This series stems from the artist's "Manipulation" concept, which observes how society controls and manages visual imagery. These 2025 works suggest that this manipulation has moved beyond surface-level images to "process" the human soul and the way people think. It reflects the intricate relationship between individual personas and the collective.
🖼️ The Crowd
🖼️ Exhibition: Crab
👤 Artists: Yue Minjun
📍 Location: Tang Contemporary Art Hong Kong
🗓 2026.3.24 - 2026.5.10
This painting features a figure in a compelled backward gaze, a posture inspired by a controversial and once-banned 1990s cover of the Chinese magazine Popular Cinema. The work explores historical attitudes and shifts in national psychology, suggesting that history and time can be inverted rather than following a linear progression.
🖼️ Sudden Awakening
🖼️ Exhibition: Crab
👤 Artists: Yue Minjun
📍 Location: Tang Contemporary Art Hong Kong
🗓 2026.3.24 - 2026.5.10
Created in 2022, this work is a direct response to the Russia-Ukraine war. Inspired by Picasso’s original masterpiece, Yue Minjun utilizes his signature laughing figures to explore the concept of war being perceived as a form of entertainment. The artist adjusted the colors against the traditional black-and-white foundation to imbue the work with new layers of feeling.
🖼️ Guernica: The Grin of War
🖼️ Exhibition: Crab
👤 Artists: Yue Minjun
📍 Location: Tang Contemporary Art Hong Kong
🗓 2026.3.24 - 2026.5.10
The upcoming exhibition "MORPH" (แปลงก(ล)าย) examines the shifting meanings of objects, identities, and spiritual beliefs. Organized by the 20th cohort of graduate students from the Department of Art Theory @arttheorysilpakorn at Silpakorn University, the exhibition features works by Rungruang Sittirerk, Thanatcha Chairin, and Sirawit Jaturapatranon. We observe how the artists explore themes of labor, technological reproduction, and cultural evolution through diverse sculptural and multi-disciplinary practices.
🖼️ Exhibition: MORPH (แปลงก(ล)าย)
👤 Artists: Rungruang Sittirerk @rungruang_sittirerk , Thanatcha Chairin @thanatcha.chairin , and Sirawit Jaturapatranon @sirawit_ch
📍 Location: Mana Craft, Talat Noi
🗓 June 3 – 28, 2026
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Full Interview: Stephan Weishaupt on Man of Parts
The complete interview with Stephan Weishaupt. He shares the full story of founding Man of Parts, @manofparts@b_o_u_n_d_a_r_y his background running galleries, and how his relationships with designers like Yabu Pushelberg and Sebastian Herkner shaped the brand.
Highlight: Interview with Stephan Weishaupt on Man of Parts @manofparts@b_o_u_n_d_a_r_y
A short excerpt from our conversation with Stephan Weishaupt. He briefly discusses the origins of his furniture brand, Man of Parts, and the core philosophy behind its creation.
We are highlighting Unseen, the latest solo exhibition by Pik Chaichit at Richard Koh Fine Art (Bangkok). The body of work continues his exploration of psychological atmospheres and constructed scenarios through oil on canvas, marking his second solo presentation with the gallery.
🖼️ Exhibition: Unseen
👤 Artists: Pik Chaichit
📍 Location: Richard Koh Fine Art (Bangkok)
🗓 2 – 30 May 2026
"The Demon Lord’s One-Day Bride" narrates a wedding between the artist and her beloved within a fantastical realm. In this story, Skirua appears as a demon king while the beloved is human. The work follows the migration of the human soul into the demon realm for a brief, illusory union after death. The subsequent creation of a doll in the beloved's likeness serves as an act of remembrance, echoing the artist's personal experiences with mourning and absence.
🖼️ Exhibition: SKIRUA’s Hell of Love
👤 Artists: Skirua
📍 Location: Tang Contemporary Art Bangkok
🗓 25 April – 31 May 2026
"Our Love Song, Played on Flesh and Bone" presents a cyclical narrative where the artist and her beloved are depicted in an endless loop within a pool of blood. The work explores love through themes of brutality and repetition across multiple timelines. At the center of the composition, the beloved plays the artist’s internal organs, transforming the body into both a musical instrument and a site of concentrated emotional intensity.
🖼️ Exhibition: SKIRUA’s Hell of Love
👤 Artists: Skirua
📍 Location: Tang Contemporary Art Bangkok
🗓 25 April – 31 May 2026
Structured as a monumental archway, "The Hell of Love" presents an imagined architecture of desire. The painting depicts multiple female iterations of the self engaged in mutual torment and entanglement. This work serves as a symbolic gate where love and violence become inseparable, incorporating specific fetishistic elements and personal fantasies to frame love as both a generative and destructive force.
🖼️ Exhibition: SKIRUA’s Hell of Love
👤 Artists: Skirua
📍 Location: Tang Contemporary Art Bangkok
🗓 25 April – 31 May 2026
Unchalee Anantawat presents "Pedro teach me how to paint" at TARS Unlimited, Song Wat. The exhibition features a series of paintings, including "Our Reunion" and "Hernandez is my love," which explore the artist's collaborative process and relationship with Pedro Hernandez. The works incorporate car elements and airbrushing techniques to document shared memories and locations.
🖼️ Exhibition: Pedro teach me how to paint
👤 Artists: Unchalee Anantawat
📍 Location: TARS Unlimited, Song Wat
🗓 May 1, 2026 - June 7, 2026
