Marking the recent opening of the new European-owned design, fashion and art space We*Do at Thong Lo 8 is the inaugural exhibition, The Oracle, featuring photographs by eleven international artists. Concerning the potentiality of the human condition, the slick, opulent imagery casts off the mundane in favour of beauty and grandeur. Until April 5 WHERE… [more]

A personal visual diary of past events, Sakyai Mongkonprasert’s expressive abstract paintings convey feelings attached to significant memoires. The Silpakorn graduate’s bold layering of colour and raw marks forms an intimate process of understanding that is both therapeutic and an act of celebration. Until Feb 27 WHERE Koi Art Gallery, 43/12 Sukhumvit Soi 31 |… [more]

In his latest exhibition, Thai artist Prapat Jiwarangsan presents photo collages, installations, video art and multimedia works, all of them inspired by current tensions surrounding Thailand’s complex relationship with personal liberty and freedom of expression. Based on his experiences during his fine-art studies in London, the series of ten conceptual works draw links with the… [more]

Korean Gi-ok Jeon is an artist, woman and mother living in Thailand. In her latest solo exhibition Dwelling in a Space at Galerie N, the graduate of Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts depicts her experience of separation from her home country and adaptation to a new culture by presenting a series of traditional Korean… [more]

For her first solo exhibition in Bangkok, Dallas based painter Michele Mikesell presents a series of paintings that create visual metaphors between human ideas and animal instincts. Loaded with humour and tragedy, her stylised costumed creatures and painterly surfaces are inspired by the expressive art movements of the last century. Until Feb 22 WHERE La… [more]

The Bangkok Community Theatre presents the musical comedy Nunsense at the British Club (189 Suriwongse Rd, Bangrak; 02-234-0247; www.britishclubbangkok.org), with evening performances at 8 pm from February 23 to 25, and matinees at 3 pm on February 25 and 26. Tickets are B 800 from 087-936-3798. A pre-theatre buffet, an a la carte menu and… [more]

Local and international artists will show works in various media at the Neilson Hays Arts Festival at the Neilson Hays Library (195 Surawong, BTS Chong Nonsi, 02-233-1731; www.neilsonhayslibrary.com) on February 12. There will also beartist demonstrations, live music, drama, dance and children’s art and crafts. For more information about Bangkok’s art-scene, see our sister website:… [more]

All Soul’s Cabaret (084-109-9588) continues its run of Manco Li Cani (No Even Dogs), an ensemble of short performances about Bangkok through the eyes of multicultural comedians, every Saturday in February. Shows start at 7:30 pm. Entrance is B 300 or B 500 with a glass of Italian wine and Aperitivo Italiano. Full details are… [more]

The Siam Society (131 Asoke Montri Rd (Sukhumvit 21), 02-661-6470; www.siam-society.org) is organizing a visit on February 25 to Three Remarkable Mosques in Thonburi, part of the heritage of Thailand’s capital before Bangkok. The tour, costing B 500, will be in English and starts at 8am. The society also has a new heritage protection website… [more]

Hua Hin’s multi-million baht performing arts complex, the Vic Hua Hin, is hosting a flurry of global talent as part of its ongoing Fringe Festival this month. Performances include physical Thai theatre on February 4, traditional Japanese drumming on February 5, a one-man show from the UK on February 11, and French-Thai modern dance on… [more]

Desert Camp, an installation by Dennis Balk, evokes a site once occupied by “a confused group of ideologues or political misfits, whose abandoned materials are a schizophrenic mix of references and politicized imagery”. It’s at H Gallery (201 Sathorn Soi 12, BTS Surasak, 081-310-4428; www.hgallerybkk.com) from February 2 to March 5. For more information about… [more]

British writer-actor Tim Crouch performs his two-hander An Oak Tree with a guest local actor on February 3 and 4 at the Sodsai Pantoomkomol Centre for Dramatic Arts, Chulalongkorn University (02-218-4802). Crouch has previously staged the award-winning play 300 times, each one opposite different actors, including Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston and Mike Myers, none of… [more]

The 6th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival ends on February 4 and 5 at the BangkokArt & Culture Centre (Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC), 939 Rama I Rd, Pathumwan; 02-214-6630; www.bacc.or.th BTS National Stadium) with filmand video, including documentary, animation and installations, complete with pre-screening talks and workshops. There’s also a selectionof European experimental work… [more]

Each year the Embassy of France does its homeland’s robust artistic tradition proud by staging a festival of paid and free cultural events – most of them with a Gallic flavour, but some Thai too. Running from February 2 until March 29, the line-up for this year’s La Fête is as sprawling and multi-disciplinary as… [more]