After Songkran, Bangkok comes up for air and culture takes over. Here’s your curated guide to thirteen events where art, technology and food meet in unexpected ways.

After Songkran fades, Bangkok begins to shed its festive mood, shifting into a more contemplative, art-leaning tempo. Exhibitions start to surface across the city, and one can almost feel creativity stirring beneath the pavement, slowly pushing upwards. Alongside this, playful festivals appear too: a kitchen takeover here, a pet portrait gallery there. There is something for everyone, though especially for those drawn to art in all its forms.

In this edition of Koktail Kurated, art rubs shoulders with technology and food. Thirteen events across Bangkok are gathered here – each one an invitation in its own right, and all of them absolutely responsible for your calendar suddenly holding far more plans than you remember agreeing to.

1/13 bitte(r)sweet: ATTA x Kwanpitcha Kongseang

Dates: Now until 31 May
Venue: Atta Gallery
Admission: Free

Life is full of contrasts; sweetness and bitterness go hand in hand. Kwanpitcha Kongsaeng’s solo exhibition plays with this duality, starting with the title: bittersweet, but also “bitte” (German for “please”). It’s a cry of desperation, like a prayer left unheard. We often wish our loved ones could stay a little longer, their presence lingering just a bit more. Her mixed media and interactive art capture this aspect of grief we’d rather ignore but can’t escape.

2/13 Self-Sovereignty by Thanwa Huangsmut

Dates & Time: Now until 3 May
Venue: Joyman Gallery
Admission: Free

Thanwa Huangsmut renders the female body as something charged and myth-laden, where nudity becomes a kind of self-generating reality. His women stand in sovereignty, wrapped in intricate patterns, dreamlike signs and saturated colour. The human outline wavers, as animality seeps back into the figure and the boundary between them dissolves. A tortoise, an owl, a snake, a koi fish – no matter how menacing, they’re bound within the women’s dominion.

3/13 1 Day 1,000 Photos, 7th Edition: Pawtrait

Dates: Now until 31 May
Venue: Munmun Srinakarin, Seacon Square
Admission: Free

How well do you really know your pet? It’s a question that stays with every owner. Dogs and cats don’t speak our language, yet our bond with them goes beyond words. Still, we often overlook their nuanced expressions. This photographic exhibition by MMAD gathers 1,000 pet images from 700 photographers, inviting us to look closer, to notice their inner workings, their ways of seeing the world. And, of course, they’re absurdly cute, all of them.

4/13 TagTEAMS 2026

Dates: 17-19 April
Venue: Bangkok Kunsthalle
Admission: Starting THB 300
Tickets via: Ticketmelon

A first for Thailand, TagTEAMS 2026 is an electroacoustic festival born from a collaboration between the Thai ElectroAcoustic Music Society (TEAMS) and Bangkok Kunsthalle. The event explores resonances, distortions and acousmatic sounds that bounce off walls. Prepare to step into a technological sound machine, where performances are cranked up to razor-sharp, cutting-edge levels. With more than 60 artists, this gathering of sound enthusiasts is set to reveal the hidden sonic history of Bangkok, particularly the local scene itself.

5/13 Drunk N’ Draw: Get Drunk and Draw With Meanlee

Dates & Time: 18 April and 25 April, from 5.30pm-7pm and from 7.30pm-9pm
Venue: Yellow Cloud, The Corner House
Admission: THB 450
Tickets via: cornerhousebangkok.com

Sometimes, art finds its sublime through intoxication. What a beautiful pairing alcohol and art make! Drunk N’ Draw offers a chance for art and alcohol lovers to sip, socialise and create together (say goodbye to solo drinking, and keep the demons of excess at bay!). With artist Meanlee and her playful absurdist style, anything can happen – especially when creativity is fueled by a little spirit.

6/13 A Journey Without a Map

Dates & Time: 23 April – 31 May
Venue: RCB Galleria 1, River City Bangkok
Admission: Free

In this group exhibition, Thai artists take L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – and its cinematic counterpart – and reimagine it as a journey into the unknown, where getting lost is part of the magic, and wonder is your guide down the yellow brick road. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto! Life’s storms have a way of whisking us off to places we never dreamed of. These artists capture the childlike whimsy of Baum, exploring innocence, courage and strength with a playful touch.

