Painter Trang Phượng (right) signs books for an art lover at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum. Photo courtesy of the museum HCM CITY — A photo book outlining the work and career of 83-year-old artist Trang Phượng, a founding member of the HCM City Fine Arts Association, has just been released. Titled Họa …
Read More »Painting exhibition displays underprivileged kids’ artworks
The Children’s Day, a colour painting by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Vân, from the Hope Village in Đà Nẵng. ĐÀ NẴNG — A collection of 50 paintings by children with disabilities, orphans and underprivileged is on display at the city’s Fine Arts Museum to mark Children’s Day (June 1). Deputy …
Read More »Battle of Điện Biên Phủ artwork to go on display in Hà Nội to celebrate 68th anniversary
It took Mai Duy Minh ten years to complete “Điện Biên Phủ”. — Photos courtesy of Mai Duy Minh HÀ NỘI — To celebrate the 68th anniversary of the nation’s greatest victory, the battle of Điện Biên Phủ (May 7, 1954), a large-scale oil on canvas painting by Mai Duy Minh …
Read More »HCM City hosts abstract art exhibition
Trần Nhật Thăng, 50, is known as a renowned abstract painter in Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of the artist HCM CITY — The 13th solo exhibition of artist Trần Nhật Thăng has opened in HCM City with the title Miền không (Emptiness). He is displaying more than 30 large paintings, and the biggest …
Read More »Exhibition features traditional lacquer art
Xuân (Spring) by painter Đỗ Khải. — Photo courtesy of the artist HÀ NỘI — An exhibition featuring over 30 lacquer paintings by 11 artists is open in downtown Hà Nội. Sơn Ta + (Lacquer Resin +) is co-hosted by Dream Partner and S Plus to give audiences a glimpse of …
Read More »Korea Tourism Organisation opens painting contest for Vietnamese travellers
Jeju landscape. — Photo courtesy of Korea Tourism Organisation HÀ NỘI The Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) and the Jeju Tourism Organisation (JTO) in Việt Nam co-operated to launch a painting contest entitled From Brushstrokes to Jeju from now until May 8. The contest is specifically organised for Vietnamese participants as …
Read More »Spring colours on show at exhibition
HÀ NỘI — Water coloured paintings of nature and portraits of people throughout the country will be displayed soon in downtown Hà Nội. Titled “Spring Colours”, the event features 50 painting by six artists, two professional [Nguyễn Đình Lâm and Hoàng Quốc Tuấn] and the rest architects [Lương Bình, Nguyễn Đức Cường, …
Read More »Vietnamese painting sells for $367,797 at Paris auction
Thiếu Nữ Chải Đầu (Young Woman Doing Hair) by painter Trần Tấn Lộc sold for US$367,797 in an auction in Paris, France. HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese painter Trần Tấn Lộc’s painting Thiếu Nữ Chải Đầu (Young Woman Doing Hair) has been sold for EUR335,360 (US$367,797) in Paris, France. It was sold during the …
Read More »Hà Nội-based visual artist presents new solo show
HÀ NỘI — A solo show by Hà Nội-based visual artist Nguyễn Trần Nam will be presented at Manzi from Wednesday. Entitled Through the Looking Glass, the show is the artist’s third solo exhibition with Manzi, following Undone in 2017 and The Broken Chapters in 2013. Nguyễn Trần Nam (left) …
Read More »Unpublished artwork by painter Phan Kế An to be displayed
Poster of the event. — Photo courtesy of the organiser HÀ NỘI — A series of paintings that have never been seen before by the late artist Phan Kế An (1923-2018) will go on display at an exhibition on March 11. “Phan Kế An – Kho tàng ẩn giấu” (Phan Kế …
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