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Embrace human diversity at Muebon's latest show
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 19/03/2024
» Sanctuary Gallery will host the inaugural exhibition of a new series titled "The Analogous Sphere" by noted Thai street artist Muebon, which translates to restless hands that tend to create a mess.
Graffiti artist follows his rebellious roots
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/06/2022
» A daubed wall marks off a rundown area where makeshift houses were put up for rent, a stone's throw from a luxury condominium in the heart of Bangkok's Sathon. A 40-year-old man exits his car with pink luggage. He puts on a black hat and ties a small cloth around his head. He's wearing a long-sleeve checked shirt, shorts, and black sneakers and his socks are printed with cannabis patterns. Mue Bon, literally translated as "restless hands", opens his arsenal and begins to spray paint a rough sketch of the flightless black bird on the wall.
TEST YOURSELF: The artist giving the junta headaches
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/08/2020
» Headache Stencil wants to annoy the government
The artist who gives the junta headaches
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 26/08/2020
» Criticising the government is part of a normal functioning democracy, but perhaps not in Thailand. The junta government who claim they came from an election frowns upon any kind of criticism, even political art.
Art attack
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 13/10/2018
» Test Yourself is where you can improve your reading skills. Whether it’s for tests like University Entrance Exams or IELTS and TOEFL, or even just for fun, these pages help you to read, understand and improve your English.
A new way to see art
Life, Published on 10/10/2018
» In the past month, the typically polished window displays of Central Embassy's Siwilai retail store and café have been bombed -- graffiti-bombed. There was a giant Mickey Mouse skull plastered on the main window, and instead of mannequins donning sleek and fashionable outfits, hung chaotically on the cracked and stained walls are painted-over termite exterminator signs, canvases with cute but serious-looking cartoon animals and small sculptures of the same animals in different predicaments.
It's a jungle out there
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 22/01/2017
» If you make a trip to a place like Sangkhla Buri district in Kanchanaburi, or maybe Ban Rai district in Uthai Thani or Dan Chang district in Suphan Buri, you'll feel that you have left the city far behind and are in a very different environment. So when mealtime comes and you get hungry, you'll probably want to find a restaurant whose character matches that of the town -- one with a view of surrounding forest and mountains, if possible.
Bangkok is home to art world's latest BFF
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 13/07/2016
» Late last month, Central Embassy witnessed something that has never happened since its opening: a crowd of people, camping out and waiting in line to get inside the store. The mob of fans were there to meet and greet Brian Donnelly, better known as KAWS, and get their hands on his latest works.
KAWS unveils BFF
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 30/06/2016
» Bangkok's art scene keeps getting bigger and better, as today, Brian Donnelly, aka KAWS, the artist, toymaker and brand, is visiting to drop his latest merchandise and unveil his biggest sculpture yet: BFF.
Tombstone tourist club indulges its passion at local cemeteries
News, Published on 11/12/2015
» Some prefer to spend their leisure time immersed in music or on a sports field, but for a small group of tombstone tourists, Britain's graveyards are their playground.