Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — After 18 years providing space for local and international artists, The Art Center of Chulalongkorn University will bid adieu early next year 2017.

There might be no better words to describe the year in art, culture and entertainment better than “same same but different,” as 2016 saw many trying to create good work while facing the same challenges that never go away.

BANGKOK — Four decades after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia’s younger generations are moving on and forgetting the traumatic past. This transition is the subject of “Angkor Awakens,” which previews in Bangkok next month.

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.

RATCHABURI — The butterflies are calling, it’s time to free the spirit to nature at an outdoor fest just two hours from Bangkok

While the world churned, many of us kept busy finding new obsessions to keep us happy.

BANGKOK — When Thai football wanted to update its image for the new year, it turned to an urban hipster with a rural heart to come up with something a little country, a little rock 'n roll.

BANGKOK — Go on a romp through philosophy and religion next year with an absurd-existential play about a dead man the afterlife isn’t sure what to do with.

BANGKOK — Taking in the beauty and charm of Tibet no longer requires an arduous journey thanks to technology, which makes it possible to sample in comfort from a world away.

BANGKOK — Unicorns with rainbow manes, a giant sugar skull, and even a smiling penis are among the Maneeporn Puangla’s piñata creations.