Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — Bones and internal organs are the stuff of life and death for three Japanese collaborators in a unique show this weekend.

BANGKOK — Hostel-at-the-end-of-the-world The Overstay will fill its six floors with underground music on Saturday.

BANGKOK — Though Friday marked the 84th birthday of Thai Democracy, its essence has faded away, with the bloodless turning point for the nation all but unmentioned in the streeteven in the arts.

BANGKOK — After 24 years of trying to kick out a small community dug in behind the walls of a historic fort, City Hall sat down with them for the first time yesterday to talk about solutions.

BANGKOK — A documentary about the children of gay parents that proved too controversial for Australian schools will show next month at an up-and-coming Sathorn dive bar.

BANGKOK — Politics, religion and truth clash in photographer Nipon Intarit’s latest exhibition opening Saturday at RMA Institute.

BANGKOK — Four months in the painting, Yuree Kensaku’s colossal mural “Atmosfear” is ready to add apocalyptic color to Chitlom.

CHIANG MAI — Lovers of film and art may want to check for cheap flights to Chiang Mai, as the northern city will open a new contemporary art museum with a solo exhibition by a titan of both worlds next month.

BANGKOK — Some say it’s name today came from a bastardization of “field of carefree cows” in Thai or the lamphong plants which once grew there. Others point to its signature windowed arch and resemblance to Frankfurt’s rail station, insisting it’s a sound-alike for Hauptbahnhof, or central train station in German.

BANGKOK — Combining her favorite Chopin tune with her preferred shooting time, Taipei-born photographer Nana Chen will launch her work capturing the unseen sides of Yaowarat on Friday.