Property and Theft: A History of Looting in Southeast AsiaMax Crosbie-JonesArtReview Asia14 September 2021In Southeast Asia the antiquities trade is under closer scrutiny than ever before, but if the region is to keep hold of and preserve its heritage, there’s a long way further to go
‘Artists Shouldn’t Have To Create Art for Clean Air’Max Crosbie-JonesArtReview06 August 2021‘Art for Air’ in Chiang Mai took aim at the air pollution which has turned a charmed city into a cautionary tale for Anthropocene-era textbooks
Abhijan Toto: How Curators Can Learn from ProtestersMax Crosbie-JonesArtReview Asia01 July 2021Decentralised, self-directed, hyperlocal and globally linked – new ways of working together outside of the constant circulation of the artworld
‘Maybe They Wanted Money Under the Table’: Cinema and Censorship in ThailandMax Crosbie-JonesArtReview16 April 2021A new book investigates the ideology underpinning film regulation in the kingdom
‘Why Are They Here?’ – Bangkok Art Biennale, ‘Escape Routes’, ReviewMax Crosbie-JonesArtReview17 February 2021The exhibition is at its best when artworks appear to disrupt the event’s sweeping therapeutic narrative
Indulgent Westerners Far From Home: ‘The Glass Kingdom’ ReviewMax Crosbie-JonesArtReview Asia30 December 2020Bangkok-based British author Lawrence Osborne’s new novel has much to say about the class divides that cleave Thai society
What’s Behind Northeast Thailand’s Grassroots Art Revolution?Max Crosbie-JonesArtReview Asia03 November 2020The art scene in Thailand’s northeast is building momentum thanks to grassroots activism and an emphasis on collectivism
