Bangkok Art Events This Week

Check the main gallery openings, screenings and events in Bangkok this week and this weekend, 9 November – 15 November 2026

This week in Bangkok brings 23 openings, talks, screenings and performances, with Saturday 14 November the busiest night of the season: Bruce Nauman at Bangkok Kunsthalle, Structured Visions V at Noise43 Gallery, new shows at Neu Contemporary, Bā Space and Xspace Art Gallery, and the monthly opening of K-BAR at Khao Yai Art Forest. Earlier in the week, Klaus Biesenbach speaks at the Kunsthalle and Keiko Sei hosts a conversation at Bangkok CityCity Gallery.

Tactile Terrains

Venue: La Lanta Fine Art

Exhibition Dates: 10 November – 13 January

A group exhibition at the intersection of craft and contemporary art, with new works by COLLAGECANTO, Kusofiyah Nibuesa, Sita Inyai and Thanistha Nunthapojn. The four Thai artists turn everyday materials such as paper, metal and ceramic into textured "terrains" that touch on resilience, renewal, separation and connection. On the 3rd floor of the EMS building on Narathiwas Soi 22, with free parking. Opening reception: 10 November (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM).

Ghosting Oneself with Keiko Sei – Workshop and Conversation

Venue: Bangkok CityCity Gallery

Talk: 11 November (1:00 PM – 8:30 PM)

Media theorist and curator Keiko Sei leads a closed afternoon workshop followed by a free public conversation in English from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. The programme accompanies Korakrit Arunanondchai's exhibition Love After Death, now in its final days, and the gallery opens specially on this Wednesday for the occasion.

Dream-set (performance, part of Cry on Cue)

Venue: 6060 Arts Space

Dates: 11 – 21 November

Tangmo Ladapha Sophonkunkit performs Dream-set, a one-on-one durational piece in the Black Box, part of the exhibition Cry on Cue. Following scores drawn from her dreams about a robot maid, she invites visitors to enter the scene one at a time and co-create the performance behind a translucent window. Free, from 12:00 to 8:00 PM on 11–14 and 18–21 November.

1,080,000 Seconds

Venue: MMAD - Mun Mun Art Destination

Exhibition Dates: 12 November – 10 January

Korrakot Lordkam's paintings take time itself as their subject, asking visitors to weigh what gives a life its value. One of four new shows in MMAD's "MMADness is Calling" programme, in Gallery 2 on the 2nd floor of MunMun Srinakarin (Seacon Square). Free admission, daily 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM. Opening reception: 12 November (11:00 AM – 7:00 PM).

LIFE THEATRE

Venue: MMAD - Mun Mun Art Destination

Exhibition Dates: 12 November – 10 January

Illustrator PYH (Nathapol Pakpoomkamonlert) follows a journey in search of dreams and meaning through paintings built around his motto "Love Yourself & Believe in Yourself". The highlight is a walk-in Toy Theatre, a 19th-century European paper theatre blown up to human scale. In MMAD Gallery 1, free admission. Opening reception: 12 November (11:00 AM – 7:00 PM).

MAD MASK

Venue: MMAD - Mun Mun Art Destination

Exhibition Dates: 12 November – 10 January

Contemporary artist TAMSTER (Thitipan Thong-anan) presents 16 distorted mask sculptures that map emotional states, memory and the subconscious. Emotions here are not something to escape but conditions that arise, change and pass. In MMAD Gallery 3 as part of "MMADness is Calling", free admission. Opening reception: 12 November (11:00 AM – 7:00 PM).

Inventing Formats: talk by Klaus Biesenbach

Venue: Bangkok Kunsthalle

Talk: 13 November (7:00 PM onwards)

Curator and museum director Klaus Biesenbach talks about the evolution of exhibition-making, from independent institutions and biennials to bringing performance, music and ecology into the museum. Moderated by Korakrit Arunanondchai and Stefano Rabolli Pansera in the Kunsthalle's Screening Room.

Nowhere Now Here

Venue: Harper's Gallery

Exhibition Dates: 13 November – 9 January

Brooklyn-based Sung Hwa Kim's first solo exhibition in Thailand and his third with Harper's. His painted portals draw back the curtain on surreal interiors, building on earlier tabletop scenes anchored by Joseon-dynasty porcelain. At Harper's Bangkok in Siam Patumwan House.

K-BAR by Elmgreen & Dragset: monthly opening

Venue: Khao Yai Art Forest

Opening: 14 November (4:00 PM – 10:00 PM)

Elmgreen & Dragset's K-BAR, a six-seat bar hidden in the forest as a tribute to Martin Kippenberger, opens only on the second Saturday of each month. Sessions last 45 minutes, with the last at 9:00 PM, and include the artists' own cocktail: book online (THB 500 on top of admission) or walk in from 5:30 PM (THB 600). The site is in Khao Yai, with a daily shuttle from Bangkok Kunsthalle.

Kemurimi Kōro session by Baku Ochi

Venue: Saratta Space

Performance: 14 November (4:00 PM – 4:30 PM)

A live smoke-viewing session by Baku Ochi, part of the public programme of the group exhibition As It Passes, recently extended to 30 November. The half-hour gathering turns the slow rise and fade of smoke into the work itself.

