Things to do in Bangkok today

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

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.

Kitti Narod returns for his first solo exhibition in Thailand in five years with A Place We Share at Tang Contemporary Art. The familiar 9:16 proportions of a phone screen become large canvases filled with everyday scenes, pets, gender diversity, marriage equality and reworked mythology. His elongated figures and soft pastel colours turn ordinary moments and personal vulnerabilities into visions of a more equal society. A painting of life with his partner and cats makes that idea particularly tangible. Represented by Tang Contemporary Art, Kitti has exhibited in London, Manchester, Dublin, Melbourne and Singapore. Until October 18. Free entry. Tang Contemporary Art Bangkok, second floor, River City Bangkok. Tuesday-Saturday 11am-7pm.

More than 20 years after working together at Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, Stéphanie Le Quellec and Vincent Thierry are sharing a kitchen again. Now leading two-Michelin-starred La Scène in Paris and Chef’s Table by lebua in Bangkok respectively, they reunite for Two Scenes, One Table, a three-night collaboration on lebua’s 61st floor. Each chef contributes three savoury courses to the seven-course menu, followed by dessert from pastry chef Guillaume Tournemolle. Le Quellec brings French cooking shaped by her years in Provence, while Thierry contributes his contemporary French approach from Bangkok. Quite the catch-up dinner.  October 1-3, 6pm-9.30pm. Seven-course menu B13,500++ per person; optional seven-glass wine pairing B9,000++. Chef’s Table by lebua, 61st floor, lebua Bangkok. Reservations: 02-624-9555.

New York DJ and producer Eric Duncan, aka Dr Dunks, takes over the decks for the ninth edition of Siwilai Soundsystem at Discotheque, Siwilai Radical Club. Expect disco, house, funk and Balearic grooves from a selector with three decades in the underground scene. Duncan is one half of Rub-N-Tug with Thomas Bullock and also records as Still Going with Liv Spencer, with releases on DFA Records. The speaker stacks sit just a few steps from the booth. His remix credits include Grace Jones, LCD Soundsystem,  Roxy Music, Coldplay and Todd Terje. October 2. B400-500 online; check current tiers and door price when booking. Siwilai Radical Club, Thong Lor. From 9pm

Give yourself time to rummage at NIC Factory Vintage Flea Market. Mid-century tables, classic chairs, home décor and harder-to-find collectables sit alongside one-off pieces from different eras and cultures. The setting is part of the draw: NIC Factory Charoenkrung 74 occupies a former tobacco warehouse by the Chao Phraya River, with weathered industrial details that suit a day of vintage hunting. Arrive early if you want first pick.

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

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