{"id":98656,"date":"2026-11-10T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98656"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T08:24:00","slug":"why-the-bangkok-art-biennale-is-now-one-of-asias-most-relevant-international-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98656","title":{"rendered":"Why the Bangkok Art Biennale is now one of Asia\u2019s most relevant international exhibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/10\/7f9c2f96-ca20-4c4c-b789-ba794c7f16da_db384d4a.jpg?itok=rgGP_EQf&amp;v=1794288501\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">At first glance, Mandy El-Sayegh\u2019s <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The Campaign<\/em> (2026) at the Bangkok Art &amp; Culture Centre (BACC) looks like a luxury boutique whose creative director has gone for an \u201cOriental spiritual\u201d look.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Mannequins draped in patterned silks guard a red-floored, high-ceilinged temple, its walls plastered with silkscreened collages in amber and cumin tones. Above a video of the work\u2019s making is a neon sign resembling a designer monogram. But it is all camouflage.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The sign is the amateur radio identifier of El-Sayegh\u2019s Gaza-born father, who died recently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3373809\/why-bangkok-art-biennale-now-one-asias-most-relevant-international-exhibitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><br \/>\n<center><script>\n  atOptions = {\n    'key' : 'ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540',\n    'format' : 'iframe',\n    'height' : 90,\n    'width' : 728,\n    'params' : {}\n  };\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540\/invoke.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, Mandy El-Sayegh\u2019s The Campaign (2026) at the Bangkok Art &amp; Culture Centre (BACC) looks like a luxury boutique whose creative director has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[1501,4876,1744,7074,1559,1899,17411],"class_list":["post-98656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-art","tag-asias","tag-bangkok","tag-biennale","tag-exhibitions","tag-international","tag-relevant","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}