Hanoi, Aug 10, 2006 A decade after modern Vietnamese painting made a splash on the world scene, critics and galleries say rampant commercialisation and a glut of cheap copies are threatening the young art movement. The original works of Vietnam's best-known artists such as are fetching small … [Read more...]
Traditional Tet Paintings – Dong Ho Prints
October 24, 2012 By
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 of these folk … [Read more...]
Restored painting of King Tran Nhan Tong sold for US$1.8 million
September 24, 2012 By
Restored painting of King Tran Nhan Tong sold for US$1.8 million A restored version of King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong, the founder of Vietnam Zen Buddhism, was auctioned at US$1.8 million. Tuoi Tre cited as a news source from China’s Karamy Daily News as saying that the auction was held in … [Read more...]
Cleaning an oil painting by Bui Xuan Phai
September 22, 2012 By
by Bettina Ebert May 20, 2011 Phố Hàng Cá (‘Fish Street’) was painted in 1962 by Bùi Xuân Phái (1920-88), a Hanoi artist who became one of Vietnam’s best-known painters for his depictions of the old streets of the city. On this painting from Witness … [Read more...]
Book on contemporary art scene
August 13, 2012 By
An English book titled Vietnamese Contemporary Art by two Ha Noi-based critics has been published by the Tri Thuc (Knowledge) Publishing House. The book is the first of its kind and features Vietnamese contemporary art including installation, performance art, pop-art, video-art and digital-art … [Read more...]
Recent trends
May 8, 2012 By
Since the start of the new millennium, installation, video and performance art has become increasingly popular in Việt Nam, thanks largely to the adventurous programming of venues such as Salon Natasha, Đức’s House on Stilts, Việt Art Centre, Ryllega Experimental Art Gallery,Studio … [Read more...]
1945-1975
May 7, 2012 By
Prior to 1945 little difference in style existed between the modern art of northern and southern Việt Nam. However, after that watershed in history a marked divergence occurred. During the fight for Vietnamese independence the art community of the north played a crucial role in depicting the … [Read more...]
Before 1945
May 6, 2012 By
The earliest Vietnamese artist to achieve recognition for his work in the medium of oil and watercolour painting was Lê Văn Miến (1873 -1943), a native of Huế who studied classical academic painting at theÉcole des beaux arts in Paris in the early 1890s. However, at the turn of the century … [Read more...]
The emergence of Vietnamese contemporary art
April 8, 2012 By
For some years after Reunification socialist realist art continued to hold sway in the north, with the result that most of the works featured in the National Art Exhibitions of 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1985 were dominated by themes of revolutionary struggle and the drive for socialist reconstruction. … [Read more...]
Vietnamese Lacquer Art
January 31, 2012 By
Vietnamese lacquer art works date back to more than two thousand years. Lacquered items found in ancient tombs in Vietnam, date as far back as the third and fourth centuries B.C. The first instances of lacquer work in Vietnam were found in household items and wares such as the links in the planks of … [Read more...]
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