Bangkok Art and Culture Centre is a contemporary arts centre

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939 Rama I Rd, Wang Mai, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) under Governor Apirak Kosayodhin started the BACC project with a 509 million baht construction budget in 2005.

 The goal was to make Bangkok a city of culture.

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Art, music, theatre, film, design and cultural/educational events take place in its exhibition and performance spaces. The centre includes cafes, commercial art galleries, bookshops, craft shops, and an art library.

 On 29 July 2008 the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre opened after many delays.

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It is intended as a venue for cultural exchange, giving Bangkok an operational base on the international art scene. The number of visitors has risen from 300,000 in BACC's first year in 2007 to 1.7 million visitors in 2017.

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In 1995, Bangkok Governor Dr. Bhichit Rattakul began a project called "the art centre". After agreement that The Bangkok Contemporary Art Centre should be near Pathumwan junction, the project was stopped in 2001 when Samak Sundaravej became the new governor.

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He wanted a commercial retail space and private investors. Cultural organizations, artists, students, and media joined together to oppose the suspension. In 2004, Apirak Kosayodhin became Bangkok Governor.

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The project was presented again and the governor agreed to the original project that the art centre should be designed following the original plan.

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On 19 August 2005 a "Declaration of Cooperation in the Fields of Art and Culture by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and Allied Organizations in the Fields of Art and Culture" was signed at Benjasiri Park.

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The BACC aims to create a meeting place for artists and the public, to provide cultural programmes for the community giving importance to cultural continuity from past to present.

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It aims to blaze new paths for cultural dialogue, networking, and to create new cultural resources from both the public and the private sectors.

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The main aim of BACC is to become a place for cultural exchange.

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The BMA continues to support the BACC with a 40 million baht allocation yearly (except for the years 2009, 2010, and 2017 when the BMA failed to assign funds to the BACC).

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Forty million baht falls far short of BACC's operating budget, which ranges from 75 million baht to 90 million a year. The shortfall is raised from donors and corporate sponsors.

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In 2018, the ongoing 40 million baht expenditure displeases Bangkok Governor Police General Aswin Kwanmuang, who says, "Each year the city supports the BACC with 40 million baht.

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If we could manage this money ourselves, we could develop the center in appropriate ways." He want on to say, "As the BMA annually provides Bt40 million in funding to the foundation, it is better that BMA officials operate the city centre, we will lease the ground floor area in order to earn more money so as to cut the losses.

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We will convert the exhibition floors into a new learning centre. Aswin was installed as Bangkok governor by the NCPO after his elected predecessor was tainted by a corruption scandal. Apparent moves by the Bangkok governor to take control of the BACC for financial reasons has drawn criticism.

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After protests from the art and cultural community, the governor deferred any changes to BACC's governance structure until 2021 when the current BMA–BACC Foundation contract expires.

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Some question the ability of the BMA to manage a cultural venue given its poor performance maintaining Bangkok infrastructure.

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Many believe the BMA want to make a profit from the space. The BACC is in one of the Bangkok's prime shopping areas, near the MBK Center and Siam Square shopping complexes.

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The BACC building was designed by Robert G. Boughey and Associates around four criteria. 1, Flexible space, 2, Honor Thai architecture and culture, 3, High, airy spaces, 4, Natural but controlled lighting

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Multi-Function Room is on the 1st floor for supporting various of activities for instance banquet, press conference, meeting etc. Multi-Function Room have a capacity for 250-300 people and the room’s size is 280 square meter.

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The building was built to have high spaces to accommodate the art, and the central atrium serves as a symbol of the building and sets the tone for the rest of the interior.

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Bangkok Art and Culture Centre closed on Monday and opened from 10.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. on Tuesday to Sunday. There is no an admission charge.

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“BACC visualizes itself as a centre of cultural diversity for a sustainable social development. ”

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The campaign advocating for the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre by then took over a decade.

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Bangkok finally has a major art centre for its inhabitants. It is a place for people to meet, and to help define and make culture.

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 Curved Wall: Wall space along the curve on the 3rd - 5th floor of the building. Suitable for exhibiting paintings, photographs or small installations.