‘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
‘Everybody Is Trying To Escape Something’: An Interview with Bangkok Art Biennale’s Director Apinan PoshyanandaMax Crosbie-Jonesartreview.com26 October 2020The exhibition is taking place during a popular uprising as well as a pandemic
The Politics of Bangkok’s Motorcycle TaxisMax Crosbie-JonesArtReview Asia03 September 2020A political history of the city’s striving ‘moto-sai’ – the thousands of rural-to-urban migrants who weave through the Thai capital’s teeming lanes
Conflicted Visions: Thailand Galleries ReopenMax Crosbie-JonesArtReview Asia26 June 2020As the country stirs to life, galleries are staging a mix of shows ranging from the politically engaged and critical to the don’t-worry-be-happy
The Death of Leisure: Tulapop Saenjaroen’s ‘People on Sunday’Max Crosbie-JonesArtReview Asia19 June 2020The Thai artist updates the pioneering 1930 German silent film for our hypercompetitive, productivity-fetishising times
