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New art programme offers to turn passion into profession
Life, Published on 18/06/2025
» Dib Bangkok and Bangkok University are accepting applications for "Art Beyond Canvas: Management In Art Industry", a joint practicum open to interested people aged over 20 from all educational backgrounds.
New movies out this week: Feb 1-7
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 01/02/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.fil
When East meets West
Life, John Clewley, Published on 17/01/2023
» In 2017, the Japanese band Minyo Crusaders released their debut album, Echoes Of Japan (P-Vine, Japan), to great acclaim. The band's reworking and updating of Japanese folk music, or minyo, on a rhythmic bed of Caribbean, Latin and Afrobeat was truly inspired, and perhaps pointed the way for other fusion bands in East and Southeast Asia. The aim was to revive minyo as "music for the people", as quoted by World Music Central.
Grammys night: Tributes, digs and a Ukraine moment, but no slaps
AFP, Published on 04/04/2022
» LAS VEGAS: Las Vegas hosting the Grammys for the first time ever might have been an opportunity to the music world to scintillate -- but the 64th edition of the industry's most prestigious awards stayed relatively zipped up.
Koktail focuses on life's finer things
Life, Published on 13/12/2021
» Just when you thought print publications were a thing of the past, Koktail magazine hits the bookstands.
Precious blooms
Life, Noko, Published on 24/09/2021
» For over a century, flowers have been Van Cleef & Arpels' favourite subject for jewellery interpretations. A platinum bracelet with stylised red and white roses earned the maison the Grand Prize at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris in 1925.
Security through obscurity no longer works
Mika Lauhde, Published on 17/08/2021
» Netflix has a lot of valuable data it needs to protect from hackers. Tens of millions of households entrust the company with their personal information, including credit card details and the viewing habits of each family member. Netflix also wants to keep its popular TV series beyond the reach of those who try to view the content without paying.
Benefit concert to mark Asian heritage
Life, Published on 24/05/2021
» Following the success of the 2020 Asia Rising Forever benefit livestream last May, which drew 8.5 million viewers and trended No.1 on YouTube and Twitter, 88rising continues its longstanding commitment to amplifying Asian voices with the upcoming benefit concert on Thursday at 9am.
Art scene metamorphosis
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 23/10/2019
» The third instalment of the biennial festival Unfolding Kafka, well-known for its rich and eclectic programmes of conceptual art interpreting the works of Franz Kafka, is returning to Bangkok and Chiang Mai again, running from Saturday (Oct 26) to Dec 15.
Off the leash
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 20/10/2019
» "Dogs whine to communicate their physical, mental and emotional states..." At first glance, Dogwhine's artist bio reads like the opening to a freshman's college essay. Then, out of the blue, what initially appears to be a direct quote from the dictionary turns into a sly jab at the absurd prohibition on political gatherings of five or more people imposed by the junta: "Not all whines are created equally. Sometimes dogs gather to whine in group. When they come together more than five, they often get chased or taken away." Like hip-hop firebrands Rap Against Dictatorship who brought us the brilliant anti-junta Prathet Ku Mee (What's My Country Got), this Bangkok five-piece are unapologetically political from the outset.