Dib Bangkok’s inaugural show (In)visible Presence
Dib Bangkok’s inaugural show ‘(In)visible Presence’ will be held until 3 August 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. The international contemporary art museum was opened in December 2025 and it has a collection of more than 1,000 works.
The artworks in this exhibition ask: how do we remember what is dear to us, yet invisible? (In)visible Presence honours the countless individuals—some of whom have passed away—who transformed this museum from a dream on the horizon into reality.
Drawing from a collection shaped over three decades and expanded through new collaborations, the exhibition brings together 81 works by 40 contemporary artists, many showing in Thailand for the first time. Through sound, scent, light, and unconventional materials, the artworks enable us to sense what cannot be seen.
Spanning the museum’s three floors, the exhibition follows shifting relationships between material, memory, and the unseen. Level 1 introduces artworks that transform commonplace materials into surprising forms, echoing the experimental legacy of 1960–80s movements like arte povera and their enduring influence. Level 2 brings together works that drift between memory and imagination, with altered diaries and salvaged objects evoking the stories we hold but rarely speak. Level 3 includes a feature display of artist Montien Boonma, whose monumental installations using scent and negative space offer a path toward healing.