Tom Yum Week 2026 — Sep 16

CREATIVITY UNFOLDING ACROSS NEW YORK CITY

16-30 SEPTEMBER, 2026

STAY TUNED

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THE CONCEPT

Tom Yum Week turns Thai restaurants across NYC into temporary creative spaces where artists and creatives respond to dishes, menus and stories through their own practices.

THE THEME

YUM YUM YUM

ยำ / YUM AS A WAY OF WORKING

Yum is not a recipe. In Thai food, yum (ยำ) is a category of dishes built around the act of mixing — bringing ingredients, textures and flavors together, then adjusting until they become something balanced and alive. Sweet, sour, spicy, salty, savory: there is no single formula.

For Tom Yum Week, we take yum as a way of working. Restaurants, artists, dishes, stories, materials and audiences come together, mix, respond to one another and become something new. The city becomes one big experiment in what can happen when everything enters the same bowl.

YUM YUM YUM IS THE 2026 THEME.