Art & Culture

Silpa Wattanatham (Thai: ศิลปวัฒนธรรม, RTGS: Sinlapa Watthanatham), known in English as Art & Culture, is a Thai history magazine and publishing imprint of the Matichon Group. Founded by Sujit Wongthes in 1979, the magazine popularized Thai history and opened up the field—previously confined to academic circles—to a wider public audience.^[1]

Writers associated with the magazine, most prominently Sujit, Srisakara Vallibhotama [th], and Dhida Saraya, challenged the established narrative of Thai history that emphasized the migration of the Tai peoples from southern China. Instead, they highlighted the diversity of Thailand’s cultural origins.^[2]