Dib Bangkok, Thailand’s first museum dedicated to global contemporary art
- ArtMoments2024
- Mar 17
- 1 min read
Dib Bangkok, Thailand’s first museum dedicated to global contemporary art, is set to open in December 2025. Founded on the collection of the late businessman Petch Osathanugrah, the museum will house over 1,000 works by more than 200 artists, including Thai icons like Montien Boonma and Rirkrit Tiravanija, alongside international names like Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami. Housed in a repurposed 1980s warehouse in downtown Bangkok, its design by Kulapat Yantrasast blends industrial aesthetics with Buddhist-inspired clarity. The inaugural exhibition, themed Invisible Presence, will feature large-scale installations and sculptures, marking a bold new chapter in Thailand’s expanding art scene.
Exhibitions
 Celebrating 50 years of the Jakarta Biennale, featuring international visual arts, with an opening on October 1 - November 15, 2024, at Selasar Galeri Emiria Soenassa, Taman Ismail Marzuki, showcasing performances and music by various artists and communities, and free for the public. |  "PANORAMA: Radetyo Itok," a solo exhibition by Radetyo Itok, curated by Rizki A. Zaelani and officiated by Yudi Wanandi, explores imaginative expressions of daily life experiences through a series of artworks, running from October 2 to November 2, 2024, at Galeri ZEN1 in Jakarta. |  "THE QUEST," a solo exhibition by Samsul Arifin, showcases his journey through paintings and installations featuring fabric dolls and pencils, exploring the unpredictability of life and the importance of roots and spiritual guidance, from October 1 to October 31, 2024, at Nadi Gallery in Jakarta. |
