
by Mideo Cruz
“It is not only sick, it is
also sickening.”
Archbishop Oscar Cruz
abs-cbnnews.com, The Philippine Daily Inquirer,
The Philippine Star, July 2011
How is Archbishop Cruz like Barbra Streisand?
The Streisand Effect
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Emil Jurado, Manila Standard Today • Jenny Ortuoste, Manila Standard Today • José S. Arcilla S.J.,
BusinessWorld • Rene Espina, Manila Bulletin • Lito Zulueta, The Philippine Daily Inquirer • Alfred A.
Yuson, The Philippines Star • Minyong Ordonez, BusinessWorld • Greg B. Macabenta, BusinessWorld
• Conrado de Quiros,The Philippine Daily Inquirer • Luis V. Teodoro, BusinessWorld • Ted Laguatan,
The Philippine Daily Inquirer • Raul C. Pangalangan, The Philippine Daily Inquirer • Jessica Zafra,
Interaksyon/News 5 • Domini M. Torrevillas, The Philippine Star • Gemma Cruz Araneta, Manila
Bulletin • Jenny Ortuoste, Manila Standard Today • Babe Romualdez, The Philippine Star • Fr. Ranhilio
Callangan Aquino, Manila Standard Today • Constantino C. Tejero, The Philippine Daily Inquirer •
Malou Guanzon-Apalisok, The Philippine Daily Inquirer • Emily Abrera, The Philippine Daily Inquirer •
Florin T. Hilbay, The Philippine Daily Inquirer • Rachel Mayo, The Philippine Daily Inquirer • Alfred A.
Yuson, The Philippine Star • F. Sionil Jose, The Philippine Star • Conrado de Quiros, The Philippine
Daily Inquirer • William M. Esposo, The Philippine Star • James Soriano, Manila Bulletin • Bob Duggan,
Big Think • Randy David, The Philippine Daily Inquirer • Ramon Tulfo, The Philippine Daily Inquirer •
William M. Esposo, The Philippine Star
“Kulo is not—I repeat—it is not art! It is an
immature and juvenile attempt at caricature.
I have not seen the exhibit itself but I have
seen pictures of it and they are enough to
convince me of the validity of my conclusion.”
F. Sionil Jose in his column, The Philippine Star
“So there have to be reporters, there have to be
full-time editors. It’s got to be a professional gig,
otherwise the rest of us who bloviate for a living
are not going to have any facts on which to base
our bloviation.”
Rachel Maddow on the Howard Stern show
CRITICISM
REPORTAGE
Artistic freedom, blasphemy,
sacrilege, “good” art, “bad”
art
Five “Ws” and one
“H”
CARE
(Questions?)