Published weekly 2014 – 2020 and monthly 2022 onwards, Tuesday in the Tropics are short illustrated reports on what Tony Godfrey saw in South-east Asia and its art world. All, or nearly all, Tuesday in the Tropics will eventually be placed on this website – with an index. See No. 1 for why I write them.

14th May 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 193

14th May 2024

Dear friends and colleagues

Firstly, may I say that I have just put interviews with Louie Cordero and Ian Woo on the website – arttalksea.com

Sarah...

16th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 187[1]

16th January 2024

When people are very young they see animals as equal, even as kin. That humans are different, unique and superior to all other species – this they have to be taught....

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 185

30th November 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

On Tuesday after visiting Vargas Museum to meet with Buen Calubayan to discuss his show there and a future interview with him, and then Ateneo Art Gallery to see the Ateneo Art...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 184

24th October 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

As I said two weeks ago there were three outstanding exhibitions I had seen recently that I wanted to report on.

As if to...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 183

3rd October 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

It has been some time since we last talked. I must...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 180

2nd May 2023

Oca Villamiel, Potteries, at Finale

Dear friends and colleagues

How can we adapt our...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 179

11th April 2023

Five days in Singapore

Dear friends and colleagues

“Has the war made it difficult for you to obtain foreign research reports?” asked...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 178

4th April 2023

Four Days in Bagiuo

Dear friends and colleagues

I went once, ten years ago, but this visit was very different because we now know people...

13th March 2023

7th March 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

You may remember that in my letter 163 (10th March 2020) I talked of how a group of nine of the most important Manila galleries had become dissatisfied with the art fair (Art Fair Philippines or AFP) and started their own fair (ALT). “Is the art market here big enough to justify...

13th March 2023

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 176

14th February 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

As I have grown older I find myself reading obituaries more often. Sadly, I find myself writing them today. Last year two artists of South-east Asia died with whom I had worked...