Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — Unable to bear the melodic wailing of Chinese opera, condo residents called the police on a performance at a city center shrine Tuesday night.

BANGKOK — An online spat between Thai and Chinese netizens – sparked by anger over a Thai celeb’s comments that appear to support Taiwanese independence – inadvertently put the island on a lot of minds in Thailand this week.

BANGKOK — Less than 24 hours after opening with much fanfare, Bangkok’s largest public library shut its door and will not open again for three weeks.

BANGKOK — Explore a biofluorescent jungle, floating mountains and alien creatures of Pandora next month at traveling exhibition tied to the James Cameron blockbuster.

BANGKOK — With a rap and a hashtag, “Nakorn Kon Nok (The Outsider)” came out on top Friday, winning its author the top Southeast Asian Writers Award.

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.

SATUN — A group of artists on Wednesday turned the streets of Satun’s historic downtown into a massive art gallery that depicts local prides and multicultural coexistence.

BANGKOK — For the first time, the public is invited to tour the historic mansion where some of Thailand’s best-known sculptures and monuments were conceived.

BANGKOK — The striking images of Shakespeare’s Ophelia floating in a brook embraced by a Thai character from a Ramakien epic and Jesus and his apostles in Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” turned into Buddha and his disciples are recent collages by a graphic designer an upcoming Friday exhibition.

OTOP. The word conjures countless tourist-trap shops and fairs selling authentic yet forgettable knick knacks. Stuff that’s only interesting to first-time visitors or those who must have everything silk.