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Life, Published on 01/09/2021
» Painter Preecha Punklum will present a collection of abstract-like paintings that stem from his inner state of mind during "Connecting Mentality", which is running at Number 1 Gallery, from Saturday to Sept 25.
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 10/02/2020
» When Bala Venketeswara Rao Sankuratri, a researcher from Sri Lanka, proposed that about a dozen countries join together to issue a "Ramayana visa" for travellers, he found instant support in a hall packed with devotees of the Sanskrit epic and its regional variants.
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/10/2017
» I met Prof Dr Satya Vrat Shastri on the evening of Sept 26 for an interview at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. A day earlier, the renowned Sanskrit scholar had had lunch with Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, when he reminded his former Sanskrit student about his birthday on Sept 29.
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/09/2017
» In Uthis Haemamool's new novel, the protagonist's erotic adventure runs parallel to Thailand's political education. A man's carnal quests and sexual outbursts become, in a way, an allegory of a larger social context as the country goes through three coups d'etat and several convulsive protests in the past 25 years. The awakening of the loin as a metaphor for political orgasm, physical penetration as an analogy for abuses of power -- <i>Rang Haeng Pratana</i> (Silhouette Of Desire) is a novel that, Uthis admits, presents him with many risks as a writer.
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 06/06/2017
» Thailand has been the centre of the international archaeological community recently after a published report showed an illustration of a woman based on the remains of a stone-age body found in Mae Hong Son province.
News, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2017
» It is with deep disappointment that we have read Peerawat Jariyasombat's strangely ill-informed article, "A lesson in development" (BP, Jan 16, 2017). In a move that seems calculated to pander to the greed of developers rather than nurture the human resources represented by local populations, Khun Peerawat hails the efforts of Korean authorities to replace an existing population with an artist colony, but says nothing about the fate of the original residents.
B Magazine, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 19/06/2016
» The latest artwork of Chakrabhand Posayakrit, Thailand's best-known painter, is the most surprising of the master's prolific oeuvre.
Life, Published on 21/10/2015
» Last week local art and business communities converged at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre (BACC). They wanted to see who would win the coveted prizes of the United Overseas Bank of Thailand Painting of the Year Competition.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/03/2013
» Dr Supap Kirtsaeng of Silpakorn University was more persuasive than the best lawyers a US publisher could find, convincing US Supreme Court justices that his book-selling business was legal.