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Contemporary mediocrities
Life, Apinan Poshyananda, Published on 03/05/2021
» At the recent ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture's (OCAC) Art Collection in the spacious art hall on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, a group of ageing male artists covered in sanitary masks surrounded the director of OCAC, Vimolluck Chuchart, who gave a self-congratulatory speech. She proudly announced that the public will be able to view for the first time the national collection of the Ministry of Culture's contemporary Thai art. Beside these elderlies stood a white giant fibreglass sculpture by Sutee Kunavichyanont in Thai military uniform wearing a helmet with a rifle erect. Sutee's Equality; Thai Soldier (2016) is inspired by the cultural mandates between 1939 and 1942 during the premiere of Phibul Songkhram that aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instil progressive tendencies and newness into Thai life.
Ashley Judd wins appeal in Weinstein sexual harassment case
AFP, Published on 30/07/2020
» LOS ANGELES: A US court of appeals on Wednesday ruled that actress Ashley Judd has the right to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, overturning a lower court's decision.
Southeast Asian rituals, interpreted
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 30/05/2018
» Who said rituals had to be dull?
Love, manufactured
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 05/06/2014
» There always seems to be an invisible tyrant hanging over the audience’s head in Thanapol Viruhakul’s creations. But in his latest production, Hipster The King, at Democrazy Theatre Studio, this tyrant is not so invisible.
A Design for Life
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 29/02/2012
» Nontawat Charoenchasri is not your average design snob. Actually, the only word, besides his name, that rings true in the said sentence is "design".