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Art auction benefits Thailand's needy jumbos
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 24/08/2022
» Dozens of paintings by elephants will go under the hammer to raise funds for needy elephants in Thailand, at the Auditorium, 5th floor of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Pathumwan intersection, on Sunday, from 4-8pm.
Contemporary mediocrities
Life, Apinan Poshyananda, Published on 03/05/2021
» At the recent ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture's (OCAC) Art Collection in the spacious art hall on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, a group of ageing male artists covered in sanitary masks surrounded the director of OCAC, Vimolluck Chuchart, who gave a self-congratulatory speech. She proudly announced that the public will be able to view for the first time the national collection of the Ministry of Culture's contemporary Thai art. Beside these elderlies stood a white giant fibreglass sculpture by Sutee Kunavichyanont in Thai military uniform wearing a helmet with a rifle erect. Sutee's Equality; Thai Soldier (2016) is inspired by the cultural mandates between 1939 and 1942 during the premiere of Phibul Songkhram that aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instil progressive tendencies and newness into Thai life.
A show for lovers of of art
Life, Published on 23/02/2021
» The Covid-19 pandemic can't stop enthusiasts from enjoying the aesthetics of art as G111 Gallery Antiques & Collectibles in Bangkok has gathered masterpieces by the country's top artists for those looking for inspiration.
Show some hornbill love
Life, Published on 12/02/2020
» The Hornbill brand under ICC International and Hornbill Research Foundation are holding the 21st "Love Hornbill Day" event featuring a variety of interesting activities at the Hornbill Garden of Mahidol University's Faculty of Science, Rama VI, tomorrow from 10am to 6pm.
Blossoming Chiang Mai
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 22/02/2018
» Chiang Mai, aka the "Rose of the North", has been popular among Thai and foreign tourists for decades due to the beauty of its nature, art, culture and temperate flowers. Throughout this month, the province is hosting the "Chiang Mai Blooms 2018", a series of floral festivals and activities to enhance local tourism related to flower planting and decoration. Chiang Mai's "The Annual Calendar of Flowers" falls every February.