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To the casual observer, life in Bangkok doesn’t get much more active than a stroll around the mall or an aerobics session at sundown. How wrong can you get: there are actually lots of ways to work up a sweat and get the adrenaline pumping. Here are no less than eight of them. Some you’ll… [more]

Marking the recent opening of the new European-owned design, fashion and art space We*Do at Thong Lo 8 is the inaugural exhibition, The Oracle, featuring photographs by eleven international artists. Concerning the potentiality of the human condition, the slick, opulent imagery casts off the mundane in favour of beauty and grandeur. Until April 5 WHERE… [more]

For its latest offering, young Thai urbanwear label Q Design and Play have again looked to the past for inspiration. While their last collection, Give Peace a Chance, revisited the seventies, namely how peaceniks campaigning against the Vietnam War dressed, their latest, Before 20th Century, is influenced by the work of late Italian surrealist Piero… [more]

A personal visual diary of past events, Sakyai Mongkonprasert’s expressive abstract paintings convey feelings attached to significant memoires. The Silpakorn graduate’s bold layering of colour and raw marks forms an intimate process of understanding that is both therapeutic and an act of celebration. Until Feb 27 WHERE Koi Art Gallery, 43/12 Sukhumvit Soi 31 |… [more]

In his latest exhibition, Thai artist Prapat Jiwarangsan presents photo collages, installations, video art and multimedia works, all of them inspired by current tensions surrounding Thailand’s complex relationship with personal liberty and freedom of expression. Based on his experiences during his fine-art studies in London, the series of ten conceptual works draw links with the… [more]

Korean Gi-ok Jeon is an artist, woman and mother living in Thailand. In her latest solo exhibition Dwelling in a Space at Galerie N, the graduate of Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts depicts her experience of separation from her home country and adaptation to a new culture by presenting a series of traditional Korean… [more]

For her first solo exhibition in Bangkok, Dallas based painter Michele Mikesell presents a series of paintings that create visual metaphors between human ideas and animal instincts. Loaded with humour and tragedy, her stylised costumed creatures and painterly surfaces are inspired by the expressive art movements of the last century. Until Feb 22 WHERE La… [more]

This is perhaps the best ladies night special we’ve come across, especially when it comes to endless drinks in your hand, wind in your hair and a stunning skyline as backdrop. Through February, ladies who head up to the Ramada Encore hotel’s (21 Sukhumvit Soi 10, BTS Nana, 02-615-0999; www.ramadaencorebangkok.com) new rooftop bar Leapfrog on… [more]

Love is in the air this month, and so is the sound of nail biting as men all over the city fret about where to take their loved one for Valentine’s Day. Here is our pick of the most romantic tables in town – a selection that traverses the price spectrum, from super swank to… [more]

The Bangkok Community Theatre presents the musical comedy Nunsense at the British Club (189 Suriwongse Rd, Bangrak; 02-234-0247; www.britishclubbangkok.org), with evening performances at 8 pm from February 23 to 25, and matinees at 3 pm on February 25 and 26. Tickets are B 800 from 087-936-3798. A pre-theatre buffet, an a la carte menu and… [more]

“How Sundays should be!” “Ibiza, Miami, St Tropez move over!” Stylish, maritime-themed cocktail bar Viva Aviv (River City – Unit 118, 23 Trok Rongnamkhaeng, Charoen Krung Soi 30 | 0-2-639-6305 | www.vivaaviv.com | 11 am- midnight, later on weekends), on the promenade by River City, has been getting rave reviews for its pumping Sunday afternoon… [more]

A clutch of new establishments have just opened up on Soi 11 or are about to, including Zak’s, a wine bar in the house next door to The Old German Beer House. There’s also a new bar restaurant called Marshmellow on the corner where Soi 11 turns left towards Q Bar. The finishing touches are… [more]

New concert organizers Have you Heard? kick off their mission – “to introduce notable new bands to Thai music lovers” – with a performance by US indie band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Ekamai’s Sonic on 27 February (a Monday night, unfortunately). Hailing from New York, the band’s jangly brand of melodic… [more]