Art Galleries in Bangkok
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The two big institutions, and the small galleries worth finding
Here is the list of 6 Art Galleries in Bangkok
1. Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
The centre of the city's public art scene, a nine-storey spiral of white galleries above Siam BTS station. The upper floors carry the main exhibitions, which change every few months, and the lower ones hold independent bookshops, cafes and design studios. Entry is free, it is air-conditioned, and it is the single easiest place in Bangkok to see contemporary Thai art.
2. Museum of Contemporary Art
A private museum in the north of the city holding the collection of telecoms founder Boonchai Bencharongkul, spread over five floors of a purpose-built white building. The strength is Thai modern and contemporary painting, much of it large-scale and religious in subject. It is a long way out towards Chatuchak, so give it a half day rather than an hour.
3. Bangkok University Gallery
A university gallery near the Klong Toei port showing Thai and international work, often by students and emerging artists alongside established names. Shows change frequently and admission is free. Worth checking what is on before making the trip, because it closes between exhibitions.
4. Cho Why Gallery
An art space rather than a gallery, in a narrow shophouse in Chinatown, showing experimental and independent work across several floors. Exhibitions, talks and occasional gigs, with a bar on the ground floor. It is the best window onto the younger end of Bangkok's art scene, and it keeps irregular hours.
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5. Chulalongkorn Art Centre
The university gallery at Chulalongkorn, showing Thai and international artists with an academic slant and a strong record on photography and printmaking. Free, central, and quiet even when the rest of Siam is heaving. Like the other university spaces, it closes between exhibitions.
6. Queen Sirikit Gallery
A gallery in the grounds of the National Gallery complex near Sanam Luang, named for Queen Sirikit and showing both senior Thai artists and newer names. It leans traditional in a way the Chinatown spaces do not, which makes it a useful counterweight if you are seeing several in a day.
Galleries sit closer to the museums than the itineraries suggest. Museums in Bangkok covers the history collections, including the two institutions that appear on both lists, and one day in Bangkok helps if you are fitting one in around everything else.
This post was published by Muhammed Salih
