23/11/2025
In this reel, we sit down with our Project Lead and Co-Editor, Mr Matthew Lopez—an independent journalist, art researcher, and author.
Mr. Lopez has written extensively on Philippine art, history, and the world of horology. He previously worked as a researcher at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, helped establish the 2018 Manila Biennale’s curatorial team, and later served as Museum Consultant to Fundación Sansó.
A collector of Filipiniana and fine timepieces, he has contributed to many leading publications both in the Philippines and abroad: Spot.PH, the Manila Bulletin, Mr Porter, and SJX Watches. He is also a member of the Academy of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève—one of only three Filipinos in the institution often likened to the watchmaking world’s Academy Awards.
As Project Lead and Co-Editor of the forthcoming volume “Federico Aguilar Alcuaz: Salaysay”, Mr Lopez takes the lead with regards to the editorial direction. He argues that such a publication is long overdue for the stature of the late National Artist—serving not merely to document a prolific oeuvre, but to affirm Aguilar Alcuaz’s role in both Philippine and international modernism through rigorous, scholarly reference
