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Graffiti legends unite
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 26/02/2025
» Josh Franklin, better known as Stash, a legendary graffiti artist from New York, brought his graffiti aesthetics to the collaborative exhibition "Namecaps: Spaceman", in which he joined forces with Jahan Loh, a contemporary artist from Singapore. Held at Event Hall, Central Chidlom, "Namecaps: Spaceman" showcases art pieces in an East-meets-West concept that delivers compelling storytelling about the past and the future.
Cultivating curiosity
Life, Monruedee Jansuttipan and Arun Roisri, Published on 01/07/2024
» Under the hot sun of northern Thailand, a group of schoolchildren gets to work in the picturesque rice terraces of Baan Mae Salap in Mae Hong Son province. They dig deep into the soil, churning up earth as deep as 30cm. This is not an act of vandalism or farming, but of learning.
Siam Society hosts talk on Opium War
Life, Published on 18/10/2023
» Interested persons are invited to learn about a series of events in 19th-century China related to the Opium War in a lecture on "Tea, Opium And The Burning Of The Old Summer Palace", at Siam Society, Asok Road, on Oct 26 at 7pm.
Keep calm – and keep hands off the art
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 23/01/2023
» The urban art landscape in Thailand was marred earlier this month when a popular contemporary installation of a white buffalo called Kwai Calm was broken by a drunk British tourist who attempted to climb atop the sculpture, which stands in front of Samyan Mitrtown.
Graffiti artist follows his rebellious roots
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/06/2022
» A daubed wall marks off a rundown area where makeshift houses were put up for rent, a stone's throw from a luxury condominium in the heart of Bangkok's Sathon. A 40-year-old man exits his car with pink luggage. He puts on a black hat and ties a small cloth around his head. He's wearing a long-sleeve checked shirt, shorts, and black sneakers and his socks are printed with cannabis patterns. Mue Bon, literally translated as "restless hands", opens his arsenal and begins to spray paint a rough sketch of the flightless black bird on the wall.
Waiting for change at Din Daeng
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/10/2021
» It was after dusk when the first bang went off somewhere in a war-like zone. "They are just warming up," said a young dropout waiting for his friends amid an explosion near the bridge at Din Daeng intersection in Bangkok.
Filipino artist seeks creation through destruction
Life, Published on 28/06/2021
» Destruction can create beauty in the artworks of Filipino artist Jigger Cruz which will be exhibited during "Paradigmal Traps" at Tang Contemporary Art from Thursday July 1 to July 25.
Revolution toolkit – a model for pro-democracy protesters to follow?
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/03/2021
» Anti-government protesters have adopted a wide range of tactics from flash mobs to banners in order to defy the powers that be. Last weekend, demonstrators gathered outside the Criminal Court surrounded by barbed wire on Ratchadaphisek Road to call for reforming the monarchy, the ouster of the military from politics, and a shift towards a welfare state. They first dumped garbage and then performed the symbolic act of setting it ablaze.
A look at Bangkok's developing landscape in 2020
Life, Story: Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 29/12/2020
» As a result of 2020 being hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, the world has seemed to come to a halt.
Lockdown takes toll on Luang Prabang
Life, Kamonrat Chayamarit, Published on 06/05/2020
» On the third day of the Lao New Year Festival in mid-April, the Buddha image of Phra Bang -- believed to be the guardian of Luang Prabang for generations -- is taken in a traditional procession to a shrine in the Xieng Thong Temple, where the devout bathe the image and wish for good health and happiness for their families. Of course, this year, the procession was called off as well as the nationwide water festival on top of the disruption of basic routines of everyday life such as giving alms to local monks.