The hit anti-dictatorship rap song riling the junta-led government, “Prathet Ku Me” (“My Country’s Got…”), has also roused debate and hinted at change in both the political and arts spheres in Thailand, say multidisciplinary scholars. The 10-member group Rap Against Dictatorship (RAD) used…

IN AN UNREMARKABLE warehouse down a back alley in central London, thousands of paintings, prints and drawings are lined up in racks, awaiting distribution around the world in a British display of “soft power”. The Government Art Collection comprises around 14,000 mostly…

LIKE WATCHING paint dry? Soon art lovers will be able to watch one of the world’s most famous paintings being restored live and online. Rembrandt’s masterpiece “The Night Watch” will undergo a years-long, multimillion-euro overhaul at Amsterdam’s Rijks- museum under the full…

WHEN Apinan Poshyananda, the chief artistic director of Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB), unveiled the inaugural edition of this large-scale international contemporary art event, Marina Abramovic, a big name in the world of performing art, was among the first to volunteer her participation. …

Directed by Ian Robinson, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” will bring on stage the usual panto chaos, audience participation, music, ghosts, fairies and cross dressing, including the traditional panto dame. The show will be performed in English and will offer fun-filled…

IN POST-WAR JAPAN, Kazuo Ohno and Tatsumi Hijikata not only pioneered butoh but also put it firmly on the world map of arts as a major contemporary genre. After 10-years of semi-retirement from the stage, Ohno, then 71, came back with a…

THE CREATIVE skills of 75 international and local will be bringing a special shine to the city this season as the inaugural Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB), which kicked off yesterday, swings into gear. More than 200 art pieces can be admired at…

WHILE THE eventual outcome of the current conflict over subsidies to the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration remains uncertain, the potential of the Thai capital as a contemporary art hub in the region is being thrust into…