Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 27 at Meta House, the opening of an exhibition by Steve Porte featuring a selection of portraits of Phnom Penh musicians.   With live music performance. From 6 pm.
More info

On Wednesday 28, as part of artist Tith Kanitha’s exhibition Instinct there will be an In Conversation event with curator, Vera Mey. 6.30 pm, English language.
More info

On Thursday 29 from 6.30 pm at the French Institute, an exhibition of photographs by Lola Reboud & Le Studio Images: Between Documentary and Fiction.   “The work of Lola Reboud oscillates between fiction and documentary, and shows both locations and characters in a mysterious and poetic universe.”   Until April 21.
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The Phnom Penh Players’ next presentation is Missionaries, Mercenaries and Monsters, by Robert Appleby, which “follows the workings of a typical Phnom Penh expat bar as the clientele deal with loneliness, anger and disillusion.”  Three performances, Thursday 29 – Saturday 31, 7 pm, at Factory Phnom Penh.   Tickets $10 available from Lot 369 Cafe & Bar, Show Box & Kwest Restaurant.
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Friday 30 at Sa Sa Art Projects, a talk by Thai artist Sutthirat Supaparinya. “Her works encompass a wide variety of mediums such as installation, sculpture, still and moving images. Through her works she questions, interprets public information and reveals what’s structure effect her/us as a national/global citizen.” 6 pm, in English with Khmer translation.
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coming soon:

• From April 8, at Meta House, Identicity: a visual dialogue about life in the urban habitat. A multidisciplinary exhibition by Cambodian and international artists curated by Miguel Jerónimo reflecting on Phnom Penh and how the city shapes the existence of its inhabitants.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com
If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 27, 6 pm at Meta House, an exhibition by Steve Porte featuring a selection of portraits of Phnom Penh musicians.
More info

Wednesday 28, 6.30 pm as part of artist Tith Kanitha’s exhibition Instinct there will be an In Conversation event.
More info

Thursday 29, 6.30 pm at the French Institute, an exhibition of photographs by Lola Reboud & Le Studio Images: Between Documentary and Fiction.
More info

Thursday 29 – Saturday 31, 7 pm at Factory Phnom Penh, Missionaries, Mercenaries and Monsters, a play by Robert Appleby presented by the Phnom Penh Players.   Tickets $10 available from Lot 369 Cafe & Bar, Show Box & Kwest Restaurant.
More info

Friday 30, 6 pm, at Sa Sa Art Projects, a talk by Thai artist Sutthirat Supaparinya. In English with Khmer translation.
More info

Ongoing….

At The Plantation, Feel Free by Alias 2.0. “Feel Free will explore the evolution of Cambodia and the artist through abstract graffiti and found material installations using metal and wood collected from the city’s poorest neighborhoods.  Matter is never created nor destroyed, only transformed.”
More info

At ARTillery, These Walls by Jenna Hang, a look at the walls of Phnom Penh.
More info

At Chinese House RETRO-TROPICAL-CAMBO-KITSCH, a photo-exhibition on street meditation towards a Cambodian Pop-Art, by Miguel Jerónimo. “Photography doesn’t need to be a mere means to represent reality, it can be a way to deconstruct it in an abstract form. Using street photography as raw-material for artistic purposes instead of focusing only on its actual content.”
More info

At Java Independence Monument, a new exhibition of artworks by Romcheik 5 artists Nget Chanpenh and Mil Chankrim, About Destiny: Two Perspectives. “Chanpenh’s series of paintings titled Tattooed Children explores how individual fates are determined by social status or situation […] Chankrim’s series of watercolors titled Back to Images features wiry and strangely proportioned figures in varying hues.”
More info

At Cloud, the opening of a photographic exhibition by Chris Nedlitz, Angkor 2018: Backup Memories.   “During my visit to the temples of Angkor, I looked at visitors who were equipped with digital boxes as I was. Capable of stopping time, we catch ‘our’ moments like soap bubbles.”
More info

At For Art’s Sake at Thaddeus Gallery, Siem Reap, Decomposition, an exhibition of work by Maline Yim: cardboard, with graphite, charcoal, ink and acrylic pencil.
More info

