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Event listings:
Commencing on Thursday 4, the Golden (r)Age Performing Art Festival, presented by The Last Stage, features 13 performances at seven venues in Phnom Penh, including The Last Stage Riverside, Aquation Theatre, The Last Stage Factory, Institut français du Cambodge, Chenla Theatre, Friends Futures Factory (F3), and SOSORO Museum, with artists, directors, writers, choreographers, and circus performers from around the world.
- The Coronation of King Jayavarman 7, directed by Prince Sisowath Tesso
- The Cambodian Dream, directed by Niyalic Khun, written by Alfred de Musset, Ingmar Bergman and Niyalic Khun
- A Little Bit All Over The Place, directed by Michael Laub
- Burning Mouth Syndrome, directed by Leo Sok
- The Last Great Ape, directed by Dara Heng and Karim Belkacem Saadi
- , directed by Puthik Dy
- Falling Bodies, directed by Vicky Lemaire-Dahmani
- , directed by Eric Ellul, based on Littoral by Wajdi Mouawad
- Finding Myself (In Mirages), directed by Frédéric Fisbach, inspired by White Noise scenario by Antoine d’Agata
- Our Value, directed by Vorleak Prom, inspired by Female Law by King Ang Duong
- Out of My Skin, directed by Sasapin Siriwanij, written by Jean-Baptiste Phou
- , directed by Karim Belkacem Saadi
- One Man Macbeth, directed by William Mann, based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Media: Phnom Penh Post
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Also opening Thursday 4, at Botanico, is Printing Reflections: the fabric of Cambodian daily life, by Li Minghang, Liesje Stander and Toto Eduk. “The exhibition connects Cambodia’s historic floor tiles with modern daily life through relief printmaking. Three artists use linocut, woodblock and 拓印 (ink rubbing) methods to carve traditional patterns alongside contemporary routines. This collaboration transforms ordinary surfaces into a visual narrative about memory, culture, and shared spaces.” Featuring live music from Raphael Biamonti and Alli G. From 6 pm; until August 4.
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Opening on Friday 5 at Shophouse Studio at Pteah Chas is a solo exhibition by Khmer American artist Sam Sopheak, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me. “Across layered surfaces of canvas, fabric, wood, brick, moving images, and (shedding) snakeskin, recurring motifs of architectural gates, camouflage, devotional ornamentation, and serpent symbolism emerge and erode.” From 6 pm; until July 5.
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Also on Friday 5 Meta House presents the regular performance of musical collective The Next Universe featuring poetry readings by Antonio Pineda. From 8 pm.
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And in Siem Reap on Friday 5 at The River Gallery is the opening of Green Season Reverie, a group exhibition of works by artists from Cambodia and around the world. From 6 pm.
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Opening on Saturday 6 at Sra’Art is the exhibition The Controlled Chaos. “An informal gathering of artists from diverse disciplines, united in building a shared creative home through collaboration, exhibitions, workshops and support for Cambodian arts across Cambodia and Southeast Asia.” From 6 pm.
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On Saturday 6 at Noisy Chilli Taphouse, Comedy in Cambodia presents Bangkok resident Austrian comedian Stefan Bobner plus the best of local comedians. 7.30 pm.
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Also on Saturday 6 the Phnom Penh Players present their annual awards show, The Plazzies, at The Box Office.
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And in Siem Reap on Saturday 6, Galaxy Store presents The Wisdom of the Space In Between, an exhibition of paintings by Amé Kunty. From 5 pm.
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At the end of June, the weekend of 27 and 28, a special group exhibition, Where Nature Speaks: Living Your Senses, will be held at Six Senses Krabey Island (off Sihanoukville). Featured artists are Anya Minko, FONki, Dylan Maddux and TYTAART, along with exclusive screenings of short films by acclaimed cinematographers Davy Chou and Visal Sok.
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Coming soon, on June 12, to Bophana Center is the launch of The Quiet Native, a memoir by Sereyvong Jason Chhinlim.
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Ongoing….
Exhibitions:
Bossbha’s House (Battambang)
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.” Until June 30.
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Botanico
Opening Thursday 4: Printing Reflections: the fabric of Cambodian daily life, by Li Minghang, Liesje Stander and Toto Eduk. “The exhibition connects Cambodia’s historic floor tiles with modern daily life through relief printmaking. Three artists use linocut, woodblock and 拓印 (ink rubbing) methods to carve traditional patterns alongside contemporary routines. This collaboration transforms ordinary surfaces into a visual narrative about memory, culture, and shared spaces.” Until August 4.
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Galaxy Store (Siem Reap)
From Saturday 6: The Wisdom of the Space In Between, an exhibition of paintings by Amé Kunty.
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The Gallerist
Rolling exhibitions of mostly Cambodian artists. Currently featuring a new exhibition by Luna Kol, Suspended Silence. “From luminous abstractions to intimate gestures, the exhibition explores the quiet dialogue between inner landscapes and artistic expression — where silence becomes form and pigments become emotion.” Until June 12.
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Kep ArtBar
Reclamations, an exhibition of new artworks by Mary Volm.
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Meta House
Tides Between Worlds: Urban Currents, an exhibition by German artist Alexandra Maul. “Her expressive paintings move between urban energy, nature, and emotional landscapes. Inspired by travel, music, and life between cultures, she creates intuitive works filled with movement, color, and atmosphere.”
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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. Currently on display is Sopheap 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.” Media: Cambodianess
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Plantation
Eleven: Abstract Impressions of Cambodia’s Cultural and Religious Heritage, an exhibition of paintings by DinArt. Media: CambodgeMag
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Pteah Chas / Shophouse Studio
Opening on Friday 5: solo exhibition by Khmer American artist Sam Sopheak, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me. “Across layered surfaces of canvas, fabric, wood, brick, moving images, and (shedding) snakeskin, recurring motifs of architectural gates, camouflage, devotional ornamentation, and serpent symbolism emerge and erode.” Until July 5.
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Raffles Le Royal Phnom Penh
Raffles Grand Hotel D’Angkor (Siem Reap)
Current artist in residence is DinArt.
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The River Gallery (Siem Reap)
Opening Friday 5: Green Season Reverie, a group exhibition of works by artists from Cambodia and around the world.
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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.”
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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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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.
SNA Arts Management
Remembering, a solo exhibition by Kaeu Sreypeou. Media: Phnom Penh Post
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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
Opening Saturday 6: The Controlled Chaos. “An informal gathering of artists from diverse disciplines, united in building a shared creative home through collaboration, exhibitions, workshops and support for Cambodian arts across Cambodia and Southeast Asia.”
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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.
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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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.
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