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A tapestry of textile ideas
Textile is an industry, but also culture, art, local wisdom, fashion, innovation, even a way of life in many parts of the country and the world. In a year-long programme, Goethe-Institut Thailand has...
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Gone but not forgotten
This week World Beat pays tribute to two giants of popular music who passed away recently: Congolese music icon and singer Papa and Prince, the tiny guitar wizard and musical genius from Minneapolis...
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The last picture show?
The Scala Theatre on Siam Square Soi 1 has long been a place of fond memories for Thai cinemagoers. The sight of the staff in yellow jackets, cheap popcorn and the grand chandelier hanging above the...
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Once lost, now found
Poonpan Rangkuan and Rewadee Sriwilai in Santi-Vina, which will have a Cannes premier next week. The 69th Cannes Film Festival begins today in southern France with its usual fanfare. Regarded as the...
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Cannes Film Fest opens today
The 69th Cannes Film Festival opens today with Woody Allen’s Cafe Society, and the world’s most influential film festival will play out its drama until May 22. As the glamour and the art of cinema fill...
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Defying authority with creativity
The Reading Room’s ‘Paradise Of The Blind’ exhibition by Sutthirat Supaparinya. You know it’s going to be an interesting exhibition (especially in Thailand’s current political climate) when both...
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Below the surface
A photograph from ‘Illuminating Unreal’ series. In The Jam Factory Gallery’s current exhibition “Asylum Seeker: The Pond And The Fireflies”, artist Prapat Jiwarangsan himself is the asylum seeker, and...
View ArticleEVERYBODY’S kung-fu fighting
PO AND TIGRESS from the |hit “Kung Fu Panda” animated-film franchise showed the kids at the Baan Mahamek Home For Boys a few slick moves recently, courtesy of 20th Century Fox Thailand. The cartoon...
View ArticleGrowing pains in Singapore
WITH THE CLOSURE of a commercial art museum and the exit of several galleries and art fairs from Singapore over the last two years, a persistent cloud of gloom appears to be hanging over the...
View ArticleBeauty in a jar
WITH AN increasing number of women reporting allergies, no matter how slight, to the chemicals contained in beauty products, it’s not surprising that organic skincare brands are grabbing a growing...
View ArticleWhere books meet bullets
It looks like somebody’s shot up all the books in the Reading Room off Silom Road. A second glance reassures you, though, that you’re actually just looking at an art installation. The library that...
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Live and learn with a little swing
Krissada Sukosol Clapp, Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi and Kamala Sukosol. It is by no means the norm that a long-established business magnate also happens to be a passionate performing artist blessed with...
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Up to the minute movements
Record-breaking complications puts Bulgari in the forefront of watchmaking, of which its in-house developed and produced movements include ultra-thin calibres such as the 1.95mm tourbillon — the...
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Strength, passion and success
An unlikely collaboration between a luxury brand and a rugby team has materialised as Bulgari’s Octo All Blacks 100 Club timepiece, which pays tribute to New Zealand’s three-time winning team of the...
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Style of a snake
Previously in the car industry, the dashing Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani switched to designing timepieces when he joined Bulgari Watches Design Center in 2001. The Italian designer noted that the two...
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The value of children’s theatre
‘If Thailand does indeed give value to children, who are the future of this country, why has there never been a full-scale international festival for children and young people?” A scene from Recycled...
View ArticleBring ‘Boss’ to justice
Time and again we see how people with wealth, influential families and political and business connections avoid facing justice for crimes they have committed. Prosecution of politicians for corruption,...
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Your horoscope for May 13-19
Spot-on horoscope for work, money, coupled & single life from famously accurate Guru’s fortuneteller. Let’s see how would you fare this week & beyond! Note: is for work, is for money, is for...
View Article17 Chinese films with a Cannes Award
Some four decades have come and gone since “A Touch of Zen” became China’s first production to gain recognition at the 28th Cannes Film Festival in 1975. Many Chinese films have been recognized by one...
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Giving back by giving their all
The Bangkok Chefs Charity project was initiated in 2009 with the aim of raising funds for the less-fortunate children of Thailand. Setting an important milestone for fine gastronomy, it was the first...
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