River City Bangkok

Jacq, better known as Wayn Traub, has spent more than two decades building worlds that sit somewhere between devotion and delusion. This latest exhibition is a quiet summing up of 26 years across art, film, music and theatre. At its centre sits a group of hand-embroidered copes, slow works made with the patience of someone who clearly doesn’t rush endings. Since moving to Thailand in 2012, Traub has produced 25 of these monumental garments, each taking months to stitch. Twelve appear here, joined by shields and devotional objects, all worked on handwoven textiles from Sakon Nakhon. The imagery follows Minsterwood, his self-written dark fable set in a jungle monastery where nuns stitch vestments from violent histories. These pieces will later be worn on screen, making this a rare first encounter. A brooding soundtrack, also his, quietly seals the mood.   Until March 8. Free. RCB Galleria 5, River City Bangkok, 10am-8pm

Dark forest green sets the tone, less fantasy wallpaper and more quiet invitation. This exhibition treats imagination as a muscle worth stretching, guiding visitors through a contemporary fairytale shaped by 11 artists. Each brings a different lens, pulling identity apart and rebuilding it somewhere between myth and lived experience. The work sidesteps sugary childhood stories in favour of harder lessons: growth that hurts a bit, courage learned slowly, vulnerability shown without apology. Reality slips and daydreams take over, though neither fully wins. Once Upon a Time isn’t interested in neat endings or moral slogans. It works by reminding you of what those stories once gave before they were tidied up and commercialised. Old symbols resurface with fresh weight, carrying memory rather than nostalgia. The result feels reflective rather than escapist, offering a moment to recalibrate and leave with something quietly useful, not just a sense of wonder.   Until March 3. Free.  m Galleria 2, mangoSTEEMS Arts and Learning Center, 10am-7pm

February in Bangkok has a habit of softening people, especially once the city lifts you above street level. Skyline Film leans into the season with a rooftop programme that treats romance as a broad church rather than a fixed idea. Over four evenings at River City, love stories unfold in all their familiar, awkward and occasionally devastating forms. Chungking Express shares space with Romeo + Juliet, while 10 Things I Hate About You rubs shoulders with Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The weekend turns gentler, then heavier. No Strings Attached leads neatly to Pride & Prejudice, before 50 First Dates sets up the quiet ache of Brokeback Mountain. Come coupled, single or undecided. The skyline does the rest, the films carry the feeling and nobody asks too many questions. February 12-15. B500 via here. River City Bangkok, 5.30pm and 8.30pm

Five garden rooms shape this exhibition, each offering a different way of slowing down and paying attention. It begins with the Garden of Stillness, where quiet feels deliberate rather than empty, gently nudging visitors back toward their own headspace. The Garden of Connection follows, using natural textures, sound and touch to ground the body and steady the mind. The Garden of Motion asks for patience, rewarding those who linger with subtle shifts in light and shadow as day quietly gives way to night. Memory comes next, wrapped in translucent layers where light softens and recollections gradually loosen their grip. The final space, the Garden of Imagination, plays with contrast, mixing past and future through art and technology while hiding small objects to be discovered along the way. Two additional rooms extend the experience through hands-on workshops and thoughtfully designed keepsakes. It feels less like a spectacle and more like a gentle recalibration, offering a refreshed idea of what a garden can be.   February 14-23. Free. Galleria 3, River City Bangkok, 10am-10pm