Things to do in Bangkok today

ใครที่เติบโตมากับ MOLLY ขอแนะนำให้แวะไปทำความรู้จักเธอให้ลึกขึ้นใน MOLLY's 20th Anniversary Exhibition นิทรรศการฉลองครบรอบ 20 ปี ที่พาย้อนกลับไปตั้งแต่จุดเริ่มต้นของคาแรกเตอร์ ผ่านภาพสเก็ตช์และผลงานต้นฉบับของ เคนนี่ หว่อง ครั้งนี้มอลลี่เดินทางมาถึงกรุงเทพฯ พร้อมผลงานที่เปิดพื้นที่ให้ศิลปะร่วมสมัยมาพบกับมรดกทางวัฒนธรรม ผ่านการตีความโดยศิลปินและช่างฝีมือจากหลากหลายวัฒนธรรม ตั้งแต่จิตรกรรม งานปัก ศิลปะกระดาษตัด เซรามิก ไปจนถึงงานหัตถศิลป์ดั้งเดิม ใครอยากย้อนดูเส้นทางของมอลลี่ตลอดสองทศวรรษ หรืออยากเห็นคาแรกเตอร์ตัวนี้ในมุมที่แตกต่างออกไป ลองแวะมาสำรวจจักรวาลของเธอกันได้  ที่ อุทยาน 100 ปี จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย กรุงเทพฯ บัตรราคา 290-390 บาท (จองบัตร) วันที่ 24 กันยายน - 25 ตุลาคมนี้

Stupid Stay in Charoen Nakhon launches its Artist in Residence programme with illustrator and graphic designer Nene Nuntawan Jamsai, aka nnene.iie. During her stay, Nene is creating work drawn from everyday neighbourhood life, from small local details to the people and places she encounters. The pieces appear throughout the hotel, turning it into a compact exhibition to browse while exploring the space. A workshop with Nene lets visitors make something themselves rather than simply viewing the finished work.   Until October 1. Free entry. Stupid Stay. 11am-8pm

Korakrit Arunanondchai’s new solo exhibition Love After Death combines video, performance documentation and scenes from a film shot in a disused cinema in Lopburi. Described as autofiction, the show reworks material from the Bangkok and New York-based artist’s earlier moving-image projects alongside fictional narration inspired by the Lanna legend of the Sihuhata, a mythical creature that eats coal and excretes gold. Arunanondchai has shown at MoMA PS1 and Palais de Tokyo and co-founded Ghost Foundation in 2018 to support video and performance art in Thailand.   September 25-November 14. Free entry. Bangkok Citycity Gallery. 1pm-6pm

For September and October, 25 Degrees gives its burger menu a Cuban accent with the new Cuban frita burger. Ground sirloin and chorizo come with frita sauce, grilled caramelised onions, American cheese and thin-cut house-made fries, all tucked into a brioche bun. Pair it with a Cuban-inspired mojito, Cuba libre or margarita. Berry muffin milkshake blends vanilla and berry ice cream with strawberry and blueberry purée, then adds fresh berries and a whole muffin. Hershey’s creamy milk chocolate milkshake remains on the menu until September 30. September-October. Cuban frita burger B450; burger and cocktail pairing B650. 25 Degrees Bangkok

A rare chance to see early sculptures by Professor Silpa Bhirasri arrives with The Spirit of Sculptors, which brings together works he created in Italy before moving to Thailand. Most come from private collections and have never been shown to Thai audiences, making offering a useful look at the artist’s early years. His work appears alongside sculptures by master artist Vachara Prayoonkum and younger artist Wayuphat Rattanaphet, whose practices draw from Thai art traditions. Across three generations, the exhibition traces how Silpa’s influence continues to shape Thai sculpture. September 8-October 23. B250 for adults and B150 for students. Museum Pier. 10am-6pm

Ready for somewhere stranger than the average gallery visit? EXTRA UNIVERSE brings together work by 50 artists from 21/3 Studio at MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, turning familiar things into unexpected forms. Rainbows appear without skies, homes have neither doors nor roofs and repeated paintings record days passing one layer at a time. Some works are packed with flowers, people and polka dots, while others keep things wonderfully simple. Instead of demanding a single interpretation, the exhibition asks visitors to see through the artists’ eyes and notice the small details that catch their attention. September 10-October 11. B400 for adults and B120 for students with a valid ID. MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art. 10am-6pm

What does queer intimacy look like when desire and distance exist?  Intimate Elsewhere brings together five emerging Southeast Asian artists – Lucas Tan, Mark Hernandez, Thom Nguyen, Theerathat Thongbai and ACHI – to consider longing, memory, identity and place. Tan photographs seductive yet vulnerable poses shaped by dating-app culture, while Hernandez shows two people sharing a room but looking in opposite directions. Nguyen reworks traditional Asian painting through queer identities, while Theerathat and ACHI explore loss, nostalgia, spirituality and the body in landscapes and imagined spaces. September 10-November 14. Free entry. Adult Material. 11am-6pm

What happens when you look different from everyone around you? BE ALONE, the first solo exhibition by lek_lek, follows Lu and Al, two birds born with rare colour mutations that set them apart from their flocks. Through paintings birds and wings, the artist explores individuality, freedom and the search for somewhere to belong, as well as how rejection and isolation shape the way we see ourselves. The idea at its heart is simple: the differences that isolate us may also be the ones worth holding on to. September 12-October 4. Free entry. KYLA Gallery & Wine Bar. 3pm-midnight

Identity, survival and the awkward business of being human sit at the heart of Carry On Being. The exhibition also takes aim at the familiar idea of the tortured, romantic ‘artist’, asking what making art means in everyday life. At first glance, the works feel playful, with bright colours and a visual language rooted in contemporary pop art. Look longer and weightier ideas surface: isolation, uncertainty and the small contradictions involved in making sense of yourself and the world around you. September 20-October 25. Free entry. Joyman Gallery. 11am-6pm

Thai sculpture becomes a three-generation conversation in The Spirit of Sculptors: A Dialogue Across Three Generations at Museum Pier. Created with the Silpa Bhirasri Art Research Institute, the exhibition traces the field’s development through Professor Silpa Bhirasri, master artist Watchara Prayoonkum and contemporary sculptor Wayuphat Rattanaphet. Its rarest works date from Silpa’s years in Italy, before he moved to Thailand, and come from private collections. Most are being shown publicly in Thailand for the first time. New pieces by Watchara and Wayuphat respond to his ideas in their own ways. September 8-October 23. B150-B250 at the door. Museum Pier. 10am-6pm