Main Exhibition

BANGKOK ART BIENNALE 2026

Organised by Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation

Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) is a biennial art festival set in the capital of Thailand spanning across a period of 4 months in which the bustling city of Bangkok will be transformed into a live hub that celebrates art, creativity, and culture. For its 5th edition, ANGELS & MARA, the Bangkok Art Biennale is organised in collaboration with Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (ThaiBev) and the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), with the support of other private and public sectors. This year’s Biennale features more than 200 contemporary artworks by 72 artists from 29 nationalities around the world, presented across 11 iconic venues in Bangkok. 

Taking its title from Bangkok’s identity as the “City of Angels” and the figure of Mara — associated with temptation, desire and forces that obstruct enlightenment — ANGELS & MARA examines the contradictions embedded in contemporary existence. Across sacred architecture, museums, commercial spaces and cultural institutions, artists approach uncertainty, conflict, memory, spirituality, technology, identity and transformation from radically different perspectives. The theme does not insist on fixed opposites. Instead, it asks what happens when seemingly contradictory forces coexist — within societies, histories and ourselves.

The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre will present artworks by the following 36 artists:

Tara Al Dughaiter
Arahmaiani
Nobuyoshi Araki
Beyond Pressure
Margret Eicher
Mandy El-Sayegh
Gerard & Kelly
Piero Golia
Amrita Hepi
Sumi Kanazawa
Amrit Karki
Klara Kristalova
Jason Lim
Htein Lin
Liu Hsing-Yu
Breda Lynch
Mahtab Hussain & Guy Gunaratne
Le Hien Minh
Yasumasa Morimura
Mary Pakinee
Chomphunut Phuttha
Nazanin Pouyandeh
Naraphat Sakarthornsap
Sylvie Selig
Shin Min
Sin Wai Kin
Manit Sriwanichpoom
Manop Suwanpinta
Mika Tamori
Ralf Tooten
Ploenchan Vinyaratn
Bill Viola
Tawan Wattuya
Forrest Wong
Yuan Goang-Ming
Chetsada Phuwiang

See you at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre since 29 October 2026 – 28 February 2027
Main Exhibition Gallery, 9th Floor: 29 October – 25 November 2026
Main Exhibition Gallery, 7th – 8th Floor: 29 October 2026 – 28 February 2027

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