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Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/03/2015
» It's a continuous run on the treadmill for art collectors and design devotees when the art fair season kicks off in January. March is undoubtedly a peak period, with exhibitions going on every weekend. The most prominent one in Asia, Art Basel Hong Kong, something of a high-end art supermarket, wrapped up on Tuesday. The fair saw over 3,000 artists around the world touch down at the gateway to Asia for the third year to beguile the moneyed and style-savvy art connoisseurs.
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/03/2015
» A title of a work of art works as a cue, a reference, a connection, an analogy. Yuree Kensaku named her most recent work When The Elephants Fight, The Grass Gets Trampled. She thinks in symbols. She has a feeling for idioms. When she thought of the painting, she thought in language. She thought of how to best represent it.
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 18/02/2015
» Lion carcasses, taxidermic vultures and a set of man-made animal models, including enormous elephants, tigers, monkeys, and a somewhat adorable leviathan, have been artistically brought together for a new exhibition.
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 02/02/2015
» Arriving on the literary scene in 1990, American Patricia Cornwell has penned a book every year since. Though she hasn’t a medical degree, her crime novels that focus on forensic medicine are so accurate that she’s regarded as one of the experts in the field. With the profits from her writing, she has founded forensic facilities in more than one state.
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 07/01/2015
» Prasert Yodkaew's angel wings are made of a plug, a Chinese spoon, a bidet spray, a used toothbrush, a plastic fork, an amulet, nuts and bolts and some wires wrapped roughly in plastic cover.
Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 06/01/2015
» Christmas Day at the Thailand Cultural Centre saw the opening night of Opera Siam's wonderful new production of Mozart's The Magic Flute, conducted by the young Thai impresario Trisdee Na Patalung and directed by Somtow Sucharitkul (there were two further performances, one sponsored by the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority).
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» The longest film at the 18th Thai Short Film and Video Festival will run at 250 minutes. That's not particularly short, but it speaks volumes about the cinematic health and enthusiasm offered by the festival that runs until Sept 7.
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 21/10/2014
» We are all familiar with classical masterpieces, from Bach's Canon In D Major to Beethoven's Symphony No.9. But how many times in our lives have we heard these celebrated pieces being performed by children who have been weathering not only blindness but also other disabilities since they were born?
Life, Published on 08/09/2014
» Founded in 753 BC, Rome was ruled by kings until 500BC. A republic for five centuries, governed by wealthy families represented in the Senate, with the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC and the defeats of Brutus and Mark Antony, Octavian donned the crown as Emperor Augustus. In 476 AD barbarians look over.
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 19/06/2014
» At 5.05am on the 15th of May, 2020, the National Treasure Bank was broken into. The burglar was found unconscious and transported to the nearest hospital.