Mong Mi comes to life through her art

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‘Bat Kha Phuc Hoi’ (Unrecoverable) by Mong Mi has opened at HCMC Museum of Fine Arts at 97A Pho Duc Chinh Street in District 1. The exhibition features 20 paintings made of silk which are the result of two years of hard graft and marks an important turning point in the artist’s … [Read more...]

Emerging artists show alongside veterans

Abstract : An oil painting in artist Nguyen Than's series of 12 paintings, Nguoi Dan Ba Dung Sau Cua So (The Woman Behind the Windows), is on display in the exhibition Ma Vach Dan Ba (Bar-Code Women) at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

The HCM City Fine Arts Museum are presenting a debut exhibition by artist Mong My and a duo exhibition by artists Nguyen Than and Kyem. Abstract : An oil painting in artist Nguyen Than The 39-year-old Mong My is holding her first-ever solo exhibition, Bat Kha Phuc Hoi (Unrestorable), displaying … [Read more...]

Exhibition “Five Years”

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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...]

Vietnamese landscape through Polish brush

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Thirty-three paintings by a Polish painter featuring the Vietnamese landscape will be displayed the exhibition hall at 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi from March 6-10. Polish landscape paintings on display in Hanoi Franciszek Ryszard Mazurek painted these works during his stay in Vietnam last … [Read more...]

Painting exhibition on Tran Dang Khoa poems held in France

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37 paintings by French painter Dominique De Miscault, depicting popular poems by Vietnamese poet Tran Dang Khoa, have been exhibitited in Choisy-le Roi city near Paris. The event was jointly held by the Mayor of the Choisy-le Roi, the France-Vietnam Friendship Association and the Aragon … [Read more...]

Code women on show

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Artist Ki-em poses for a photo next to her works at the opening of the exhibition ‘Code Women’ at HCMC Museum of Fine Arts. ‘Code women’ by Nguyen Than and Ki-Em opened on Saturday at HCMC Museum of Fine Arts, 97A Pho Duc Chinh in District 1. The show features 10 paintings of lacquer … [Read more...]

Exhibition features early-century print newspapers

The cover of "Sai Gon" Newspaper, 1939 Ky Mao Spring edition

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...]

Painter Hoang Tich Chu commemorated

This painting by artist Hoang Tich Chu earned the Ho Chi Minh Award for Art and Literature in 2000

A ceremony to celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the founders of Vietnamese traditional lacquer painting Hoang Tich Chu (18-2-1912 – 2012) was held in Hanoi on February 17 by the Vietnam Fine Art Association on February 17. At the ceremony, fine art critics and researchers affirmed the … [Read more...]

Photo exhibition explores Ha Noi urban space

Photos by Jamie Maxtone-Graham, an American photographer based in Ha Noi, will be showcased at the Bui Gallery at 23 Ngo Van So Street from February 10 to March 12. Produced within the intensity of urban Ha Noi, the photos record a space between the projected and the perceived, says Maxtone-Graham. … [Read more...]

Group Exhibition at Galerie Quynh

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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...]