• LIFE

  The art of exile

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 28/06/2017

  » The snowy mountaintops of Sweden, France or the United States, painted on Paphonsak La-or's canvases, aren't dispatches from the artist's overseas travels.

• LIFE

  Entertaining a dark soul

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/11/2017

  » Writer Franz Kafka's sombre, absurd, yet resolutely modern universe has long been a source of inspiration for filmmakers; his novels and short stories having provided the basis for several film adaptations, from Orson Welles' critically-acclaimed The Trial to lesser-known movies such as Michael Haneke's The Castle. As part of "Unfolding Kafka Festival 2017", an expert explains how Kafka's works continue to fascinate readers and audiences, in large part due to the Czech writer's sharp intuition and "prophetic" perception of modern-day woes.

• LIFE

  What's trending and happening this week

  Muse, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 23/06/2018

  » 1. Enjoy a night of art, film and food with Deus Ex Machina and Moto Guzzi. The event, starting at 4pm today has plenty of activities to fit each and everyone's tastes. So whether you're going for the short movie line-up at a ride-in cinema, or choose to attend a live-painting session with Australian artist Paul McNeil, there'll be games, music, food and fun. Along with the Deus Art Exhibition, Moto Guzzi will be presenting their latest -- and limited edition -- model at ACMEN Ekamai Complex on Ekamai 15. To RSVP call 089-491-6099 or 090-865-0266.

• LIFE

  Women unchained

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/03/2017

  » 'It's called 'fair-ly tell'. Not fairy tale." Porntip Mankong asserts, pronouncing one syllable at a time. She says it with an air of someone used to battle against misspellings, and misinterpretations, of her work.

• LIFE

  Putting the art in artefact

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 08/08/2018

  » What is in an artefact? Evidence of cultural or historical interest is restrained and appears unostentatious in Dusadee Huntrakul's solo exhibition "There Are More Monsoon Songs Elsewhere". Nevertheless, through the superposition of timelines and geographical locations, the imagined rituals, songs and dances of the everyday come to life at 100 Tonson Gallery.

• LIFE

  A harbinger of things to come

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 30/05/2018

  » The fifth floor of an office tower may seem an unusual choice of venue for Indonesia's first museum of modern and contemporary art, but its geographical location puzzled local and regional art aficionados the most.

• LIFE

  To kill an Indochinese leopard

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 18/04/2018

  » In the past two months, there has hardly been a week during which the phrase sua dam wasn't mentioned in the news. The slaughter of an Indochinese leopard -- though it's often referred to, incorrectly, as a black panther -- has sparked a wave of outrage, news coverage, moral indignation and street art paintings.

• OPINION

  Listen to the women

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/12/2017

  » As the year draws to a close, I'd like to think it's time for a little assessment. This year has been hailed by many in the United States and in Europe as the year in which women "broke their silence". This belief was recently illustrated by Time's "Person Of The Year" cover, which features six women who spoke out against sexual harassment.

• LIFE

  Monarchical chronicles

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 18/10/2017

  » In a 1970 address to librarians nationwide, the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej compared books to knowledge banks, "a collection of everything mankind has built, done and invented since ancient times". His remark thus highlighted the importance of these everyday objects in the human experience.

• THAILAND

  Domestic help better off as 'not in family'

  News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/12/2016

  » Treating domestic workers as if they are "part of the family" may lead to attitudes that are likely to be detrimental to them, a United Nations (UN) Women study has found.

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