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Rare show of japanese woodblock prints
13/02/2012 : River City shopping complex is home to "Ukiyo-e: Japanese Special Art", an exhibition showcasing, for the first time in Thailand, a rare collection of ukiyo-e woodblock prints belonging to Michael Smith, a British collector of Asian artifacts.
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The amazing race
12/02/2012 : 'The Race" at HOF Art's A+789 studio at Silom Galleria is an exhibition featuring four emerging artists exploring the theme of human existence. They use different media and have contrasting styles and approaches in their aim to present portrayals of the human condition.
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ART INTERVIEW
Drawn to his career
01/02/2012 : Illustrator Pierre Le-Tan is a man of few words. Like every single line in his meticulous drawings, he is very careful with the words he uses, but his every answer is delivered with honesty and emotion.
Politics meets theatrics
01/02/2012 : Starting tomorrow, H Project Space will be presenting Desert Camp, an installation by New York-based Dennis Balk which continues his exploration of the relationships between politics, ideology and theatrical rhetoric.
ART SCENE
Serindia Gallery
01/02/2012 : OP Garden Charoen Krung Soi 36 Tue-Sun, 11am-8pm Tomorrow-April 15 Call 02-238-6410
Facing the camera
31/01/2012 : Campaigning for a good cause through his riveting photography has made photojournalist Ed Kashi a household name in the US.
Cultural fest commences this week
31/01/2012 : La Fete raises its curtain in Bangkok on Thursday and runs until March 29 at various venues around the city. As usual, the French-Thai cultural festival brings a variety of events which include performing arts, visual arts and cinema. Opening the festival is a Bangkok Symphony Orchestra concert conducted by Jean-Paul Penin at the National Theatre on Thursday at 8pm. Other highlights include performing arts by Company Ieto at Sodsai Pantoomkomol Center; Cinema Picnic by Moonlight, outdoor film screenings at Museum Siam; art exhibitions by Philippe Ramette at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, by Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook at Museum Siam and by Pakitsilp Varamissara at the National Gallery; and a fine selection of films in the French Film Festival at CentralWorld. Selected films will also travel to cinemas in Khon Kaen, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Phuket and Koh Samui, after the screenings at the main venue in Bangkok. Some shows are free and some need reservations.
Photos capture good spirit
30/01/2012 : Are there good aspects of last year's massive floods that devastated the lives of millions of people?
Siam Niramit opens in Phuket
30/01/2012 : Since it opened its doors to Bangkokians and the world, Siam Niramit has earned a reputation for lifting traditional Thai performance art to glittering spectacle on another plane altogether.
THE GRAPEVINE: SHOWS
VIVE LA FETE
27/01/2012 : The 8th year of the much-anticipated annual French-Thai cultural fest, La Fete will feature 25 events over nine weeks in six Thai cities. Kicking things off on Feb 2 will be the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (BSO) with French conductor Jean-Paul Penin and choir master Henri Pompidor. In the centennial celebration of Alliance Francaise de Bangkok, the opening concert (Feb 2, 8pm. The National Theatre, Rachini Road. Tickets B500, B700, B900, B1,200; B100 for students) will pay tribute to the French repertoire of the early 20th century as the BSO and inter-varsity choir perform compositions by Debussy, Offenbach, Ravel and Faure.
Painting for a greener future
26/01/2012 : To raise awareness of environmental issues, The Mall Group has joined forces with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to organises the Tunza International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment. Youngsters between the ages of 6 and 14 are invited to submit art created under the theme, "green communities".
THEATRE REVIEW
Therapy as art, and vice versa
25/01/2012 : Growing up in this country, I often heard people say that Thais don't go to psychiatrists to sort out their problems; they go to fortune-tellers. Later, while I was living in the West, I saw many individuals running to counsellors and therapists to untangle the knots and smooth out the bumps in their lives.
