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Art history
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/03/2017
» Montien Boonma, one of Thailand's most significant contemporary artists, died almost 17 years ago. The last time we had a proper glimpse of his art was in 2013 with "[Montien Boonma]: Unbuilt/Rare Works", a show by the Jim Thompson Art Centre and the Thai Art Archives in which his personal collection of documents, sketchbooks, notebooks, printed matter, photographs and video footage along with other related materials were put on display.
Decking the walls
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/02/2017
» Bangkok's three newest art spaces - ApArt, Future Factory and Most Gallery.
Guns and roses
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/01/2017
» The atmosphere at the Jim Thompson Art Center is seemingly intimidating. Two larger-than-life rifles stand threateningly tall. In a 24-channel video installation, entitled The Game, we see military-clad twin brothers on a motorcycle, rifles in hands.
Constant flux
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/12/2016
» Bangkok Art and Culture Centre hasn't seen this many visitors in quite a while. Today people are everywhere in the exhibition space on the 9th floor even though it is a weekday afternoon. They have never been so involved with the artworks on display and careless as to what other visitors might think of them.
One for the books
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/08/2016
» Bangkok just can't get enough of literary input, and we are talking about just the month of August alone. Last month there was the Bangkok Book Festival, and ongoing until this Sunday is the much-hyped Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, offering 60-80% discounts on 2 million copies of English language books from every imaginable genre. It's a fair where many have spent money on books they probably won't get to read in this lifetime.
Early stages
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 23/06/2016
» Although this coming weekend is not the second Saturday of January, it does feel like Children's Day. In fact, it's more like Children's Week, because until next Sunday, the capital is holding its first-ever Bangkok International Children's Theatre Festival (BICT 2016).
Picture the words
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 22/06/2016
» What's not to like about director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit's debut solo exhibition "I Write You A Lot", which just opened last weekend at Bangkok Citycity Gallery?
Chart-ing Facebook
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 16/05/2016
» It has been eight years since writer Chart Kobjitti, national artist and two-time SEA Write Award winner, published his book Lorm Wong Khui, a collection of articles written for Si San magazine. Eight years is a long time, especially for fans of various generations who literally grew up with his writing, from the cursed life of Ai-fak in 1981's Khamphiphaksa (The Judgement) that won his first SEA Write award, and the tumultuous story of life, friendship and lots of booze in 1988's Phan Ma Ba, to a miserable account of age and death in a nursing home in 1993's Wela (Time), for which he won the award once again.
Unseen and not heard in the city
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/05/2016
» The massive space on the seventh floor of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre is now filled with a series of grainy and greyish photographs. Viewers should be warned that the experience there can be rather disorientating; not only are the photos random, they seem to have been arranged almost impulsively. Entitled "Omnivoyeur And Electrical Walks Bangkok", these photographs by Miti Ruangkritya only make up one part of the show, which is only complete when sounds by German sound artist Christina Kubisch are added.
Roving eye
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/04/2016
» After a trip to Saatchi Gallery, a major exhibition by 23 artists called "Thailand Eye" has finally made it home to Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, where it will continue through August. When the exhibition first opened late last year in London, it created a buzz, with these 23 artists being selected from a longlist of as many as 200. The exhibition is the final instalment of a series of three cultural events marking the 60th birthday of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the first two being a khon performance at the Royal Albert Hall and the Thai Film Festival at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in June last year.