Gao village in Thanh Loi commune, Nam Dinh province, has preserved the age-old tradition of making unicorn heads for the annual full-moon festival which falls in the middle of the eighth lunar month. During the subsidized economy several decades ago, the villagers decided to establish a … [Read more...]
The Folk Art of Đông Hồ
August 15, 2012 By
From: Ha Noi Scratchpad Posted on December 17, 2009 Sometimes, knowledge comes to us by a circuitous route. After I wrote about Vạn Phúc, the silk-weaving village outide Hanoi, a friend asked me if – there obviously being mulberry trees for the silkworms – there was a tradition of … [Read more...]
Chinese products dominating Vietnamese traditional craft villages (part 2)
August 7, 2012 By
Bat Trang pottery, Ha Dong silk craft villages have been flooded with Chinese goods. Meanwhile, the Dong Ho painting village not only has lost its traditional career, but lost its name as well. Part 2: Ha Dong silk is made in… China? In fact, not only the merchants in Bat Trang craft … [Read more...]
Chinese products dominating Vietnamese traditional craft villages (part 1)
August 6, 2012 By
 Bat Trang pottery, Ha Dong silk craft villages have been flooded with Chinese goods. Meanwhile, the Dong Ho painting village not only has lost its traditional career, but lost its name as well. Part 1: Vietnamese Bat Trang potteries surrender to Chinese products? A banderole is hung … [Read more...]
Traditional Tet Paintings – Dong Ho Prints
June 4, 2012 By
By: Lisa Spivey You may have seen them before. They adorn the walls of Vietnamese restaurants everywhere in the world, there may be one hiding by the cash register at the neighborhood Vietnamese business, your Vietnamese friends hang them up as Lunar New Year approaches. In Vietnam, production … [Read more...]
Local artists to explore Muong ethnic culture
September 22, 2011 By
An art camp is currently being held at the Muong Ethnic Group Cultural Space Museum in the northern province of Hoa Binh that aims to create a bridge between the local traditional culture and contemporary art. According to artist Vu Duc Hieu, who founded the museum in 2007, the event will attract … [Read more...]
Raquelle Azran – Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art
September 22, 2011 By
Raquelle Azran - collector, museum curator and gallerist, specializing (since 1991) in contemporary Vietnamese fine art. Museum exhibitions include Wilfrid Museum, Israel (2002, 2005) and National Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam (2007). Her 2007 London Bankside exhibition Of This and Other … [Read more...]
Tran Tuyet-Mai
August 16, 2011 By
Nguyen Quy Duc Published on 12/1/95 on Things Asian Tran Tuyet-Mai must be one of the most self-effacing artists in Hanoi. While many cannot stop boasting about their work, she doesn't even show her work that often. She lives quietly in a small flat on the grounds of the School of Fine Arts, … [Read more...]
Glass painting craft still alive in the delta
August 9, 2011 By
Coming to An Giang Province’s Cho Moi District, tourists should not ignore the traditional glass painting craft village in Long Dien B Commune on Ong Chuong Islet. The craft has been alive since the 1950s and developed strongly in Long Dien, Long Kien, Long Giang and Long Dien B communes and … [Read more...]
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