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You can look, but please don't touch
Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/09/2024
» When we were kids, most of us heard the words "don't touch that!" from our parents if we were in the presence of something breakable and possibly valuable. That's probably what a father wishes he had said when he took his four-year-old son to a museum in the Israeli city of Haifa last week.
The winner-take-all economy is ruining art, too
News, Allison Schrager, Published on 06/05/2024
» I was on the whole disappointed by this year's Whitney Biennial -- it was hard for me to tell if one video installation was art or an HR training video -- but as an economist, I have to admit the exhibition was successful in at least one respect: It did what art is supposed to do, which is to hold up a mirror to our society and economy. And this year's biennial shows how America's elite institutions are stifling innovation and creativity.
Getting historic renovations right
Oped, Atch Sreshthaputra, Published on 09/11/2023
» There has been some good news about the conservation of heritage architecture in Thailand in recent years -- but bad news as well. First, the good part: our society is waking up to the value of heritage. Despite little public funding and weak legal protection, some old buildings and sites are being conserved. Many people, companies and institutions throughout the nation now recognise that preserving our historic architectural resources improves our economy, communities and quality of life.
Audience of one is better than none
Roger Crutchley, Published on 13/08/2023
» There was a story from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last week concerning English actress Georgie Grier whose one-woman show Sunsets attracted a grand audience of one. A tweet with pictures of a tearful Grier after the show prompted considerable sympathy and the following night she found herself performing to a near full-house which she joked felt the equivalent of "Wembley".
Let's remember our 'difficult' history
Oped, Paritta Chalermpow Koanantakool, Published on 26/07/2023
» When we think of "heritage", we usually think of historic sites, beautiful old buildings, traditional performing arts, sumptuous dishes and so on. These are things rooted in the past that are proudly passed on from generation to generation. They help us understand our history and ourselves and nourish our communal identities.
Facebook, beware: the metaverse is really flat
News, Parmy Olson, Published on 26/09/2022
» In a few weeks' time, Mark Zuckerberg will announce a new virtual reality headset from Meta Platforms.
Left the station
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/04/2022
» Re: "Powered by Passion", (Life, April 6).
Stench of anti-Chinese racism is deeply ingrained
Oped, Hsuan L Hsu, Published on 20/03/2021
» Since the arrival of Covid-19, people assumed to be Chinese have been stared at, yelled at, coughed on, spat on, sprayed with air freshener, beaten, splashed with acid, pushed, stabbed, and murdered -- sometimes for simply occupying public space. I have thought twice about spending time in public on days when allergies to cats, pollen or wildfire smoke might make me susceptible to the hazards of "coughing while Asian".
A foreign hand that embraced the Thai art scene
News, Apinan Poshyananda, Published on 14/12/2020
» Last week, the sad news came via Facebook. Alfred Pawlin, to many of his friends Freddy, passed away peacefully at the age of 69 in a hospital in Vienna. We were informed that Freddy had a brain thrombosis in October and spent more than two months hospitalised.
It's a Thai fight
News, Postbag, Published on 14/12/2020
» Re: "Local politics amid US-Thai relations", (Opinion, Dec 11).