After its successful maiden run, the Empty Chair Project is having a reprise at the Art Lounge Manila at the Podium. The groundbreaking fundraising exhibition by the Visual Arts Helping Hands Foundation features where 58 of the most in demand contemporary artists who transformed the humble chair to be statements in support of mental health.

The Empty Chair Project, which had its initial run at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila in 2019, is being restaged with a new roster of 58 artists. This new list has a good mix of artists from the young to the veritable; all giving their full support once again to mental health, and to creating a fund for the visual arts community members' health needs.