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.

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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]