At Meta House Fernando Aceves‘ Travel Diary – 10 Years In South East Asia, the work of Mexican painter Fernando Aceves Humana, the co-founder of the Char (dry point) RUFA etching and lithography workshop.
More info

At The Kampot Art Gallery (located on the corner of the salt workers roundabout), a collection of works from the Battambang gallery Romcheik 5, notably Waiting for Ice – Melt by Nget Chanpenh.
More info

SaSaBassac presents a new solo exhibition by Tith Kanitha, Instinct.   The exhibition “brings together sixteen steel wire sculptures of varying sizes and distinctive, biomorphic forms. The artist has playfully staged them as characters throughout the exhibition space in both conventional and surprising ways – they hang, drape and dangle at different levels from the ceiling and walls, and rest on or slightly off open-ended pedestals.”
More info

Sa Sa Art Projects presents Another sound, a collaborative exhibition by Chaing Mai installation artist Arnont Nongyao and Phnom Penh sound artist Khvay Leoung. “With the language barrier between the two artists, the presented work is not only a result of their collaboration but in fact also the method of their collaboration. They attempt to achieve a mutual understanding through a sonic experimentation or rather another sound language.” Show runs until 30 March.
More info

Every Saturday at 5 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Saturday. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

Most Sundays (and occasionally Saturdays) Khmer Architecture Tours presents a range of the architectural wonders of Phnom Penh. 8.30 am start, reservations essential.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Performing arts courses at Brighton International School (#79 street 310) for ages 4 – 6 and 7 – 11 – singing, dancing, acting, every Saturday.
More info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info

Greetings,

Due to unforeseen events Kumnooh is late this week and we were unable to tell you about These Walls by Jenna Hang at ARTillery which opened last night. Pop in and see it any time in Art Alley.
More info

Opening tonight, Wednesday 21 from 6 pm at The Plantation is Feel Free by Alias 2.0. “Feel Free will explore the evolution of Cambodia and the artist through abstract graffiti and found material installations using metal and wood collected from the city’s poorest neighborhoods.  Matter is never created nor destroyed, only transformed.”
More info

Also tonight, Wednesday 21 at Meta House from 7 pm, a night of screenings of animated films from the 33rd International Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin.
More info

Note that the poetry reading by Scott Bywater that was to take place tonight at Wang Dang Doodle by Space Four Zero (on Street 240½) has been postponed.

On Saturday 24, Cloud is hosting a Feminist Voices spoken word night: all forms of spoken word are encouraged. From 7.45 pm.
More info

Also on Saturday 24, the Phnom Penh Players are taking The Vagina Monologues to Siem Reap, with two shows (2 pm and 6.30 pm) at The Republic.
More info

Sunday 25, 5 pm at Meta House, the second edition of Cambodian Youth – Live with a focus on women. “Young and inspiring women will come and talk about the situation of women in Cambodia through their own experiences.”
More info

Also on Sunday 25 at Meta House, a classical music concert featuring prizewinners from the ILBA International Music Competition. From 5 pm.
More info

coming soon:

• photo exhibition at Meta House by Steve Porte featuring a selection of portraits of
• Phnom Penh musicianscurator Vera Mey and exhibiting artist Tith Kanitha In Conversation event on March 28 at Sa Sa Bassac.
• The Phnom Penh Players’ next presentation, Missionaries, Mercenaries and Monsters, will be three performances, 29 – 31 March, at Factory Phnom Penh

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com
If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 21 from 6 pm at The Plantation is Feel Free by street artist Alias 2.0.
More info

Wednesday 21 at Meta House from 7 pm, animated films from the 33rd International Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin.
More info

Saturday 24, 7.45 pm, Cloud is hosting a Feminist Voices spoken word night: all forms of spoken word are encouraged.
More info

Saturday 24, 2 pm and 6.30 pm, the Phnom Penh Players present The Vagina Monologues at The Republic, Siem Reap.
More info

Sunday 25, 5 pm at Meta House, the second edition of Cambodian Youth – Live with a focus on women.
More info

Sunday 25, 5 pm at Meta House, a classical music concert featuring prizewinners from the ILBA International Music Competition.
More info

Ongoing….

