1. Bangkok 1899
    Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
  2. Bangkok 1899
    Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
  3. Bangkok 1899
    Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
  4. Bangkok 1899
    Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok

Bangkok 1899

Bangkok 1899, once a former residence of Chaophraya Thammasakmontri, known as Thailand’s father of modern education, has reopened as a cultural and civic hub.
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Time Out says

It was originally built in 1899 and designed by Italian architect Mario Tamagno, who also created Neilson Hays Library and Anantasamakhom Throne Hall. The restoration was spearheaded by Creative Migration, a non-profit international arts organization based in Los Angeles and Bangkok with major support by The Rockefeller Foundation and Ford Motor Company Fund. 

An artist residency is also hosted at this collaborative space. The in-house gallery will invite international artists to showcase their works in Bangkok, as well as collaborate with a Thai artist or the local community, or both. In return, the Thai artist will get the opportunity to go to that artist’s home country and continue the exchange.


Details

Address
134
Nakhon Sawan Road
Khwaeng Wat Sommanat, Khet Pom Prap Sattru Phai
Bangkok
10100
Opening hours:
Tue - Sun 10:00 - 19:00

What’s on

Cosmic Corals

Shereif Eldesouky’s new exhibition is a meditation on how we break apart and find our way back. The Egyptian mixed-media artist, now based in Bangkok, draws on memory and sibling love, framing both as fragile yet astonishingly resilient. His chosen metaphor is the reef: sometimes bleached, sometimes reborn, always in flux. The pieces trace cycles of sorrow and repair, suggesting that the same emotional currents that pull us away can, in time, return us to one another. Eldesouky mirrors this in his process, painting, dismantling, then reassembling fragments into forms that speak of survival and renewal. It’s at once personal and planetary, asking us to see our own bonds in the same light as coral – vulnerable, but never beyond revival. September 20-November 15. Free. Bangkok 1899, 11am-6pm
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