Vietnam arts and culture
Vietnamese painter Tu Duyen Tu Duyen was born in 1915 in Bac Ninh Province and graduated from the Indochina Fine Arts College in 1938. He became a member of the Vietnam Association of Fine Arts. He was renowned for his works based on the folk poems Chinh Phu Ngam, Truyen Kieu and UNESCO cultural … [Read more...]
Opening: Fri 18 May, 5 pm Exhibition: 18 – 25 May 2012 New Space Arts Foundation, Hue 2nd Floor, 15 Le Loi Street, Hue City From New Space Arts Foundation: You are invited to fine art group exhibition ”K31 – New Faces”. … [Read more...]
The second Dogma Prize in Self-Portraiture for artists aged 18 and over will award a top prize of US$6,000 this year. Painting, sculpture and photographic submissions will be taken until August 7 and winners will be announced on September 14. The prize is organized by the Mekong Artists … [Read more...]
Fri 18 May 2012, 7 pm La 4uatrieme 4th floor, 95 Giang Văn Minh, Hanoi From Arno Baude: You are invited to an exhibition Banh My Hawaii Tasting Arno Baude Retrospection 2005-2012. Art installation, happening …and the most important…INTERACTION! Taste a Hawaiian toast in Vietnamese … [Read more...]
Two exhibitions themed ‘President Ho Chi Minh on Party building and rectification’ opened at Ho Chi Minh Museums in Hanoi and Gia Lai province on May 15 to celebrate the 122nd anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth. More than 200 documents, artifacts and films related to President Ho … [Read more...]
An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh opened in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on May 14 to mark the President’s 122nd birthday (May 19, 1890-2012) and the 65th anniversary of the President’s arrival at the Thai Nguyen safe zone to lead the resistance war against the French … [Read more...]
Nguyen Tuan Quyet's family has run a special profession for three generations: making sculptures from black coal, one of the most exploited minerals in northern Quang Ninh Province. Nguyen Tuan Quyet puts the finishing touches to his sculpture of a lion made from black coal. Coal sculpture is a … [Read more...]
Whenever somebody mentions contemporary Vietnamese art, there are a few names that spring to the mind right away. Of these, among the very first ones that come to mind, is Bui Huu Hung. Undoubtedly, Bui Huu Hung is one of the most popular artists to have emerged from the Vietnamese art scene in … [Read more...]
