Vietnam arts and culture
Opening: Fri 30 Sep 2011, 8 am Muong Cultural Space Museum From Muong Cultural Space Museum: You are invited to the Muong Traditional Cultural Festival and the opening ceremony of the contemporary art exhibition “Muong Land”. The festival will be held for one day on the 30th Sep and the … [Read more...]
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 - 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...]
Opening: Wed 21 Sep 2011, 5 pm Korean Cultural Center From Korean Cultural Center: You are invited to the program “Art Corner on Every Wednesday” and the theme for this week is “Traditional Colours in Dong Ho Paintings”. You will find more about the history of Dong Ho Painting, … [Read more...]
An exhibition featuring artworks by ethnic minority groups is being held at the District 5 Cultural Center of in Ho Chi Minh City. The show, being held by the HCMC Ethnic Minority Literature and Arts Association, has 121 works including lacquer paintings by Cham artists, photos depicting the … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
54 Traditions Gallery is the only gallery in Vietnam focusing on the antiques, artifacts and art of Vietnam's 53 minority groups and the Kinh majority people. We have over 1000 objects on display and objects from our collection have been exhibited in museums in Hanoi. We focus on the cultures of … [Read more...]
Dong Ho Painting is a kind of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Dong Ho Village in Song Ho Commune, Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province. Dong Ho paintings have about 300 years of history in the north of Vietnam. Dong Ho pictures are printed on a special kind of Dzo paper. The printing … [Read more...]
Dong Ho is a small village in Thuan Thanh, Bac Ninh province, located on the southern side of the Duong river (30km to the east from Hanoi,) is one of the villages that remains to preserve ancient cultural relies of Kinh Bac area (red river delta, north of Vietnam.) Dong Ho paintings have about 300 … [Read more...]