Exploding 750-year-old Chiang Mai temple sparks Fine Art Dept probe
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Video of a 750-year-old Chiang Mai temple erupting in explosions from a fireworks display has sent Fine Art Department officials rushing to investigate.
Activist Srisuwan Janya and a group of Ayutthaya citizens asked the Ombudsman on Monday (July 22) to determine whether the heads of the government’s Fine Arts Department and Ayutthaya Historical Park had blundered in the restoration of the Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal and possibly misappropriated funds earmarked for the project.
Painting temples gold can land you in jail, warns Fine Art Department
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018
After a report of historical temples being painted gold triggered an uproar on social media, the Culture Ministry’s Fine Art Department on Wednesday warned people to stop unauthorised painting of national heritage monuments as it violates the law.
American collector returns prehistoric pottery pieces
THURSDAY, AUGUST 02, 2018
American collector Katherine Ayers-Mannix has returned her private collection of 12 prehistoric Baan Chiang pottery pieces to the Thai government, Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat told a press conference on Thursday at Bangkok’s King Vajiravudh Memorial Hall.
The Royal Narai Song Suban barge, Pattaya’s Khao Chi Chan Buddha and the grand scene “Khon Yok Rob” (Masked Dance’s Fighting Scene), are among “The Great Thai Arts and Culture in the Reign of King Rama IX”, praised by the Culture Ministry’s Fine Art Department at Bangkok’s National Theatre on Tuesday.