Bang Rak Emerges as Bangkok's Creative Quarter as Gallerists and Designers Move In
In 2025, Nova Contemporary, led by gallerist Sutima Sucharitakul, will move to Bang Rak, showcasing Thai artists such as Latthapon Korkiatarkul and Vacharanont Sinvaravatn. Nearby, Glamma Vintage houses a shop-museum dedicated to haute couture. The former Daily News office on Si Phraya Road has been transformed into a flagship store and natural dyeing workshop by fashion brand Philip Huang. Kitt Ta Khon, a craft studio, opened in 2024, offering customizable handwoven furniture. On Decho Road, Nong Rak has launched a store in the old House of Chao, complete with a cinema and lounge on the upper floor. Beanstalk Bangkok, a boutique hotel, recently opened on Surawong Road. The Langham hotel is set to occupy the former Customs House in 2027, while Bangkok's first Six Senses hotel will debut in the Hatai development by late 2027.
Key facts
- Nova Contemporary relocated to Bang Rak's Si Phraya Road in 2025 under gallerist Sutima Sucharitakul
- Philip Huang took over the former Daily News office and printing press in the Prachoom Chang building
- Pinaree Sanpitak created the dye vats for Philip Huang's natural dyeing workshop
- Kitt Ta Khon opened its first shop in 2024
- Nong Rak and Sala Saneha occupy the former House of Chao antique shop on Decho Road
- The former Customs House will reopen as a 75-key Langham hotel
- Hatai, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, is set to open in late 2027 with Bangkok's first Six Senses hotel
- Beanstalk Bangkok is a 57-room boutique hotel in the former New Fuji Hotel
Entities
Artists
- Sutima Sucharitakul
- Latthapon Korkiatarkul
- Vacharanont Sinvaravatn
- Prae Pupityastaporn
- Pinaree Sanpitak
- Channatip Chanvipava
- Ivan Pun
- Philip Huang
- Thomas Heatherwick
Institutions
- Nova Contemporary
- Glamma Vintage
- Philip Huang
- Paribawga
- Kitt Ta Khon
- Nong Rak
- Sala Saneha
- Beanstalk Bangkok
- New Fuji Hotel
- Neilson Hays Library
- FIX
- The British Club
- Daily News
- The Langham
- Capella
- Four Seasons
- Mandarin Oriental
- Six Senses
- Narai Hotel
- Hatai
- Monocle
Locations
- Bang Rak
- Bangkok
- Thailand
- Chao Phraya River
- Customs House
- Sukhumvit Road
- Surawong Road
- Charoen Krung Soi 39
- Si Phraya Road
- Naret Road
- Prachoom Chang
- Charoen Krung
- Decho Road
- Charoen Krung Alley 43
- Si Lom Road
- Vietnam
- Isan
Sources
- Monocle —