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A year in art
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/12/2025
» Since Thailand's art scene flourished this year, especially in Bangkok, city residents had access to a diverse range of art. As the year draws to an end, Life spoke with Sukontip Nakasem, founder of Warin Lab Contemporary & La Lanta Fine Art, and Voravuj Sujjaporamest, founder of VS Gallery, about highlights and significant art events that happened this year. While Warin Lab Contemporary is renowned for presenting prevailing issues related to ecology and the environment, VS Gallery stands out for presenting issues related to marginalised people.
Where the struggle begins
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/11/2025
» Annemarie Jacir's Palestine 36 reminds us that the question of Palestine didn't begin two years ago but generations before that. Showing at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the film is set in the aftermath of World War I as the European powers carve up the Middle East like a spoiled child slicing his birthday cake: gleefully, arbitrarily, jabbing their fingers on a map with no regard of history or the need of local inhabitants.
A daughter of the sea
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai and Kwanchai Dumrongkwan, Published on 27/10/2025
» In Chana district, Songkhla province, the ocean is never far away. "You walk out the front door and there's the sea," says Khairiyah Ramanyah, smiling. She remembers doing her homework as a child while dolphins leapt in the distance. The sea was never just a view. It was family.
New theatre show explores trauma and trans identity
Life, Published on 13/08/2025
» Miss Theatre presents With Pessimistic And Hateful, an experimental work that explores personal traumas, at the Studio, 4th floor of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Pathumwan intersection, from Aug 22-24 and Aug 29-31 at 7pm.
Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
National Gallery exhibition celebrates 75 years of Indonesian-Thai relations
Life, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 09/06/2025
» The annual Thailand-Indonesia collaborative painting exhibition is running at the National Gallery until June 28 to foster artistic ties while celebrating the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations between the countries.
Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra concludes historic Russia tour
Life, Henry Phan, Published on 15/04/2025
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (RBSO) has returned to Thailand following a debut tour in the Russian Federation, marking a significant milestone in the orchestra's four-decade history.
Alternativa invites filmmakers to shape a just future
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/04/2025
» Alternativa is calling for filmmakers to join the Just Futures Impact Story Lab 2025 until May 18.
LGBTI Hero Awards to be held at Sukosol Hotel next month
Life, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 21/10/2024
» The Hero Awards are set to return in November to support the LGBTI movement across the Asia Pacific, while emphasising the importance of continuous support towards LGBTI throughout the year.
Say it loud
Life, John Clewley, Published on 27/08/2024
» On Oct 30, 1974, US boxer George Foreman, then the undisputed heavyweight champion, and challenger Muhammad Ali entered a ring in a stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to fight for the title.