Greetings:
You may have missed this Khmer Times interview with artist Emily Marques (you might also have missed this mini-profile of Emily in Kumnooh last August)
Event listings:
Opening today, Tuesday 7 at MiMü, the Mini-Museum of Contemporary Art at Meta House, isSopheap Pich: The Process of Creation. “This exhibition gives us insight into the artist’s creative process by relating his sculptural work with his graphic work. The show is a journey of artistic creation as both a conceptual and deeply personal act.” From 6 pm.
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Opening on Thursday 9 at House of Jazz and More is Interludes: Act 2, an exhibition of paintings by Kari Podboy. From 5 pm. Live music from Kevin Sysyn from 7 pm.
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Also on Thursday 9, at R5 Showroom Phnom Penh, as part of Escaping the Grid, the duo exhibition of works by watercolourist Mil Chankrim and abstract painter Nget Chanpenh, meet with Chankrim for an artist talk.
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Opening on Saturday 11 at Kep ArtBar is Reclamations, an exhibition of new artworks by Mary Volm. From 5 pm, featuring music from Wooden Bridge.
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In Battambang, from Saturday 11, Bossbha’s House presents Faces of the Railway, an exhibition of photographs by Hsu Hung Chieh. “Faces of the Railway traces Cambodia’s war-disrupted and long-abandoned railway system, using images to reflect on how the fate of a rail line becomes intertwined with the lives of those who live around it […] a long-term documentary journey from 2011 to 2023: from the stillness that followed decades of suspended operations, to the reconstruction works that slowly revived the tracks, and finally to the day the trains began to run once more.” From 4 pm. Until June 30.
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Ongoing….
Exhibitions:
The Gallerist
Rolling exhibitions of mostly Cambodian artists.
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Meta House
Fragments of the Guardians, a solo exhibition by Nyan Win Maw, a Myanmar-born artist currently based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “The exhibition presents works in acrylic on paper and canvas, exploring mythical creatures from both Myanmar and Khmer traditions. These guardians — dragons, lions, ogres, and hybrid beings — are rendered in luminous gold tones and adorned with intricate traditional floral motifs, echoing the grandeur of Southeast Asia’s sacred art heritage. Yet these figures are not whole.”
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MiMü
Mini-Museum of Contemporary Art at Meta House features research, knowledge sharing, workshops, and visual presentations through various media, showcasing videos, prints, installations, and fine arts through interactive events and live performances. Opening on April 7 is Sopheap Pich: The Process of Creation.
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Plantation
Makaras and Motodops, an exhibition of ten years of drawings by former Phnom Penh and now Siem Reap resident Joshua Chiang. Media: Phnom Penh Post
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Raffles Grand Hotel D’Angkor (Siem Reap)
Current artist in residence is DinArt.
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The River Gallery (Siem Reap)
Apsara: Off the Wall, an exhibition of paintings by American born long-time Singapore resident Bill Gentry, who has been visiting Cambodia since 1999.
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Romchiek 5 Art Space
Battambang contemporary art studio. Rolling exhibitions. Media: Le Petit Journal (FR)(June 2025)
R5 Showroom Phnom Penh
Escaping the Grid, a duo exhibition of works by watercolourist Mil Chankrim and abstract painter Nget Chanpenh. “Together, these works reveal two conditions of contemporary existence: the external grid that confines us and the internal grid that fragments the self. Escaping the Grid becomes both a political and psychological act — a search for wholeness in a world that surveils, divides, and dissolves human identity.” Meet Mil Chankrim for an artist talk on Thursday 9.
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Rosewood Phnom Penh
Tonle to Treeline, an exhibition of works by Anya Minko, Ouk Chimvichet and Hom Rith. “A journey through Cambodia’s landscapes, from river to forest.” Media: KumnoohThe Better CambodiaCambodgemag
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Silapak Trotchaek Pneik / YK Art House
House on Fire, story and photography by V. Rattana. Until April 30.
Sosoro – Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum
The current temporary exhibition is Into the Light: the retrieved painting of Phnom Penh’s Silver Pagoda, paintings rediscovered in the Preah Keo Morkot Church. Open daily (except Monday) from 9 am – 6 pm.
Space Four Zero
Art gallery and vinyl lounge featuring prints, paintings, vintage posters, pop art, books, CDs and rare vinyl, collectables and groovy gifts. Open daily at new premises at #25 Street 240 near Street 19 (by The Shop and Red Apron)
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Sra’Art
Geo-Graphic, an exhibition by Rachel Goldberg, “which pairs travel-based landscapes with precise geometric forms, exploring how human structures and natural environments intersect, collide, or quietly coexist.”
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Stairwell Gallery
Collide: Bold Colours. Zero Boundaries. “An exhibition where typography, graphic design, and contemporary art crash together in a vibrant fusion of bold colour and fearless creativity.” Featuring works Ket Monnyreak, Alex Maul and Bruce McLean.
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Tribe Cambodia (Siem Reap)
Permanent showroom for works of Nak Noy.
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Regular events, classes, sessions:
N o w h e r e Art Studio (relocated to Maloop) occasional workshops.
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No Frame Party hosts weekend art workshops in a variety of forms at venues around Phnom Penh.
More Flamingos present art workshops on Tuesday evenings from 6.30 pm at WILD.
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Thursdays to Sundays at K’Atelier – art classes for all levels of experience.
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A weekly class in life drawing for kids with Anastasia at Pteah Chas Community.
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Khmer Architecture Tours conducts Sunday architecture tours in Phnom Penh to promote the understanding of modern architecture in Cambodia, focusing on buildings erected after independence in 1953, described as ‘New Khmer Architecture’, while setting these in the historical context of Phnom Penh. Here is the schedule for December 2025 – March 2026.
Kumnooh was established in May 2013 as a sister publication to LengPleng.com, the online music magazine for Cambodia, to provide basically a gig guide for the wider arts, covering art galleries, literature, dance, cinema, photography and now comedy.
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