Next year, Bangkok will awaken once more as a living gallery, appropriate for a city where art glimmers through temple spires, flows along the river, and breathes in the rhythm of its streets. From 29 October 2026 to 28 February 2027, the Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) returns for its fifth edition, inviting the world to witness how contemporary art can both illuminate and interrogate the times we live in.

Its chosen theme, “Angels and Mara,” feels almost prophetic. As our world trembles under the weight of wars, environmental collapse, propaganda, and division, humanity stands uncertain and unsure of what is right, what is wrong, and what lies in between. Compassion seems fractured; truth, relative. Yet in this confusion, the Biennale offers a space to confront these opposites, not neccesarily choosing between them, but to recognize how they coexist, and how art might help us make sense of their tension.