Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — A famous photo of a starving polar bear hunting for food among retreating sea ice will be among stunning masterpieces on display at an upcoming exhibition in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Get a rare chance to see 19th century Siam through a series of images made by wet-plate collodion photography.

Pokchat Worasub heads into raunchier, fetish territory with women shown nude, masked, wreathed in smoke. There's objectification and even some medical apparatus.

As each final screening let out, more than 20 Lido employees and board members from theater-owner Apex lined up in front of the theatre to thank every attendee until the last one had walked out. All of them gave a wai and said, “Thank you krub/ka.” Many eyes filled with tears. Some of the 50-year-old theater’s fans rushed to hug the staff and cried.

BANGKOK — Swipe aside the curtain and duck inside. Once positioned, take three pictures of yourself. The quest has begun.

BANGKOK — City Hall officials said Wednesday they will investigate the administration and funding of a downtown cultural venue that it recently threatened to take over, prompting a public backlash.

BANGKOK — It’s yet to be confirmed whether a singer accidentally purchased a landscape artwork painted by one of the world’s most-famed artists.

BANGKOK — Revisit a world of weird where men warm themselves by an immolating monk or take selfies in front of flaming air disasters, all to reflect real life somehow.

Marking the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha, devout Buddhists visited temples from the north in Chiang Mai province to the Deep South to make merit and join in candlelight processions.

BANGKOK — An oh-so-sexy red brassiere chopped in half with a cleaver by his mom. A Minolta film camera used to capture a woman she had a crush on. A wreath bidding farewell to the man who promised him become the first legal gay couple in Thailand.