At ARTillery, These Walls by Jenna Hang, a look at the walls of Phnom Penh.
More info

At Chinese House RETRO-TROPICAL-CAMBO-KITSCH, a photo-exhibition on street meditation towards a Cambodian Pop-Art, by Miguel Jerónimo. “Photography doesn’t need to be a mere means to represent reality, it can be a way to deconstruct it in an abstract form. Using street photography as raw-material for artistic purposes instead of focusing only on its actual content.”
More info

At Java Independence Monument, a new exhibition of artworks by Romcheik 5 artists Nget Chanpenh and Mil Chankrim, About Destiny: Two Perspectives. “Chanpenh’s series of paintings titled Tattooed Children explores how individual fates are determined by social status or situation […] Chankrim’s series of watercolors titled Back to Images features wiry and strangely proportioned figures in varying hues.”
More info

At Cloud, the opening of a photographic exhibition by Chris Nedlitz, Angkor 2018: Backup Memories.   “During my visit to the temples of Angkor, I looked at visitors who were equipped with digital boxes as I was. Capable of stopping time, we catch ‘our’ moments like soap bubbles.”
More info

At For Art’s Sake at Thaddeus Gallery, Siem Reap, Decomposition, an exhibition of work by Maline Yim: cardboard, with graphite, charcoal, ink and acrylic pencil.
More info

At the Insider Gallery, at The Great Duke Phnom Penh (formerly the InterContinental Hotel), Thrive, an exhibition by artist and photographer Rena Cheang. “The artworks shown here try to reflect and represent, despite social challenges, a truly Cambodian determination to thrive and flourish.”
More info

At Meta House Fernando Aceves‘ Travel Diary – 10 Years In South East Asia, the work of Mexican painter Fernando Aceves Humana, the co-founder of the Char (dry point) RUFA etching and lithography workshop.
More info

At Meta House, a photographic re-exhibition by German photographer Astrid Schulz capturing “how people who live and work in Phnom Penh feel about the city they call home”, printed the book Phnom Penh: Capital City by Michael Waibel.
More info

At The Kampot Art Gallery (located on the corner of the salt workers roundabout), a collection of works from the Battambang gallery Romcheik 5, notably Waiting for Ice – Melt by Nget Chanpenh.
More info

SaSaBassac presents a new solo exhibition by Tith Kanitha, Instinct.   The exhibition “brings together sixteen steel wire sculptures of varying sizes and distinctive, biomorphic forms. The artist has playfully staged them as characters throughout the exhibition space in both conventional and surprising ways – they hang, drape and dangle at different levels from the ceiling and walls, and rest on or slightly off open-ended pedestals.”
More info

Sa Sa Art Projects presents Another sound, a collaborative exhibition by Chaing Mai installation artist Arnont Nongyao and Phnom Penh sound artist Khvay Leoung. “With the language barrier between the two artists, the presented work is not only a result of their collaboration but in fact also the method of their collaboration. They attempt to achieve a mutual understanding through a sonic experimentation or rather another sound language.” Show runs until 30 March.
More info

Every Saturday at 5 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Saturday. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

Most Sundays (and occasionally Saturdays) Khmer Architecture Tours presents a range of the architectural wonders of Phnom Penh. 8.30 am start, reservations essential.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Performing arts courses at Brighton International School (#79 street 310) for ages 4 – 6 and 7 – 11 – singing, dancing, acting, every Saturday.
More info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info

Greetings,

The Literati Society of Phnom Penh’s next reading will be Wednesday 14 at The Plantation from 7 pm, and will feature selections from the Phnom Penh Players’ recent performance of The Vagina Monologues.
More info

N o w h e r e Art Studio offers a workshop Self Portrait – Acrylic on Canvas on Saturday 17, 9 am. Bookings essential.
More info

