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When art becomes smart
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 02/04/2014
» In 2011 the royal family of Qatar, the world’s richest nation, bought Cezanne’s The Card Players at more than $250 million (8 billion baht). The purchase marked the highest price ever paid for a piece of art.
Give and let live
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/03/2014
» Picture a motorbike messenger delivering your dying mother, father, sister or lover a heart for transplant. The donated heart must be preserved in a solution at about 4C and can only remain viable for transplant for no more than four hours, though a kidney can last up to 24 hours. And not all dead bodies are viable for organ donation. Only donors who have been declared brain-dead by three doctors, or on life support and with functioning disease-free organs, will be considered. More importantly, the organ must match the body of the recipient.
Turning music into colour
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/03/2014
» “There comes time in life where our passions in doing something we love take control,” says Viranod Buranasiri. He has reached that point in his life, departing from his job as a banker to pick up a camera and a paintbrush.
Painted water still runs deep
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 05/03/2014
» For “Essence”, the series of paintings now on exhibition at La Lanta Fine Arts, Wittawat Tongkeaw travelled to the coast to photograph seawater and its many temperaments at different times of the day, from dawn right up to dusk.
Multiple perspectives
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 26/02/2014
» ‘Knowledge is Everything”, so claims the title of the exhibition by Liam Morgan and Jan Krogsgaard at Speedy Grandma Gallery.
Baring it all
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 26/02/2014
» Talking about sex is awkward — for teenagers, for parents, for teachers. When teenagers need guidance, conversations about sex-related topics are frequently dodged. Sex education in Thailand over the past decades is usually allocated only a few hours per semester as part of a physical education class, and even then consists only of a theoretical component, which hardly answers some of the more frequently asked questions among teens, such as "Why does my penis appear black or darker than my skin tone?", "Is it weird to not last as long as people do in pornos?" or "What is premenstrual syndrome and how do you deal with it?".
Top Class
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/02/2014
» For Thai students, the summer holidays are approaching, but that doesn’t always mean a break from the education calendar. All over the country, but especially in Bangkok, students flock to tutoring centres in the break to brush up on subjects they haven’t excelled at in regular school.