ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra She made her first sale through the Saatchi online gallery and now boasts fans and collectors across the world; significant achievements for a farmhand from the boondocks of Thailand. Ta Thimkaeo Byrne is an escape artist. But she differs from Harry...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra Studying fine arts may seem like a one-way ticket to either academia or poverty, but two of the masterminds behind the design-and-concept firm AvroKO have bucked that stereotype. Of the founders, two come from arts backgrounds while the other two...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra Multi-headed monsters, slithering snakes and tentacles, spooky-looking figures whose strings are being pulled by invisible puppeteers… Looking at the artworks of New York-based Chinese artist Hanyu Cui, you’d be forgiven to think you are looking at the musings of a...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra As many of Bangkok’s most historic districts, markets, riverside attractions and retro buildings are falling prey to the wrecker’s ball of gentrification, the Creative District is flourishing by giving all that past some 21st century presents, with art exhibitions and...