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Art and coup: Four years and counting
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 23/05/2018
» Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of the May 2014 coup d'etat. While it continues to underpin the political landscape, the coup also sparked an unprecedented rise in Thai artworks with political messages. A new political art exhibition took place almost every month since May 2014.
Subversive, perverse, funny, honest?
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 10/03/2017
» Joan Cornellà's art isn't for the sensitive of heart. Masked in bright colours and empty smiles of his characters, his comics are vile, controversial, politically incorrect and uncomfortable. But to the right kind of person, they're absolutely hilarious.
Plane crazy art house
Life, Published on 07/03/2017
» Picture a newfangled creative art space, the kind that has somewhat become the epitome of modern art. Now picture a battered, decommissioned aeroplane. Combine the two, and you'll get an art space with an aeroplane smack dab in the middle. As ludicrous as it may sound, one such location does exist and will soon open to the public.
TPO strengthens Kingdom's bond with Myanmar
Life, Published on 06/10/2016
» The Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) performed in Myanmar in late August as cultural ambassadors to further strengthen friendship between the two countries.
Flight of fancy
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 11/06/2015
» Some things never get old, and the classic farce Boeing Boeing is one of them. Remade and reinterpreted around the world for over 50 years, there was no surprise that the comedy, first written by French playwright Marc Camolleti, would eventually land rather fittingly on Thai shores. A playboy juggling three different air hostess fiancées — I'm not altogether sure that someone Thai didn't come up with this plot.
Flight of fancy
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/05/2015
» Since its launch last year, the five-storey Thonglor Art Space has hardly been short of crowd-pleasing stage productions. After The Lady Of Siam: The Musical, an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, New Theatre Society's director Damkerng Thitapiyasak is set to present comedy Fly With Me, Free Breakfast, an adaptation from the classic farce Boeing-Boeing by French playwright Marc Camoletti.
A kenyan safari comes to paragon
Life, Published on 02/01/2014
» Hong Kong photographer David Lao will share some of the more colourful of his many experiences in southeast Africa in a photo exhibition which goes on display tomorrow at Siam Paragon.
No rain on Doraemon's Olympic parade
Life, Sithikorn Wongwudthianun, Published on 16/09/2013
» Japan's most lovable anime character, Doraemon, also a favourite among Thai people, was a special ambassador for Tokyo's successful bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games.
Grand celebration of Indian culture
Life, Published on 14/08/2013
» Indian contemporary fashion and historic dance will be the highlights on the first day of "Incredible India Week" which opens tomorrow and continues until Sunday at Siam Paragon.
Land of the Rising Son
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/01/2013
» Danny Choo could have become a celebrated luxury footwear designer like his father, Jimmy Choo, if he had not discovered a Japanese video game console in his teens. It was this little gizmo that changed his life forever.