Walk with Salad Khaek: The Journey to Bang O

Venue: Warin Lab Contemporary

Tour: 14 November (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

A boat trip and walking tour of Bang O, the historic Muslim community on the Chao Phraya, led by the collective Salad Khaek as part of their exhibition Strange Water Hyacinth at Nomad Art Residency. Participants meet at 8:45 AM at the Supatra Boat pier, Tha Maharaj. Limited to 25 people, THB 590, registration until 11 November.

Lunar: The Land without Time

Venue: Doxza Art Lab (N22)

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 28 February

An immersive installation by Varalee Na Pombejr and Luna, curated by Kamol Phaosavasdi, in which light, smell, temperature, darkness and objects stand on the same plane as the visitor. Split between a main installation room and a photo installation room, it explores time through remembering and becoming. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, until 28 February.

Structured Visions V

Venue: Noise43 Gallery

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 12 December

The fifth edition of the artist-led project on contemporary abstraction brings together 18 Australian and Thai artists across two venues, Noise43 Gallery and Tentacles N22. The launch at Noise43, a three-storey shophouse in Charoen Krung, will be opened by Australian Ambassador Pablo Kang. Opening reception: 14 November (5:00 PM onwards).

AFTERMATH

Venue: Neu Contemporary

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 14 December

D-Jai Kosiyabong asks what happens when a language built toward objectivity is used to navigate something entirely subjective. Through painting, textiles, ceramics and sound, the exhibition breaks down linguistic structures to look at how grief, memory and meaning are shaped by the unspoken rules of everyday language. Opening reception: 14 November (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM).

Boxed Bound Blended

Venue: Bā Space

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 5 February

Thanapat Termsintawee has worked with ants since art school, using the hive mind as an image of collectivism in Thai politics. After shows built around sugar, this solo exhibition curated by Pran Limchuenjai turns to cement and concrete, materials cast in moulds like the idea of nation-building. Open Saturdays 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM and by appointment. Opening reception: 14 November (6:00 PM – 10:00 PM).

's Mind (Smile)

Venue: Xspace Art Gallery

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 26 December

A solo exhibition by UNDERHATDADDY on the quiet friendship between body and mind: worn down by life's tests, the mind is accompanied by a smile the body creates to keep it company. At Mini Xspace, 1st floor, Monday to Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Opening reception: 14 November (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM).

CHEMISTHREE

Venue: Xspace Art Gallery

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 26 December

MONTY, Goodnight.xinqxinq and Taweechob each explore the relationship between identity and the world they live in, from questioning life's imperfections and reimagining the ordinary to the possibilities of coexistence. At Mini Xspace, 2nd floor, Monday to Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Opening reception: 14 November (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM).

Making Room

Venue: Goethe-Institut Thailand

Screening: 14 November (6:30 PM onwards)

An evening at the Goethe Saal pairing two short documentary films by Phassarawin Kulsomboon, told through moving images and on-screen text rather than narration, with live music and visual performance by the artist collective TYOY. Tickets THB 450–650.

THE LAST WALL: The Park is Dead - Its Spirit Lives On

Venue: Chaloem La Art House

Exhibition Dates: 14 – 29 November

A street art group show by more than 20 Thai and international artists, from ANNATAR and BADBUNNYGUS to TOON KEAWKERD and TU!!, paying tribute to the Ratchathewi graffiti park that has now closed. The opening party starts at 6:00 PM, and the gallery hosts a Galleries' Nights evening on 21 November. Near BTS Ratchathewi, exit 2. Opening reception: 14 November (6:00 PM onwards).

Mapping the Studio I (Fat Chance John Cage)

Venue: Bangkok Kunsthalle

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 4 April

Bruce Nauman's landmark 2001 video installation, organised with Dia Art Foundation, records the artist's empty studio at night over several months, capturing mice, moths and his cat in what he left running unattended. A talk by co-curator Randy Gibson, Manager of Exhibition Technology at Dia, precedes the opening from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. Opening reception: 14 November (6:00 PM onwards).

Carnival

Venue: Number 1 Gallery

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 6 December

Krisanapon Piapaiboon's paintings reassemble symbols, shapes and memories from different periods of life into a colourful, celebratory new set of recollections that invites viewers to recall their own. At Number 1 Gallery's space in River City Bangkok. Opening reception: 14 November (5:00 PM onwards).

REMINISCE

Venue: Xspace Art Gallery

Exhibition Dates: 14 November – 26 December

More than ten artists, including Anchana Nangkala, Pang Torsuwan, Ping Hatta, Supmanee Chaisansuk and WoodyWind, look back at the things we stay attached to, less to dwell on the past than to enjoy unfaded memories again. In Xspace's Main Hall, Monday to Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Opening reception: 14 November (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM).

In White and Black (ใน ขาว และ ดำ)

Venue: Joyman Gallery

Exhibition Dates: 15 November – 12 December

Contemporary drawings by PEX Pitakpong conceived as a "living journal", sketched freely on the move. A small child, still innocent, questions society's distorted truths through hundreds of thousands of layered ink lines and handwritten notes that work like a public diary and a personal archive of the times. Opening reception: 15 November (5:00 PM onwards).

For more information on all current exhibitions at art galleries and museums in Bangkok, check our Exhibitions section.