7/13 Dial-A-Poem Thailand Exhibition Launch

Date & Time: 24 April, 6pm
Venue: Bangkok Kunsthalle
Admission: Free

Introduced in 1969 by American poet and performance artist John Giorno, Dial-A-Poem became a groundbreaking project in the New York art scene. Giorno, a contemporary of Beat legends like William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, and a close friend of Andy Warhol, brought a fusion of beat energy and pop art sensibilities to this innovative intersection of technology and poetry. 

Arriving in Bangkok with 27 recordings in Thai, two in English, plus a mix of languages, including Pali and Lanna, this project, with 35 artists, is one of the largest Thai art collabs in recent memory. The exhibition opens on 24 April at Bangkok Kunsthalle, but you can also dial +66 97 531 0708 for random, somewhat reassuring, yet cryptic messages from a disembodied voice.

8/13 The International Jazz Celebration on Charoen Krung 2026

Dates & Time: 24-26 April, 8pm
Venue: Siwilai Sound Club, Central: The Original Store
Admission: Starting THB 700
Reservation: +66 2 267 0415 or @siwilaisocialclub (LINE)

Jazz has evolved endlessly over the years – from the swinging era of Ella Fitzgerald to the cool, modal explorations of Miles Davis, and into hybrid forms like molam jazz. Its shapeshifting nature is what keeps it alive. Siwilai Sound Club provides the perfect setting. The lineup brings together Thai and international artists, including B35 (Thailand), Saro Tap & Swingdude (Japan), Adam Ouisselet Calypso Quartet (UK), Cristobal Tobar Nasty Trio feat. Jonas & Jace (Chile) and many more. This is not jazz in the old-head sense, but an experimental form, one that reveals heritage through time.

9/13 Record Fest Bkk 2026: Spin the Culture

Dates: 24-26 April
Venue: NEX HALL, Siam Paragon
Admission: Starting THB 150
Tickets via: onesiam.com

Vinyl crate digging is where hip culture is at these days. For music lovers and audiophiles, listening on vinyl is a lifestyle that ought to be taken seriously, something to live by. Festivals like Record Fest BKK 2026 keep the format relevant and popular, not just in niche cliques but also among the general public. New releases and second-hand gems await, alongside DJ sets, turntables and talk sessions exploring the many sides of vinyl culture. Drop the needle and get lost in those sweet-sounding crackles.

10/13 Where Spirits Dwell by Ding Min

Dates & Time: 25 April – 25 May, 10am-7pm
Venue: GalileOasis
Admission: Free

A solo exhibition by Chinese artist Min Ding, Where Spirits Dwell presents ghosts and ghouls through ink print, drawing on their religious and spiritual significance. At first glance, some appear almost cute, but an unease soon settles in. These spirits slip through walls, emerge from beneath beds – making themselves known in small, confined spaces where they brush against human presence.

Courtesy of dingminart

11/13 Afterlives 2026

Dates & Time: 25-26 April 2026, 7pm and 9pm
Venue: Buffalo Bridge Gallery
Admission: THB 200
Tickets via: Miss Theatre on Facebook

After a world tour, Afterlives, the Thai-German co-production, returns for its third edition in Thailand. Miss Theatre and Henrike Iglesias invite audiences into a strange technological limbo, a smooth, mediated in-between space connecting parallel worlds. The work probes the relationship between technology and gender identity, where identity shifts, boundaries dissolve, and categories are actively deterritorialised beyond metaphor.

12/13 Kitchen Takeover at Sala Saneha: Baan Lamyai x AKKEE

Dates & Time: 27-28 April, from 5.30pm-7.30pm and from 8pm-midnight
Venue: Sala Saneha
Reservation: @sala.saneha on Instagram

Sala Saneha, usually a home for film screenings and cultural programming, is switching reels for recipes over two evenings with its first kitchen takeover by Akkee and Baan Lamyai. Centred on “cookshop” cuisine, the concept revisits a moment when Chinese cooks in Thailand reinterpreted Western dishes for American soldiers. It’s part history lesson, part tasting session – no subtitles needed, just appetite.

13/13 Author’s Space #02: Paper Matters: TK Park x Books & Belongings

Date & Time: 9 May, 1pm-3.30pm
Venue: Play Space, TK Park CentralWorld
Admission: Free
Reservation: booksandbelongings.com

Paper matters. That saying feels more urgent than ever in a world where print media is in steady decline. At TK Park, in collaboration with Books & Belongings, this idea takes shape in a session exploring the many worlds of paper: how different types suit different forms of printing and bookmaking. With insights from specialists at KPP-Antalis, the programme also offers a hands-on encounter with a wide range of paper samples, inviting you to see and feel the material for yourself.