Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA BANGKOK)
Private museum housing over one thousand works of Thai contemporary art across five floors.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bangkok centers on Boonchai Bencharongkul, the businessman who brought mobile phones to Thailand and spent three decades quietly collecting art he once dreamed of making himself. It traces the bargain he struck with painter Thawan Duchanee, who pushed him to build a real home for Thai art, and follows other names gathered on these five floors, including Chalermchai Kositpipat and Montien Boonma. Listen for how the museum's 2012 opening ties back to that studio conversation.
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