December 20, 2011
An 82-year-old woman in HCMC promotes artists, advises young documentary filmmakers, and opens foreigners’ eyes to Vietnam ’s millennia-old history and culture Nguyen Thi Xuan Phuong, 82, spends her whole life in introducing Vietnamese heroic history and stunning art Lotus Gallery, located in a modest part of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, has been [...]
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November 23, 2011
Poster of Hanoi Dreams Exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Five well-established Hanoian artists will introduce their "Hanoi Dreams," a debut group exhibition, to Canadian art-lovers from Nov 22 to Dec 5. The exhibition marks the Canadian debut for all five emerging and established artists: Trinh Quoc Chien, Vu Huong Quynh, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Ngo Van Sac, [...]
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November 5, 2011
One of artist Hoang Duy Vang's artworks to be presented in his solo exhibition in Hanoi in November. A solo exhibition, “It’s all the same everywhere,”  by artist Hoang Duy Vang opened at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on November 2-5.  The exhibition will feature both the abstract landscapes and expressionistic scenes on [...]
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October 9, 2011
Artist says she was destined to depict the story of Kieu The silk paintings by Ngoc Mai have Kieu wearing Vietnamese traditional dresses like ao dai and ao tu than. Each painting took Mai several months to complete. Vietnam’s most famous literary work of all time, “The Tale of Kieu,” has been rewritten in [...]
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August 15, 2011
A set of wall paintings by young graffiti artists has inspired a conversation about art, culture and the changing times in a HCMC neighborhood. One of the half-length portrait murals portraying a member of the Click9 project The area around this old Pho Shop will never be the same. Pho Dau, one of Ho [...]
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June 23, 2011
Thieu nu voi hoa sen (Young lady and lotus) by Nguyen Thanh Binh, one of ten paintings displayed at Vietnam Embassy in the UK. An exhibition of ten paintings presenting the culture and beauty of Vietnam and its people was opened at the Vietnam Embassy in the UK Monday. Â Named The Land of Hidden [...]
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May 7, 2011
A 3D painting along Hoa Lo Street in Hanoi Modern 3D and contemporary paintings along Hoa Lo Street have made pedestrians stop in their tracks to appreciate the works of eight local and foreign artists. Prefab 77, a Newcastle-based artists collective, had made a big impression on the UK street art scene. They brought the [...]
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November 8, 2010
Long me (Motherâs heart), a silk painting by Le Pho. Low market demand and high technical requirements are discouraging Vietnamese artists from taking up silk painting. At a time when many arts are enjoying a resurgence based on increasing prosperity and greater market demand, it was a very drastic and shocking thing to say. Famous [...]
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February 6, 2010
As much as 4,000sq.m of ceramic paintings have been completed, accounting for 70 per cent of the Ceramic Road project covering the cement wall of Ha Noi’s Tran Quang Khai dike road. The project, which aims to decorate 6km of the cement dike protecting the city from the Hong (Red) River, is planned to be [...]
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February 5, 2010
LookAtVietnam – A painting exhibition called Binh Thuan Welcomes Spring 2010 opened on Wednesday at Phan Thiet City’s cultural center on Tran Phu Street. A visitor takes a look at paintings on display at Phan Thiet City’s cultural centre.The exhibition features 40 paintings made by diverse contemporary materials such as oil paintings, acrylic, paper, statues [...]
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