Bangkok Art Biennale 2026 adds new artists to its 'Angels & Mara' line-up

Bangkok loves a contradiction. Shrines sit beside shopping malls, street food rubs shoulders with skincare counters and the sacred is rarely far from the spectacular. So it feels only right that Bangkok Art Biennale 2026 is leaning into the push and pull of opposites.

The citywide art festival has announced a fresh wave of 27 artists for this year’s edition, bringing the total line-up to 42 artists from Thailand and around the world. 

The theme is 'Angels & Mara',  a broad look at the forces that tug between light and dark, hope and despair, virtue and temptation. In other words: big questions about belief, power and identity, set against some of Bangkok’s most recongisable spaces.

Among the newly announced names are Indonesia's Arahmaiani, Japan's Nobuyoshi Araki, French duo Pierre & Gilles, Canada's Sin Wai Kin and American Max Hooper Schneider. Thailand is strongly represented too, with Channatip Chanvipava, Naraphat Sakarthornsap, Tawan Wattuya and Udom Taephanich among the names joining the bill.

More artists, exhibitions and public programmes will be announced closer to opening, but there is already plenty to start plotting around. The biennale will unfold across 10 landmark venues, from riverside temples and major museums to shopping centres and university art spaces.

Mark the calendar: Bangkok Art Biennale 2026 runs from October 26 2026 to February 28 2027. Follow Bangkok Art Biennale on Facebook for the next round of updates.

Venues

• Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan
• Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan (Wat Pho)
• Wat Prayurawongsawat Worawihan
• Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
• CentralWorld
• Museum Siam
• National Museum Bangkok
• One Bangkok
• Siam Paragon
• Silpakorn University Art Centre

Artist names:

Arahmaiani

Nobuyoshi Araki

Cedric Arnold

Beyond Pressure

Channatip Chanvipava

Yanran Chen

Un Cheng

Mel Chin

Yeoh Choo Kuan

Mandy El-Sayegh

Gerard & Kelly

Piero Golia

Sonia Hamza 

Mahtab Hussain and Guy 

Gunaratne

Leiko Ikemura

Liu Jianhua

Sumi Kanazawa

Renato Leotta

Htein Lin

Breda Lynch

Shin Min

Yasumasa Morimura

Mary Pakinee

OngKian Peng

Chetsada Phuwiang

Pierre & Gilles 

Nazanin Pouyandeh

Ri

Kornkarn Rungsawang

Naraphat Sakarthornsap

MaxHooper Schneider

Sylvie Selig

Sin WaiKin 

Teerapon Sisung

Manit Sriwanichpoom

Udom Taephanich

Mika Tamori

Sudaporn Teja

Ralf Tooten

Tawan Wattuya

Woo Hannah

SUN YUAN and PENG YU

Mark the calendar: October 26 2026-February 28 2027. Follow Bangkok Art Biennale on Facebook for the rest.