Arts & Culture

Friday, February 21, 2020

Arts & Culture

‘Whose reality is it?’ Jirawut’s new exhibition asks

Filmmaker-video artist Jirawut Ueasungkomsate deploys virtual-reality and augmented-reality technology to examine the situation of urban refugees in Thailand, especially in Bangkok, in the exhibition “I am not allowed to live in your reality”, which continues until March 1 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, daily except Monday from 10am to 9pm.
Book World: Five new thrillers and mysteries to help escape reality - or see it in another light

Thriller roundup --- As the winter chill sets in, it's a perfect time to cozy up with books that will give you a whole other kind of shiver. Here are five of the best new and upcoming thrillers and mysteries that deliver action, suspense and intrigue - all the way to that very last twist.
Book World: Gish Jen's 'The Resisters' reminds us of the importance of standing up for what's right

'The Resisters" By Gish Jen Knopf. 320 pp. $26.95. ---
Gallery 36 to hold 'Jardin Botanique' exhibition of artist Fuanglada

The Gallery 36 at Pullman Bangkok Hotel G is hosting “Jardin Botanique”, a solo exhibition by textile designer and watercolour artist, Fuanglada Verdillon.
Japan plans to apply for UNESCO heritage for sake brewing

The Japanese government has decided to apply to have Japanese sake listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, with the aim of boosting name recognition and brand power as part of efforts to expand overseas exports.

‘Whose reality is it?’ Jirawut’s new exhibition asks

Trouble Is What I Do
Photo by: Mulholland — HANDOUT

Book World: Five new thrillers and mysteries to help escape reality - or see it in another light

The Resisters
Photo by: Knopf — HANDOUT

Book World: Gish Jen's 'The Resisters' reminds us of the importance of standing up for what's right

Gallery 36 to hold 'Jardin Botanique' exhibition of artist Fuanglada

Japan plans to apply for UNESCO heritage for sake brewing

Why We Can't Sleep
Photo by: Grove/Atlantic — HANDOUT

Book World: Why are Gen X women such a mess? A new book explores the many possible reasons.

Arguing with Zombies
Photo by: Norton — HANDOUT

Book World: Paul Krugman battles conservative 'zombies'

India to share treasures of its Northeast with Bangkok this month

Book World: Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago

Mary Higgins Clark, spinner of best-selling suspenseful yarns, dies at 92

Introspection II

Never-before-seen works by Val to go on display at Redsea Gallery

Famed Buddhist nun Pema Chodron resigns from Shambhala - cites community's lack of 'accountability' to alleged abuse victims

On an island in the Seine, in the heart of the ancient city of Paris, the land where Notre Dame would be built had been devoted to religious worship for centuries. In 1160, Maurice de Sully, a brilliant administrator, was elected bishop of Paris and almost immediately began plans for a large cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. To clear space for Notre Dame, other structures, including the cathedral of Saint-Étienne, were gradually dismantled. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post illustration by Aaron Steckelberg

The battle for Notre Dame: As the cathedral rises from the ashes, a tug-of-war is waged over its transformation

Guzheng adds magic to New Year in Bangkok show

“Golden Hour” photography exhibition radiates beauty of transience.

Beloved outsider artist Purvis Young left behind hundreds of paintings and a complicated legal case

Somtow treads dangerous ground with love story in Nazi death camp

Kingtun’s Big-head girl to raise money for cancer ‘Again’

Heritage destroyed: why the ASA is trying to raise consciousness of preserving our history

Siam Sinfonietta

Beethoven X to kick off December 17 with “Reverse Flashmob”

The Lahu people pick tea leaves

Da Vinci’s scientific writings to unfold in Bangkok

Graffiti wall become the longest landmark in the northeast

Bangkok makes river the focus for Loy Krathong

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