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From the valleys to Bangkok
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/03/2016
» Ever since the beginning of the year, Bangkok has not been short of world-class musical icons flying in to grace Thai fans, from Madonna to Santana to most recently David Foster. So it's not unusual that the legendary Welsh singer Tom Jones is next to dazzle Thai audiences.
Fun hits and misses
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 24/02/2016
» The award for best art exhibition opening reception this month goes to café/gallery Counting Sheep Corner on Sukhumvit 61 with Thomas Carrigan's paintings. Despite the fact that it was the bland Singha Light instead of the much-loved original, we had nothing to complain about because the free-flow started before 6pm and continued until late.
Ratchaburi's roll of the dice
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/03/2016
» Almost five years ago the late writer and National Artist in literature Prabhassorn Sevikul wrote a short story. The text was not published on paper but painted along the bank of Mae Khlong river, and you had to walk the total of 3km to finish the story. The ephemeral aspect of this, along with 74 other artworks installed around Ratchaburi, featured in the first edition of the community-based "Art Normal" event.
(Authorised) art attack
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/01/2016
» Around this time in 2014, the late artist Mamafaka's one-eyed gigantic monster Mr. HellYeah, spray-painted at the ruins near BTS Ratchathewi, was "bombed" by another graffiti group. The original graffiti was done as part of the first edition of street art festival Bukruk in 2013, and when the controversy about it being defaced erupted, the unauthorised vandalism of the authorised vandalism exemplied the very essence of street art: nothing is permanent.
Regional revolution
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/02/2016
» 'An art fair is always a commercial event," said Lorenzo Rudolf, founder and president of Art Stage Singapore whose sixth edition ended last month. There's not a response more apt than that to a common complaint like: "Oh, but Art Stage is too commercial." It's an art fair, and quite naturally, as Rudolf added in an interview during the fair, "the galleries come here to sell".
Picture of a genius
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/11/2015
» 'He was nothing else but just a painter," said Pablo Picasso's grandson Olivier Widmaier Picasso. It was only when Picasso died, in 1973, that he started to realise how important his grandfather was, not just to the art scene, but to the world.
A new chapter
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 07/09/2015
» Last month, a 3 tonne load of rare books and magazines from Silpakorn University Central Library were "mistakenly" sold to an old bookshop in Bang Bon district. Some of them were antique books dating back to the reign of King Rama VI, others were old sociological and anthropological journals that can no longer be found anywhere.
Rich in heartbreak
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/07/2015
» As a Thai saying goes, "artists' intestines are dry", meaning being an artist hardly puts food in your stomach. But this is hardly the case for 30-year-old Orn Thongthai, whose latest solo exhibition "High On You" is currently on view at Ink and Lion Cafe at Ekamai Soi 2.
Through the lens
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/07/2015
» The photography scene in Bangkok used to be about specialised venues such as Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Serindia Gallery or RMA Institute. Or maybe a handful others if just pinning photographs on walls counts as an exhibition.
Examining urbanity
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/06/2015
» Stepping into the dimly lit Jim Thompson Art Center, one immediately feels connected. The parade of motorcycles is more than a common sight in Bangkok. The colourful car headlining and flaring lights are reminiscent of a songthaew ride home. Other video installations featuring in the space's current exhibition "Missing Links" are instantaneously relatable, even without any explanatory text.