At Chinese House on Saturday 17, from 7 pm, the opening of RETRO-TROPICAL-CAMBO-KITSCH, a photo-exhibition on street meditation towards a Cambodian Pop-Art, by Miguel Jerónimo. “Photography doesn’t need to be a mere means to represent reality, it can be a way to deconstruct it in an abstract form. Using street photography as raw-material for artistic purposes instead of focusing only on its actual content.”
More info

coming soon:

• These Walls by Jenna Hang at ARTillery, opening March 20
• Feel Free – Alias 2.0 at The Plantation, opening March 21
• poetry reading by Scott Bywater to mark seven years of his poetry blog thesilverpepperofthestars.wordpress.com at Wang Dang Doodle by Space Four Zero (Street 240½) on March 21
• Feminist Voices spoken word night at Cloud, March 24

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 14, 7 pm at The Plantation, the Literati Society of Phnom Penh’s next reading will feature selections from the Phnom Penh Players’ recent performance of The Vagina Monologues.
More info

Saturday 17, 9 am at N o w h e r e Art Studio, a workshop Self Portrait – Acrylic on Canvas. Bookings essential.
More info

Saturday 17, 7 pm at Chinese House, the opening of RETRO-TROPICAL-CAMBO-KITSCH, a photo-exhibition on street meditation towards a Cambodian Pop-Art, by Miguel Jerónimo.
More info

Ongoing….

At Java Independence Monument, a new exhibition of artworks by Romcheik 5 artists Nget Chanpenh and Mil Chankrim, About Destiny: Two Perspectives. “Chanpenh’s series of paintings titled Tattooed Children explores how individual fates are determined by social status or situation […] Chankrim’s series of watercolors titled Back to Images features wiry and strangely proportioned figures in varying hues.”
More info

At Cloud, the opening of a photographic exhibition by Chris Nedlitz, Angkor 2018: Backup Memories.   “During my visit to the temples of Angkor, I looked at visitors who were equipped with digital boxes as I was. Capable of stopping time, we catch ‘our’ moments like soap bubbles.”
More info

At For Art’s Sake at Thaddeus Gallery, Siem Reap, Decomposition, an exhibition of work by Maline Yim: cardboard, with graphite, charcoal, ink and acrylic pencil.
More info

At the Insider Gallery, at The Great Duke Phnom Penh (formerly the InterContinental Hotel), Thrive, an exhibition by artist and photographer Rena Cheang. “The artworks shown here try to reflect and represent, despite social challenges, a truly Cambodian determination to thrive and flourish.”
More info

At Meta House, Fernando Aceves‘ Travel Diary – 10 Years In South East Asia, the work of Mexican painter Fernando Aceves Humana, the co-founder of the Char (dry point) RUFA etching and lithography workshop.
More info

At Meta House, a photographic re-exhibition by German photographer Astrid Schulz capturing “how people who live and work in Phnom Penh feel about the city they call home”, printed the book Phnom Penh: Capital City by Michael Waibel.
More info

At The Plantation, a joint exhibition by Takakazu Yamada and Chhan Dina, Market – Disoriented, “which explores the theme of Cambodia’s market as the archetypal element of Cambodian culture and authenticity. This exhibition is a tribute to 65 years of friendship between Cambodia and Japan.” More info

At The Kampot Art Gallery (located on the corner of the salt workers roundabout), a collection of works from the Battambang gallery Romcheik 5, notably Waiting for Ice – Melt by Nget Chanpenh.
More info

SaSaBassac presents a new solo exhibition by Tith Kanitha, Instinct.   The exhibition “brings together sixteen steel wire sculptures of varying sizes and distinctive, biomorphic forms. The artist has playfully staged them as characters throughout the exhibition space in both conventional and surprising ways – they hang, drape and dangle at different levels from the ceiling and walls, and rest on or slightly off open-ended pedestals.”
More info

Sa Sa Art Projects presents Another sound, a collaborative exhibition by Chaing Mai installation artist Arnont Nongyao and Phnom Penh sound artist Khvay Leoung. “With the language barrier between the two artists, the presented work is not only a result of their collaboration but in fact also the method of their collaboration. They attempt to achieve a mutual understanding through a sonic experimentation or rather another sound language.” Show runs until 30 March.
More info

Every Saturday at 5 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Saturday. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

