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Challenging the norm
Life, Published on 12/12/2022
» Anonymous England-based street artist Banksy is notable for his stencil-style artwork with dark humour that criticises social issues, politics, wars, capitalism and consumerism while promoting freedom of expression. Although Banksy's true identity remains mysterious, his images with powerful messages through murals and other art forms have captured global attention.
Will any music stars perform in Qatar?
AFP, Published on 19/11/2022
» PARIS: Several global stars have refused to take part in the opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup, and with two days to go, it is still not clear who will perform.
Challenging the norm
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/11/2022
» Yaoi or Boys' Love (BL) has grown from an underground to mainstream fictional genre. It emerged from women's manga comics in Japan in the 1980s, which portrayed the relationship between young boys based on the seme (active) and uke (receptive) dichotomy. Through an informal fan network, the transnational phenomenon came to Thailand in the early 1990s and a subculture was formed online.
Paris museum says painting was target of attempted attack
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» PARIS: A young woman tried to throw soup at a painting at the world-famous Musee d'Orsay in Paris this week, the museum confirmed Sunday, in a similar attack to others by climate activists in Europe.
Art world appalled by attacks on paintings
AFP, Published on 29/10/2022
» PARIS: Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism.
Climate activists throw soup over Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» LONDON: Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's National Gallery on Friday, in the latest "direct-action" stunt targeting works of art.
Art of Precarity
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 13/10/2022
» What is the possibility of art in a precarious and even dangerous environment? The answer could be found everywhere at documenta fifteen.
Native American actress who refused Oscar for Brando dies at 75
AFP, Published on 03/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist and actress who was booed in 1973 as she refused an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, has died aged 75, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Sunday.
The tough road to democratisation
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 03/10/2022
» Taiwan has been hailed as a textbook example of a successful transition to democracy. At the end of the civil war in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), lost to Mao Zedong's communist forces and fled to the island. After almost four decades of martial law until 1987, Taiwan eventually held its first presidential election in 1996.
US opioid crisis doc wins top prize at Venice film festival
AFP, Published on 11/09/2022
» VENICE: A documentary tracing an artist's campaign against the family behind the US opioid drug epidemic scooped the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.