Things to do in Bangkok today

Wine country gets a dessert makeover at sàat, where chef Saki Hoshino teams up with GranMonte Vineyard and Winery on Terroir to Tart. The vineyard-inspired menu uses Khao Yai wine, grape juice and grape leaves, bringing Japanese techniques together with Thai and Western flavours. The three creations range from raw fish with Spring Chenin Blanc jelly to coconut cheesecake with grape jelly and grape juice. Then there’s GranMonte grape leaf sorbet, served with miso caramel, mochi and toasted rice. It’s a reason to consider the vineyard beyond what’s in your glass. Until January 31 2027. sàat, Maha Phruettharam Road, near Hua Lamphong.  11am-8pm. Closed Tuesday. Reservations: 095-373-1178.

Hand to Heart Market gives your Song Wat wander a crafty detour.  Alongside handmade goods, craft products and vintage fashion, the announced workshop activities include folding lotus flowers and making a floral hair garland. Try your hand at the traditional techniques, then browse the stalls before heading back out among the neighbourhood’s old shophouses, small cafés and independent shops. Market entry is free; check with the organiser for floral workshop times, fees and booking requirements. October 5-13. Free market entry. Songwat Lane. 10am-8pm.

French artist and illustrator Julie Stephen Chheng brings Fortune Teller to One Bangkok, with interactive projections and augmented reality that reward a little curiosity. Presented with Alliance Française Bangkok, the exhibition introduces eight nature spirits linked to water, fire, sky, earth, thunder, shadow, light and green leaf. Download the free Fortune Teller AR app to search for hidden characters around the complex, then explore creative workshops covering paper crafts, ceramic painting and DIY keychains. A book corner curated by The Independent Print Club rounds out the programme. Check the workshop schedule before visiting if you have a particular activity in mind.  October 2-November 15. Free exhibition entry. Second floor, The Storeys, One Bangkok. 10am-8pm.

Fine lines, etched marks and layers of ink build strange combinations of people, animals, buildings and symbols in the prints featured in Awakened Being at Union Mall. The images sit somewhere between everyday reality, dreams and imagination, leaving room for your own reading rather than following a fixed narrative. Look closely at scraped surfaces and the traces left during printing: each mark records a stage of making, so the process becomes part of the story. Prophecy here is framed as noticing what lies beneath the surface rather than predicting the future.  Until January 3 2027. Free entry. Union Co-Art Space, fourth floor, Union Mall. 11am-9pm

A lotus has to grow through muddy water and survive changing conditions before its flower reaches the surface. Diligent Mind at 6060 Arts Space uses that familiar Thai cultural symbol, sometimes called the ‘queen of aquatic plants’, to consider persistence in everyday life. People begin with different circumstances and face different obstacles; the exhibition draws a parallel between their efforts and the plant’s growth towards the light. It’s a familiar idea, given a recognisable starting point in the lotus. October 5-30. Free entry. 6060 Arts Space, Black Building. Noon-8pm.

Ever walked into a room and had a particular light, sound or smell suddenly remind you of somewhere else? Piyada Na Badalung’s A Place within a Place at L.O.F. Gallery explores those ‘overlapping spaces’, where physical surroundings meet personal memories, perceptions and feelings. A café, street corner or old building can mean something completely different depending on who’s there and what they remember. The works consider how one place can hold several versions of itself, shaped by the people who pass through it. Until October 25. Free entry. L.O.F Gallery, Soi Chulalongkorn 50, Samyan. 11am-7pm.

Munins’ solo exhibition STILL : ON at River City Bangkok explores the work going on behind our thoughts, memories, emotions and decisions. Three processes shape the show: Emotion Encoding, how emotional experiences are recorded; Signal Selection, what we choose to retain; and Neural Pathway, how we see and make sense of what’s in front of us. Familiar moments of tiredness, confusion and quiet reflection connect those processes to everyday life. The artist also considers the changes happening around us, from accelerating technology and information to the human impact on the environment. The invitation is to slow down and consider what your mind is doing, even when you think nothing much is going on. October 2-November 15. Free entry. RCB Galleria 5, River City Bangkok. Daily 10am-8pm.

Kenny Wong’s pouting character takes over a semi-outdoor space at Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park for MOLLY 20th Anniversary Exhibition – Bangkok, themed The Little Galaxy. Early sketches, original paintings and collectible figures trace two decades of MOLLY, alongside contemporary works and interpretations by artists and craftspeople from different cultural backgrounds. The Bangkok display brings Thai craftsmanship into the picture through Benjarong ceramics and lacquerwork. The project links art with education, communities and tourism in Bangkok, though the draw for visitors is the work itself. Wong was advertised for artist meetings on September 26-27; those dates have passed, so plan an October visit around the exhibition rather than a meeting with its creator. September 24-October 25. Tickets from B300 via Trip.com. Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park. Check current exhibition hours and package options when booking.

What if you could revisit a memory without changing what happened? Nostalgia Surfer at KICHgallery follows a fictional traveller through old images, sounds, places, objects and colours that still linger. The character reflects the artist’s return to painting after more than a decade away, using an airbrush to look at familiar experiences from a present-day perspective. Some memories emerge clearly, others are faded, distorted or partly imagined. The paintings ask what stays with us and why certain moments keep pulling us back. October 10-November 14. Free entry. KICHgallery, Soi Ruamrudee 2. From 3pm; check closing time with the gallery.

After more than 20 years working together across art, design, fashion and architecture, the creative duo behind L’Odyssée turns to personal memories. Developed for ATT 19 with an open brief, the exhibition explores moving countries and the things we carry with us, from photographs and objects to cultural references and emotions. Both artists work on the same surface to make the central two-metre-square pieces. They call these works ‘walls’, where colours, gestures and memories overlap, disappear and return. October 8-November 29. Free entry. ATT 19. 11am-6pm.