Author Archives: Art Nation

Awards ceremony and exhibition for the fourth edition of the UOB Painting of the Year (2026) in Vietnam

Đọc bản tiếng Việt tại đây. The competition brought together a distinguished jury of artists and researchers: artist-curator Trong Gia Nguyen, who served as Chief Judge; Dr Bridget Tracy Tan; and painter Tran Van Thao. Lan Tinh Foundation accompanied the competition as an advisory partner. This year, the number of submissions increased by 40% compared […]

“Vietnamese buyers are becoming the dominant force in the Vietnamese painting market”

Thank you, Ace Le for joining us, and congratulations to Sotheby’s on these unprecedented auction records. From your perspective as a researcher, what were the fundamental factors behind the record US$3.69 million achieved by Elegant Gathering in the Garden by Vu Cao Dam? Was it its monumental scale, its documented museum exhibition history or the […]