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Navigating identity
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 21/05/2024
» It is a rare and remarkable achievement for artists to exhibit at the Venice Biennale, one of the most prestigious art exhibitions in the world. This year, Thai artist Channatip Chanvipava showcases his solo exhibition “Sound Of Many Waters” featuring eight new paintings that presents the idea of fixed identities, belonging and subjective memory. The exhibition takes place at a 17th century Venetian dimora, open to the public for the first time.
Malaysia also hopes to draw top shows with tax incentives
Online Reporters, Published on 01/04/2024
» Malaysia has joined Thailand in a regional race to bring concerts and other events to the country after the Taylor Swift phenomenon in Singapore.
Asean Film Festival is finally here
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/03/2024
» Despite the odd, unexplained double postponement -- the first when it was moved from early December 2023 to late January 2024, and then from January to March -- the Bangkok Asean Film Festival finally gets under way, from today until Sunday at SF CentralWorld. Despite the adjournment, the line-up looks decent, with the best Southeast Asian titles culled from the past year -- Tiger Stripes, Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell, Abang Adik, Dreaming And Dying, Oasis Of Now, Nowhere Near, Morrison, Thai classics The Adventure Of Sudsakorn and The Adulterer, and a short film competition.
Chinese zodiac animals on show at 'Humanimal'
Life, Published on 12/03/2024
» Malaysian artist Haafiz Shahimi will take art lovers in Thailand to explore the interconnectedness between the five elements theory and 12 Chinese zodiac animals during "Humanimal" which is running at 333Gallery, until March 31.
Korean indie rock band set for two local gigs
Life, Published on 27/02/2024
» Wave to Earth, a Korean indie rock band, will make a comeback to the Kingdom for two exciting shows next week.
Siam Society invites all to talk on glass paintings
Life, Published on 27/02/2024
» Siam Society invites interested persons to learn about Javanese history through iconography on glass during a lecture on "Reverse Glass Painting In Java, 19th–20th Centuries: Reflections Of A World On The Move", on Thursday at 7pm.
RBSO to perform anime concert
Life, Published on 15/01/2024
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra will perform orchestral renditions of famous anime music, at Thailand Cultural Centre's Main Hall, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Jan 25 and 26 at 7.30pm.
Asian talents score big at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/05/2023
» From Japan to Malaysia by way of Vietnam, Asian filmmakers of disparate sensibilities triumphed at the recently-wrapped 76th Cannes Film Festival. The Palme d'Or may have gone to French filmmaker Justine Triet from her tense drama Anatomy Of A Fall, but six other awards handed out by the world's most influential film festival went to filmmakers from Asia, an unprecedented slate of recognition.
Hear her roar
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 26/05/2023
» The image of a girl taking off her hijab is wrought with cinematic symbolism. Kamila Andini shows it in her Indonesian film Yuni (2021); Hesome Chemamah in his Thai short I'm Not Your F*cking Stereotype (2019); Ana Lily Amirpour in the Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014). Subversion? Provocation? Liberation? At this year's Cannes Film Festival, we see that image in Amanda Nell Eu's Tiger Stripes, a work as playful as it is potent in its portrayal of adolescence and what it entails for a young woman's body.
Michelle Yeoh makes history as first Asian to win best actress Oscar
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» HOLLYWOOD, California, US: Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner thrust into a zany multiverse in the sci-fi trip "Everything Everywhere All at Once".