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Renaissance master Raphael honoured by New York's Met
Life, S.P. Somtow, Published on 04/04/2026
» Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and now Raphael. Starting today, New York's prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicating a retrospective to the third of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance.
Driving ambition
Life, S.P. Somtow, Published on 04/04/2026
» Singapore Lirica Arts is a relatively new organisation and last week's production of Verdi's Macbeth was its very ambitious first full-scale opera production.
From Bangkok to the Biennale
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 17/02/2026
» The international group exhibition "The Spirits Of Maritime Crossing", organised by the Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation, is set to return to the Venice Biennale -- one of the world's most prestigious international contemporary art exhibitions -- after receiving a warm reception from visitors in 2024.
Everything all at once
Life, Chavisa Boonpiti, Published on 08/11/2025
» Bangkok is often described through its heat and rhythm, but it's easier to notice what doesn't move. Outside, the air ripples, motorbikes weave and heat sticks to skin. But, stepping inside, everything stops at the glass. The air turns cool, predictable. Music hums softly from invisible speakers, escalators glide as though the city never sweats. Here, you can eat, shop, exercise, unwind and never once face the weather. It's Bangkok, distilled: frictionless and fluorescent.
Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Morte Cucina shows off killer Thai cuisine at Tokyo film festival
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/10/2025
» Pen-ek Ratanaruang's new film features a protagonist on a quest for culinary retribution -- a triglyceride revenge trip that gets greasier and weirder along the way.
Jewish classic revisited
Life, John Clewley, Published on 25/10/2025
» Good news fans of klezmer music. The groundbreaking, award-winning klezmer outfit The Klezmatics have reissued their classic album Rhythm + Jews: Revisited (Piranha, Germany), which was recorded in 1990 and released in 1991. The reissue is part of the band's 40th anniversary celebrations.
Audacious, vivacious talent
Life, William Niall Morris, Published on 30/08/2025
» Back in 2021, a group of intrepid Bangkok music students decided to create their own opera company, undeterred by the fact that this is the most difficult art form to produce.
Philippine Madrigal Singers to perform in Bangkok
Life, Published on 23/08/2025
» The world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers (MADZ) will take centre stage for a live performance at the Thailand Cultural Centre in Bangkok on Sept 1 at 7.30pm.
Stay on track
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 22/08/2025
» Last month, Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment released Jurassic World Rebirth, with the star-studded cast including Jonathan Bailey as palaeontologist Dr Henry Loomis.
Xenomorphs of Siam
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 20/08/2025
» The Alien franchise has always been about survival in the most inhospitable places imaginable, from derelict space freighters to hostile alien planets. But in Alien: Earth, the inhospitable terrain is not light-years away. It's right here at home.