Bangkok Art Galleries Explore Tour

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Trip Description : Explore Bangkok’s vibrant contemporary art scene. Visit diverse galleries, discover Thailand’s most creative artists and explore the cutting edge exhibits on display throughout the city. From painting to sculpture, photography to video, this unique half day excursion is a fascinating, in-depth look at the country’s emerging arts scene.

Destination	:	Thailand (Bangkok)
Start City	:	Bangkok
End City	:	Bangkok
Tour Type	:	Private
Duration	:	Half Day
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Tour Grade	:	Easy Moderate Strenuous
Operated by	:	Oriental Escape Ltd.

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09:00 hrs

Meet your English-speaking guide in the hotel’s lobby. Visit several art galleries as follow :

[1] National Gallery (open Wednesday - Sunday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m)
- The Celebration Room Exhibition : the King’s Paintings
This area is the first area at the main entrance where the paintings of the two Thai kings who have a great talent in art are displayed, set of water color paintings portrayed the play Sakuntala by His Majesty King Vajiravudth, and the works of His Majesty King Bhumiphol Adulyadej in witch graceiously lent to the National Gallery in 1987.

- Senior Artists Room
The area display works in modern art from the time this kind of art introduced to the country in which contain of artworks from the Thai pioneer artists such as Professor Silpa Bhirasri, Kien Yimsiri, Fua Haribitak, Misiem Yipinsoi, Sawadi Tantisook and etcContemporary Artists Room The contemporary period from 1967 until the present day is represented by pieces from the famous artists of the younger generation such as Chakabhan Posayakrit, Pratuang Emjarern, Nontiwat Chanthanapalin and etc.

- Traditional Thai art
The exhibition is taken the second floor area of the front building displayed old and precious works from the past including banners, copy paintings of the old mural from the temples wall, and the paintings from the early Bangkok period.

- Temporary Exhibition
The National Gallery also provides a space for temporary exhibition in which opens for various programs from quality artists in residence and aboard on view to the public every month..

[2] The Queen’s Gallery (open Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.)
The gallery built to commemorate H.M. the Queen of Thailand displays rotating exhibits as well as a branch of the queen’s SUPPORT Foundation shops.

[3] Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (open Tuesday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m)
The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) is a twenty-five thousand square-meter, eleven-storey mid-town facility with galleries, performance spaces, a library and meeting rooms. Conceived and pushed for since 1997 by a network of artists, the Centre has finally been built by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. To be administered by the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Foundation, it aims to give contemporary art the right physical infrastructure and to enhance the role of art in the city’s cultural life. It hopes to attract many different target groups : from traditionalist to modern, as well as the lifestyle crowd.

With exhibition and events not only involving art but also theatre, film, writing, music and design, the place will become a creative hub, an ‘art junction’ where all can cross paths and meet. We hope for vibrant and relevant new culture to emerge from dialogue between artists working in different media, and from interaction between artists and audiences. We believe it will both strengthen Bangkok’s existing cultural and intellectual life, and lead in new directions.

16:30 hrs

Transfer back to hotel.