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STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 11, 2017 • 4 min read

"I want to create robots that are sentimental"

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jan 11, 2017
We caught up with François Roche, the founder of architecture collective New-Territories, to discuss capitalism, androgyny and robots

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 26, 2016 • 7 min read

Meet the man behind Chiang Mai’s newest contemporary art museum

By Rachna Sachasinh • Nov 26, 2016
In July 2016, Thai businessman Eric Bunnag Booth unveiled MAIIAM, a visually striking contemporary art museum in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai with grand visions to fuel a healthy market of art collectors in the country. We meet with the 47-year-old marketing whizz and art collector to find out how he is applying the lessons he learned in the stock market and the textile trade to the simmering – and often unpredictable – art world

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 18, 2016 • 8 min read

Thai Cinema Reel struggle: Thai cinema’s lost classics

By Max Crosbie-Jones • Oct 18, 2016
The resurrection of two long-lost classic films is a stark reminder that Southeast Asia’s rich cinematic heritage is in danger of fading away

Oct 12, 2016 • 4 min read

A top Singapore curator on the problem of elitism in contemporary art

Michael Lee is a Singaporean artist, curator and publisher who is currently working as an associate curator for the Singapore Biennale, which runs from 27 October 2016 until 26 February 2017. Here, Lee gives his thoughts on the four-month artistic extravaganza, as well as elitism in the discussion of modern art
By Euan Black • Oct 12, 2016

Aug 26, 2016 • 8 min read
Singapore politics

The greatest story never told

With The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, artist Sonny Liew created a sprawling graphic novel that shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list and was heralded as “probably the greatest work of art ever produced in Singapore”. Many reviewers feel that Liew has created his magnum opus, but the 41-year-old says he’s just getting started
By Pooja Makhijani • Aug 26, 2016

Aug 06, 2016 • 2 min read

Art Stage launches inaugural art fair in Indonesia’s capital

Collector Deddy Kusuma has loaned this painting, 'Serta Merta' by Indonesian painter I Nyoman Masriadi, to Art Stage Jakarta for the Collectors' Show Organisers hope that Art Stage Jakarta will help establish the city as a regional art hub and boost international interest in local artists 
By Holly Robertson • Aug 06, 2016

Jun 29, 2016 • 3 min read
Poets

Top five: Southeast Asia's best poets

From embracing the avant garde in Myanmar to exploring Balinese strictures, the region’s best poets are often a bold voice in opposition to the status quo
By Paul Millar • Jun 29, 2016

Apr 30, 2016 • 4 min read
Artist

Top five: Southeast Asian contemporary artists

The roles of contemporary artists in society can perhaps be boiled down to asking questions that make us think. From giving a voice to the voiceless to critiquing lax construction standards, here are five artists who do that better than most
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 30, 2016

Apr 20, 2016 • 7 min read
Artistic Activism

How the military junta is stifling Thai artists

With a heavy-handed military government in power, many of politically engaged Thai artists have gone underground – or fallen silent
By Max Crosbie-Jones • Apr 20, 2016