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Art between the covers
After running the Serindia Gallery at Oriental Place for the last four years, Shane Suvikapakornkul has branched out into books, launching Hardcover, an art-book shop at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Opening on Tuesday on the BACC’s third floor, the 48-square-metre shop boasts more than 1,000 titles covering art history, contemporary art, antiquities, photography, design, fashion, illustrations and more.
It’s open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 to 8. Call (02) 214 3155. Another shop is at CentralWorld, on the second floor. Find out more at www.HardCoverArtBookshop.com.
Opening with Oida
Austrian-Thai collector Rene Anant Feddersen has launched his 338 Oida Gallery with “The Opening”, featuring a table designed by Rirkrit Tiravanija, Mit Jai Inn’s sculptures, Nim Kruasaeng’s minimal paintings and text tributes to the late artist Franz West by Bangkok-based Italian curator Pier Luigi Tazzi.
The show runs until February 28. The gallery is located on the fourth floor of the Pongamorn Building, near Q House on Rama IV Road. It’s open from Wednesday to Sunday from 1 to 5pm and by appointment. Visit www.OidaArtBangkok.99k.org or call (090) 198 8749.
Tribute to Fua Haripitak
The Thai Art Archives at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre is displaying rare drawings by the late master Fua Haripitak.
Curated by Thai Art Archives founder and director Gregory Galligan, the exhibition features 30 never-shown studies and sketches from the period of Fua’s life when he was restoring Thai classical murals, and highlights his role as a pioneering preservationist of Thai heritage.
The collections are on loan from the Fua Haripitak Archive in the collection of Tira Vanichtheeranont, owner of the 333 Gallery. The exhibition marks the TAA’s upcoming Fua Haripitak Project, 2013-14. The opening party take places on December 13 from 5 to 8pm.
Visit www.ThaiArtArchives.mono.net.
