July 1, 2026 · 12:24 AM
A combination of history, art, and intellectual resistance is on display at the Yuchengco Museum. Running until July 11, 2026, “Pasts Revisited: [READ]
Thank you for the feedback. The Constantino Foundation and Y Space at the Yuchengco Museum have extended the #PastsRevisited exhibit to July 31. Come and find out more about the romance with history and the epic love story of Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas Constantino. Open everyday except Sundays and holidays, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, @ RCBC Plaza on Ayala [READ]
Rosalinda Ofreneo: The Constantinos’ romance went beyond the commonplace connection and encompassed the country in their advocacy of nationalism. They shared what Ofreneo called “usable love,” with Letizia serving Renato “hand and foot, as prescribed by patriarchal culture,” and later becoming his equal intellectual partner.
By Liana Garcellano | Jun 29, 2026
The Philippine history book “A Past Revisited,” published in 1975, has always been associated with the late historian and war veteran Renato Constantino. But he was only one of two authors, the other being his wife Letizia Roxas Constantino.
The exclusion of Letizia’s name was not a patriarchal erasure but a conscious decision for her safety, as stated on an introductory panel at Yuchengco [READ]
It has been a decade since the passing of historian and writer Letizia Roxas Constantino. We feel her absence deeply.
For Letizia, “Education is not a politically neutral enterprise.” In support of teachers across the nation, Letizia considered “Teacher militancy in defense of teachers’ rights and prerogatives” vital to the realization of a free, just, and prosperous society. She was just as clear about the goal and context of teaching, regardless of the government in place:A “climate of repression and militarization and violation of human rights are ultimately traceable to economic policies instituted to benefit foreign interests and our own ruling elite. . . More than ever, we need teachers who, despite political constraints, will try their best to infuse in a new generation that firm nationalist commitment that will reverse the process of denationalization and deFilipinization of our economy, culture, and society.” *
Learn more about Letizia and her epic romance [READ]
History, art, and intellectual resistance combine in an exhibit currently on view at YSpace at the Yuchengco Museum, located in RCBC Plaza, Makati City.
Running until July 11, 2026, “Pasts Revisited: An Exhibit on a Usable History and the Romance of Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas Constantino” offers the public an unprecedented look into the lives of the late couple whose partnership reshaped Philippine historiography.
Presented by the Constantino Foundation, the exhibit serves as a vital antidote to what the foundation’s managing director, Renato Redentor “Red” Constantino, describes as a state of “national amnesia” in a time [READ]
History, art, and intellectual resistance combine in an exhibit currently on view at YSpace at the Yuchengco Museum, located in RCBC Plaza, Makati City.
Running until July 11, 2026, “Pasts Revisited: An Exhibit on a Usable History and the Romance of Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas Constantino” offers the public an unprecedented look into the lives of the late couple whose partnership reshaped Philippine historiography.
Presented by the Constantino Foundation, the exhibit serves as a vital antidote to what the foundation’s managing director, Renato Redentor “Red” Constantino, describes as a state of “national amnesia” in a time of deep political and environmental crisis.
“Our current period will be remembered in history as a chapter of intense [READ]
By The Manila Times Staff | June 18, 2026
HISTORY and art merge in “Pasts Revisited,” an exhibit that recalls the love story of Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas Constantino, two Filipinos who wrote together as a couple to decolonize the nation, ongoing until July 11 at Y Space at the Yuchengco Museum in Makati.
Mounted by the Constantino Foundation, the exhibit features letters, never-before-seen book manuscripts, rare artifacts, and artworks given to the couple by Vicente Manansala, Malang, and Araceli Dans, along with photos of the Constantino couple with good friends Claro M. Recto and Lorenzo Tañada, plus handwritten notes from William Henry Scott, Doreen Fernandez, and Edilberto Alegre.
The exhibit likewise showcases fascinating new art — contemporary expressions of a “usable history,” the concept advanced by the Constantino couple to encourage Filipinos to regard lessons from the past to shape [READ]
Journalist Kara David — granddaughter of Renato and Letizia Constantino — visited Pasts Revisited: An Exhibit on A Usable History and the Romance of Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas Constantino at the Yuchengco Museum.
The exhibit runs from 11 June to 11 July 2026 at RCBC Plaza, Ayala Ave. corner Gil Puyat Ave., Makati. (Closed Sundays & holidays. Bike parking available at RCBC Plaza.) Read Original Story Here
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