Most Sundays (and occasionally Saturdays) Khmer Architecture Tours presents a range of the architectural wonders of Phnom Penh. 8.30 am start, reservations essential.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Performing arts courses at Brighton International School (#79 street 310) for ages 4 – 6 and 7 – 11 – singing, dancing, acting, every Saturday.
More info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info

Greetings,

The 8^th Cambodian International Film Festival kicked off yesterday – with screenings at multiple venues around Phnom Penh until Sunday 11.
More info

Thursday 8 sees the opening of Java Café Tuol Tom Pung, a complex that will include a theatre space for dance, drama, readings and screenings.   Pop in to check out the new café, and stay tuned for updates on this new development.  From 7 am.
More info

On Friday 9, from 5.30 pm, the latest in the Vetika Brovoat Selapak/Art History Forum series, featuring a talk by Jim Mizerski on Angkor’s First Photographers and Early Photography in Cambodia at Pannasastra University of Cambodia, South Campus #184, on Norodom Boulevard.   “This lecture will introduce the study of early photography in Cambodia. Early (mid-nineteenth century) photographers in Cambodia were non-residents from Saigon and elsewhere, and a few resident amateur photographers who were engaged in other professions.” In English with Khmer translation, free entrance.
More info

At Java Independence Monument on Friday 9, from 6.30 pm, a new exhibition of artworks by Romcheik 5 artists Nget Chanpenh and Mil Chankrim, About Destiny: Two Perspectives. “Chanpenh’s series of paintings titled Tattooed Children explores how individual fates are determined by social status or situation […] Chankrim’s series of watercolors titled Back to Images features wiry and strangely proportioned figures in varying hues.”
More info

Also on Friday 9, 7 pm at Cloud, the opening of a photographic exhibition by Chris Nedlitz, Angkor 2018: Backup Memories.   “During my visit to the temples of Angkor, I looked at visitors who were equipped with digital boxes as I was. Capable of stopping time, we catch ‘our’ moments like soap bubbles.”
More info

In Siem Reap, For Art’s Sake at Thaddeus Gallery, on Saturday 10, the opening of Decomposition, an exhibition of work by Maline Yim: cardboard, with graphite, charcoal, ink and acrylic pencil.  From 10.45 am.
More info

On Saturday 10, 7.30 pm at Chaktomuk Theatre, the long awaited event A Cambodian Magic Flute, a semi-staged opera with a mix of international and local performers. Tickets selling fast: Last2TicketAsia.
More info

Also on Saturday 10 from 8 pm at Cloud, the monthly A Nook for Rhyme Crooks: “a dead-poets society-esque safe space dedicated to creative expression, nonjudgmental acceptance, and the culture of listening. […] This month Nook is celebrating the International Women’s Right Day featuring special guest poet AND live music with Sas and Jess.”
More info

N o w h e r e Art Studio offers a new series of art activities, Urban Sketch, starting Sunday 11. The first will be held from 8 am – 10 am at the Royal Palace Phnom Penh. Suitable for all levels – $5. BYO Materials.
More info

Also on Sunday 11, at 6 pm at the Scholar Library (St 298), a poetry night entitled In My Skin: Loving Yourself. The featured reader is Khmer American spoken word artist Peuo Tuy, with an open mic to follow.
More info

Note that Space Four Zero, art, print and vinyl shop, formerly on Street 118, has now moved to newly refurbished premises on Street 240½ (near ARTillery) under the name Space Four Zero Wang Dang Doodle. Artists looking for an exhibition space are encouraged to make contact.

coming soon:

• The Literati Society of Phnom Penh’s next reading will be March 14 at The Plantation from 7 pm
• These Walls by Jenna Hang at ARTillery, opening March 20
• Feel Free – Alias 2.0 at The Plantation, opening March 21

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com
If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

The 8^th Cambodian International Film Festival screenings at multiple venues around Phnom Penh until Sunday 11.
More info

Thursday 8, 7 am, sees the opening of Java Café Tuol Tom Pung, a complex that will include a theatre space for dance, drama, readings and screenings.
More info

