Silpakorn University Art Gallery

{{Short description|Art gallery and museum in Bangkok, Thailand}}

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Silapakorn University Art Gallery ({{langx|th|หอศิลป์ มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร}}; {{RTGS|Hosin Mahawitthayalai Sinlapakon}}) is an art gallery and museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is a building in Silpakorn University Wang Tha Phra Campus on Na Pralarn Road, directly north of the Grand Palace and south of Wat Mahathat Yuwaratrangsarit. It was created in 1994.{{cite periodical |script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกา จัดตั้งหอศิลป์ในมหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร ทบวงมหาวิทยาลัย |trans-title=Royal Decree Creating Silpakorn University Art Gallery |periodical=Government Gazette|date=12 April 1994|volume=111|issue=12|page=7|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2537/A/012/7.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005152307/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2537/A/012/7.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2017|access-date=5 October 2017|language=th}}

Silpakorn University (also known as the University of Fine Arts) is a National university in Thailand. The university was founded in Bangkok in 1943{{cite periodical |script-title=th:พระราชบัญญัติ มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร |trans-title=Act: Silpakorn University |periodical=Government Gazette|date=12 October 1943|volume=60 |issue=54 |page=1496|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2486/A/054/1496.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109033847/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2486/A/054/1496.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2011|access-date=5 October 2017|language=th}} by Italian-born art professor Corrado Feroci, who took the Thai name Silpa Bhirasri when he became a Thai citizen. It began as a fine arts university and now includes many other faculties as well.