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Creativity and connection for stronger sales

August 28, 2012 By

Tuong Nguyen Tran Viet TienTran Viet Tien, managing director of Gia Long Fine Art Joint Stock Company, a member of the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCMC (Hawa), had a talk with The Saigon Times Daily over creativity and connection in furniture sales. Excerpts: The Saigon Times … [Read more...]

Vietnam profile to be raised in Japan

August 22, 2012 By

A tourism and cultural festival will be held in Tokyo and Fukuoka from September 11-20 to introduce local people to Vietnam’s typical specialities and call for cooperation in various areas. The festival will offer a chance for the Southeast Asian nation to promote its distinctive cultural … [Read more...]

A Glimpse of Laos featured through Hanoi photo exhibition

August 17, 2012 By

An exhibition of photographs entitled “A Glimpse of Laos” opened at the Exhibition Centre for Fine Art and Photography in Hanoi on August 11. The 99 photos on display were taken by journalist Tran Duy Ngoan, who is an executive board member of the Vietnam Journalists Association and … [Read more...]

ASEAN Graphic Art Exhibition opens in Hanoi

August 13, 2012 By

The 2012 ASEAN Graphic Arts Competition and Exhibition, organized by the Department of Fine Art, Photography and Exhibitions, are being held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi from August 6-16 to honour the 45th anniversary of the regional grouping’s establishment. The exhibition … [Read more...]

“Hanoi’s houses facing the street” appear in Beijing

July 16, 2012 By

After catching public attention in Hanoi, Nguyen The Son’s “Houses Facing the Street” exhibition has traveled to Beijing, and then to Hong Kong. Son’s artworks are now on display at the Central Art Institute in Beijing. Son’s works focus on dramatic changes in Hanoi’s residential … [Read more...]

Nude models earn little money, respect

June 25, 2012 By

With nude art still frowned upon in conservative Vietnam, there are no professional models in the country. There are only amateurs who are paid as low as a dollar an hour and never more than $4. Nude work entitledMost are hired by nude artists who are themselves frowned upon, do not sign a … [Read more...]

Female artists ‘add colour’ to HCMC exhibition

June 22, 2012 By

The International Women’s Artists Council (INWAAC) opened its 10 th exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time from June 21-27. Artist Dang Thi Duong, who co-chairs the exhibition, said 212 women artists, sculptors and lecturers in fine art from 23 countries and territories around the … [Read more...]

Nguyen The Dung’s cows – human beings exhibition opens

April 23, 2012 By

- ‘Nguyen The Dung Cows Human Beings’ exhibition opened on April 16 at the Viet Arts Center, 42 Yet Kieu Street in Hanoi. Artist Nguyen The Dung. This is the second solo exhibition of painter Nguyen The Dung, 27, after the success of the first titled “Flock of One Cow” at the Castus … [Read more...]

The Cold Room at Zero Station

April 21, 2012 By

Uu Dam, Pham Tran Viet Nam and Nguyen Duc Tu are developing a pilot art project called Raw Ideas with an installation exhibition that includes video arts called ‘The Cold Room’ at Zero Station, 288 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street in District 3. The experiment, which is underway, sees the three artists … [Read more...]

Eternal spring from the late Nguyen Van Phuong

April 11, 2012 By

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...]