Friday 9, 5.30 pm at Pannasastra University of Cambodia, the latest in the Vetika Brovoat Selapak/Art History Forum series, featuring a talk by Jim Mizerski on Angkor’s First Photographers and Early Photography in Cambodia. In English with Khmer translation, free entrance.
More info

Friday 9, 6.30 pm at Java Independence Monument, a new exhibition of artworks by Romcheik 5 artists Nget Chanpenh and Mil Chankrim, About Destiny: Two Perspectives.
More info

Friday 9, 7 pm at Cloud, the opening of a photographic exhibition by Chris Nedlitz, Angkor 2018: Backup Memories.   “During my visit to the temples of Angkor, I looked at visitors who were equipped with digital boxes as I was. Capable of stopping time, we catch ‘our’ moments like soap bubbles.”
More info

Saturday 10, 10.45 am, at For Art’s Sake at Thaddeus Gallery in Siem Reap, the opening of Decomposition, an exhibition of work by Maline Yim.
More info

Saturday 10, 7.30 pm at Chaktomuk Theatre, the long awaited event A Cambodian Magic Flute, a semi-staged opera with a mix of international and local performers.
More info

Saturday 10, 8 pm at Cloud, the monthly A Nook for Rhyme Crooks, celebrating the International Women’s Right Day featuring special guest poet and live music.
More info

Sunday 11, 8 am at the Royal Palace Phnom Penh, N o w h e r e Art Studio offers an Urban Sketch workshop.   Suitable for all levels – $5. BYO Materials.
More info

Sunday 11, 6 pm at the Scholar Library (St 298), a poetry night entitled In My Skin: Loving Yourself with featured reader Khmer American spoken word artist Peuo Tuy and open mic.
More info

Ongoing….

At the Insider Gallery, at The Great Duke Phnom Penh (formerly the InterContinental Hotel), Thrive, an exhibition by artist and photographer Rena Cheang. “The artworks shown here try to reflect and represent, despite social challenges, a truly Cambodian determination to thrive and flourish.”
More info

At Meta House Fernando Aceves‘ Travel Diary – 10 Years In South East Asia, the work of Mexican painter Fernando Aceves Humana, the co-founder of the Char (dry point) RUFA etching and lithography workshop.
More info

At Meta House, a photographic re-exhibition by German photographer Astrid Schulz capturing “how people who live and work in Phnom Penh feel about the city they call home”, printed the book Phnom Penh: Capital City by Michael Waibel.
More info

At The Plantation, a joint exhibition by Takakazu Yamada and Chhan Dina, Market – Disoriented, “which explores the theme of Cambodia’s market as the archetypal element of Cambodian culture and authenticity. This exhibition is a tribute to 65 years of friendship between Cambodia and Japan.”
More info

At The Kampot Art Gallery (located on the corner of the salt workers roundabout), a collection of works from the Battambang gallery Romcheik 5, notably Waiting for Ice – Melt by Nget Chanpenh.
More info

SaSaBassac presents a new solo exhibition by Tith Kanitha, Instinct.   The exhibition “brings together sixteen steel wire sculptures of varying sizes and distinctive, biomorphic forms. The artist has playfully staged them as characters throughout the exhibition space in both conventional and surprising ways – they hang, drape and dangle at different levels from the ceiling and walls, and rest on or slightly off open-ended pedestals.”
More info

Sa Sa Art Projects presents Another sound, a collaborative exhibition by Chaing Mai installation artist Arnont Nongyao and Phnom Penh sound artist Khvay Leoung. “With the language barrier between the two artists, the presented work is not only a result of their collaboration but in fact also the method of their collaboration. They attempt to achieve a mutual understanding through a sonic experimentation or rather another sound language.” Show runs until 30 March.
More info

Every Saturday at 5 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Saturday. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

Most Sundays (and occasionally Saturdays) Khmer Architecture Tours presents a range of the architectural wonders of Phnom Penh. 8.30 am start, reservations essential.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Performing arts courses at Brighton International School (#79 street 310) for ages 4 – 6 and 7 – 11 – singing, dancing, acting, every Saturday.
More info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info