Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — A Chiang Mai barista brought woodland critters to life in fancy foam to claim victory Thursday as the world’s best latte artist.

BANGKOK — After the prime minister became preoccupied with a teen luk thung singer’s sexuality and apparently dispatched police to cover her up and count her hip thrusts, Lumyai Hai Thongkam has become an icon of the national cultural wars.

BANGKOK — Art on a bed, on a toilet or just hanging here and there throughout five floors of a Thong Lor hotel will be discoverable next week. Not to mention a robot.

BANGKOK — The different plights and struggles of a former American footballer and Syrian refugees reflected in two acclaimed docs will screen and be discussed this month.

BANGKOK — In Mexico City, Mariana Villalobos Torres ate her family’s cooking, such as rajas tamales, chicken mole and traditional guacamole. This wasn’t the typical guacamole found at the Tex-Mex style restaurants which have sprouted up in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Exhibitions, installations and performances in various disciplines interpreting the works of German writer Franz Kafka are coming to Bangkok and Chiang Mai in November.

BANGKOK — A bittersweet Japanese story of a girl folding 1,000 paper cranes after Hiroshima was leveled by an atomic bomb will be brought to life through a contemporary mix of hip-hop, butoh and origami.

BANGKOK — An amusing look at condom usage in Mozambique, Brazilian condores’ lives improved through art and trash, and prostitutes sent to a camp to become “new women.”

BANGKOK — The century-old ​Bangkhunprom Palace is reopening after renovation to welcome the public once again from this month.

BANGKOK — A Bangkok theatre troupe returns to the stage next month with an experimental performance and lighting installation.