Vietnam arts and culture
October 9, 2011 Artist says she was destined to depict the story of Kieu The silk paintings by Ngoc Mai have Kieu wearing Vietnamese traditional dresses like ao dai and ao tu than. Each painting took Mai several months to complete. Vietnam’s most famous literary work of all time, “The … [Read more...]
Exhibition: 21 – 25 Feb 2012 Exhibition House 29 Hang Bai, Hanoi From the organizer: You are invited to the exhibition titled “Five Years”. This exhibition of 5 artists with 3 video arts and 2 installation is the reflection of each artist’s views on the society, their experience, the … [Read more...]
Category: Contemporary Art Unit Price: US $70.00 Description: “To keep the soul pure and youthful, that is the best way to get close to art” writes Phai in the opening pages of the book. This volume is dedicated to Phai’s Cheo paintings. Cheo is a popular opera form in the villages of the … [Read more...]
An exhibition which opens Thursday in a bookstore in Ho Chi Minh features more than 100 original copies of special edition print newspaper published in the early 20th century in Vietnam. Called “Bao Xuan,” or Spring Newspaper in Vietnamese, these are the special editions that were put out for … [Read more...]
Exhibition: 08 Feb – 03 Mar 2012 Galerie Quynh 65 De Tham, Dist 1, HCMC From Galerie Quynh: Galerie Quynh is pleased to announce our new presentation of recent and never-before-exhibited works by gallery artists, Hoang Duong Cam, Nadege David, Sandrine Llouquet, Tran Van Thao, Nguyen Trung, … [Read more...]
Exhibition: 16 Feb – 14 Apr 2012 Aljira – A Center for Contemporary Art Newark, New Jersey From Gabby Quynh-Anh Miller: This spring Hanoi artists Nguyen Phuong Linh and Gabby Quynh-Anh Miller have work in “ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME”, at Aljira – A Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, New … [Read more...]
Opening: Tue 06 Mar, 2 pm Exhibition: 03 – 10 Mar 2012, 8 am – 5 pm Exhibition House From Embassy of the Republic of Poland: The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Hanoi has the pleasure to present the exhibition of the eminent Polish landscape painter Franciszek Ryszard MAZUREK. Born in … [Read more...]
Three hundred artifacts depicting Vietnamese daily life in late 19th century are on display at Hai Phong Province’s museum. Many of the artifacts are presented for the first time. Nguyen Ba Thanh Long, vice chairman of Hai Phong Antiques Association, said that many of … [Read more...]
As usual, the pavement around Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature) in Hanoi, known as Vietnam’s first university, is where calligraphers gather to display their works about one week before Lunar New Year’s Eve. They all look happy and are ready to … [Read more...]