The Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) has revealed an additional 27 artists participating in its fifth edition, which is scheduled to run from October 29 to February 28, 2027.

Titled “Angels and Mara”—partly referencing the Thai meaning of Bangkok, “City of Angels”— the forthcoming exhibition will explore the tensions between the desirable and the abject, the virtuous and the corrupt, setting diverse cultural concepts of “divine messengers” against the demonic Mara, a Buddhist deity that symbolizes death, temptation, and fear. The curatorial team will be led by Apinan Poshyananda, chief executive and artistic director of BAB, alongside Adulaya Hoontrakul, director of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, and other curators and scholars.

The second cohort features local and international participants, including Thai British artist Channatip Chanvipava, Hong Kong-born painter Un Cheng, Japanese Swiss multimedia artist Leiko Ikemura, London-based artist-filmmaker Sin Wai Kin, and Korean sculptor and installation artist Hannah Woo, among others. Following this announcement, the current roster totals 42 artists.

BAB 2026 will take place across 10 citywide venues, which range from sacred temples and landmarks to cultural institutions and public urban spaces. The locations are: Wat Arun, Wat Pho, Wat Prayoon, the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, the Museum Siam, One Bangkok, centralwOrld, the National Museum Bangkok, Siam Paragon, and the Art Centre at Silpakorn University. In a press release, BAB remarked that these multifaceted sites will “invit[e] audiences to encounter art in spaces that reflect the city’s rich heritage and dynamic contemporary spirit.”

BAB will announce further artists and program details leading up to the event.

The updated list of artists participating in BAB 2026:

Arahmaiani (Indonesia)
Nobuyoshi Araki (Japan)
Cedric Arnold (France/UK)
Beyond Pressure (Myanmar)
Channatip Chanvipava (Thailand/UK)
Yanran Chen (China)
Un Cheng (Hong Kong)
Mel Chin (USA)
Mandy El-Sayegh (Malaysia/UK)
Gerard & Kelly (France/USA)
Piero Golia (Italy)
Sonia Hamza (France)
Max Hooper Schneider (USA)
Htein Lin (Myanmar)
Mahtab Hussain & Guy Gunaratne (UK)
Leiko Ikemura (Japanese/Swiss)
Sumi Kanazawa (Japan)
Renato Leotta (Italy)
Liu Jianhua (China)
Breda Lynch (Ireland)
Yasumasa Morimura (Japan)
Ong Kian Peng (Singapore)
Mary Pakinee (Thailand)
Chetsada Phuwiang (Thailand)
Pierre & Gilles (France)
Nazanin Pouyandeh (Iran/France)
Ri (Myanmar)
Kornkarn Rungsawang (Thailand)
Naraphat Sakarthornsap (Thailand)
Sylvie Selig (France)
Min Shin (South Korea)
Sin Wai Kin (Canada/UK)
Teerapon Sisung (Thailand)
Manit Sriwanichpoom (Thailand)
Sun Yuan & Peng Yu (China)
Udom Taephanich (Thailand)
Mika Tamori (Japan)
Sudaporn Teja (Thailand)
Ralf Tooten (Germany)
Tawan Wattuya (Thailand)
Hannah Woo (South Korea)
Yeoh Choo Kuan (Malaysia)

Emily Ng is an editorial intern at ArtAsiaPacific.