Canny curatorship makes this converted modernist house a showcase for many leading local folk such as Thaiwijit, Chatchai Puipia and Sutee Kunavichayanont,...
100 Soi TonsonBaan Chang Thai is dedicated to preserving and teaching traditional crafts. There are courses on an ancient southern form of muay thai, plus puppet making...
38 Ekamai Soi 10
Spiral up the Guggenheim-esque atrium of the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre where the top three of the building's 11 storeys are exhibition halls. Beyond...
939 Thanon Rama I
Museums of modern Thai art are rare, but this private collection houses 120 major works, which are displayed on lawns, ledges, warehouse gantries and the...
4/18-19 Nuanchan Soi 56
New location for Singaporean Delia Oakins' gallery for South-east Asian artists, including Symon and Krijono of Indonesia, Martin Loh of Singapore and Thai...
4th floorAn important space that has hosted socially relevant shows by Sakharin Krue-on, Michael Shaowanasai, Navin Rawanchaikul, Pinaree Sanpitak and Vasan...
7th Floor, Centre of Academic Resources
American art dealer H Earnest Lee fostered new markets for emerging Thai artists at this converted wooden house, other hip venues and in New York. Look out...
201 Sathorn Soi 12
The revival and global fame of Thai silk owes much to Jim Thompson, a US architect who came to Thailand at the end of World War II with the OSS (now the...
6 Kasemsan Soi 2
Photographer Manit Srivanichpoom and artist-filmmaker Ing K exhibit artful lenswork upstairs in this retro, mint-green shophouse facing the Hindu temple....
87 Thanon PanEstablished in 1977 in the neo-classical former Royal Mint, this institution has occasional impressive shows, but its small collection hasn't kept pace with...
5 Thanon Chao Fa
This beautiful colonial-ish building from 1922 offers the best English reading in town, plus art shows in the Rotunda. The British Club next door runs its café.
195 Thanon SurawongNumthong Tang champions artistic individuality at this gallery with a magnificent roster of works by modern masters like Natee Utarit, Niti Wuttuya,...
129/29 Bangkok Co-op Housing Building
Authentic cultural experiences of one day or longer, with Thai experts offering a hands-on insight into arts like dance, lai Thai design, cooking and...
Lad Prao Soi 60
Thailand's Broadway diva Patravadi Mejudhon - actor, teacher, dancer, producer, director and writer - turned her compound into the open-air Patravadi...
69/1 Soi Wat Rakang
The king's late mother, Somdet Phra Srinagarinda Boromarajajonani, beloved as 'Somdet Ya', was born a commoner to goldsmiths and practised nursing. This...
Somdet Chaophraya Soi 3