Two sold + two reserved = only 16 prints are left. The limited serigraph prints by the artist Denise Nicole Tolentino are among the most moving pieces of art in recent memory depicting Philippine history with compelling power. It reflects so closely a chapter in our past that makes the narrative bloom, and it succeeds because it is both haunting and inspiring. Candido’s Wave is available at the YShop of Yuchengco Museum until the exhibit [READ]
Renato Constantino’s A Past Revisited and The Continuing Past remain profoundly relevant in illuminating the Philippines’ present political turbulence marked by the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, the collapse of the Marcos–Duterte alliance, and violent upheaval within the Senate. These developments have not only revived anxieties over institutional fragility that Constantino already analyzed during his time but also sharpened dynastic rivalries as the nation looks ahead to the 2028 presidential elections.
Written during the Martial Law era, these two books on Philippine History dismantled colonial-centered narratives and restored Filipinos as central actors in their own story. They exposed how Spanish and American colonialism entrenched [READ]
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]
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