Vietnam arts and culture
Thousands of visitors have dropped in Vietnam’s stand at the ongoing fourth Friends’ Culture Fair, themed ‘Diversity in Harmony’ in Mexico City from May 12-27. On display are handicraft products including lacquer paintings, palm-leaf conical hats, traditional long dresses worn by … [Read more...]
At the beginning of the twentieth century, French artists and professors came to Vietnam and established their E’cole des Beaux-Arts de I’Indochine. They introduced views, techniques and media from the distant West. Concurrent with developments in traditional Vietnamese fine art, great names … [Read more...]
Their shared interest in Vietnamese lacquer painting has given birth to a multi-national classroom. One is a lecturer with a Master's degree in lacquer painting at Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts, the other organizer a lawyer from Germany. Both are captivated by Vietnam's spectacular … [Read more...]
Opening: Tue 24 Apr, 5.30 pm Exhibition: 24 – 29 Apr 2012 Viet Art Centre From Viet Art Centre: You are invited to the lacquer painting exhibition and the installation of artist Luu Tuyen reflecting the contemporary society. The exhibition “THE COVER OF REALITY” is the result of a long … [Read more...]
Over 100 paintings on various materials depicting the beauty of women and flowers are on display at the Vietnam Women's Museum, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi. The exhibition is jointly held by the museum and the club of collectors of Pham Luc’s paintings. Over 100 paintings at the … [Read more...]
Recollection introduces the artist's new works centred on the common theme of recollection and memory. Lacquer painting is one of the most cherished features of Vietnam's artistic and cultural heritage that has survived and sustained through conflict and political upheavals. Not … [Read more...]
A collection of 45 works by veteran artist Nguyen Van Phuong is on show at an exhibition at HCM City's Tu Do Gallery. Traditions upheld: Nguyen Van Phuong The oil and lacquer paintings by the late Phuong of Ha Noi provide an insight into Viet Nam through its people and their lifestyles. Using … [Read more...]
By: Alain Truong Bui Huu Hung, Emperor, Lacquer on canvas, h: 135 x w: 127 cm / h: 53.1 x w: 50 in. photo courtesy Apricot Gallery Bui Huu Hung, Royal Empress II. Lacquer on canvas, h: 135 x w: 127 cm / h: 53.1 xw: 50 in. photo courtesy Apricot … [Read more...]
14 and 15 Apr 2012, 9 am – 7 pm No 5, 2/9 Lane 9 Dang Thai Mai Str, Hanoi From the organizer: The next weekend (14th and 15th of April) will be the opening of a new small lacquer school in Tay Ho, Dang Thai Mai, (same side as the SOS Clinic, little further down). At the school you will have … [Read more...]
A painting by late artist Nguyen Van Phuong. Painting exhibition ‘An Eternal Spring’ by the late artist Nguyen Van Phuong opened at Tu Do Gallery in downtown HCMC on Saturday, giving a chance for art lovers to admire the works of their forefather’s generation. The show features 45 … [Read more...]