Thailand Biennale 2023 ‘opens the world’ of art and traditions in Chiang Rai
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- 19 Apr 2023
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The international art festival will showcase works by 60 artists from 25 countries across Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen’s Golden Triangle area from December 9, 2023 to April 30, 2024.
Chiang Rai, Thailand’s culturally and ecologically rich northernmost city, will transform into a global arts hub when the Thailand Biennale 2023 opens this December.
The international contemporary art festival will showcase works by 60 artists from 25 countries across Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen’s Golden Triangle area from December 9, 2023 to April 30, 2024. The city will be rejuvenated by specially commissioned site-specific works.
The first Thailand Biennale was launched by the Culture Ministry’s Office of Contemporary Art and Culture in the tourism province of Krabi in 2018. The second was held in Isaan’s Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) in 2021.
By moving between regions with strong and distinctive art personalities, the Thailand Biennale decentralises artistic activity and highlights site specificity while reinvigorating local history, urbanisation and nature.
December 2023 will see the Biennale return for its third edition in Chiang Rai, dubbed “art city” for its 300-plus local artists.
Co-hosted by the ministry’s Office of Contemporary Art and Culture and Chiang Rai province with a budget of Bt150 million, the Thailand Biennale 2023 aims to turn the northern city into an international arts and culture hub and tourism magnet. Read More…
