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Recreating the atmosphere of both domestic and international expositions, the exhibition “Fairs and exhibitions – Indochina at its best” evokes a significant part of the collective memory of Indochina. With a coherent layout divided into two sections: the expositions in Hanoi, and international ones involving Indochina. The exhibition hall was modelled after the Annam sections […]

Drawing inspiration from Dostoevsky’s novel “The idiot”, the exhibition features existing and newly commissioned works by three generations of contemporary artists from Southeast Asia, in which Vietnamese art is represented Vu Dan Tan (1946–2009), Dinh Q. Le (1968–2024), and Bui Cong Khanh (b. 1972). Together with artists from the Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia and Cambodia, their […]

This was the first large-scale retrospective at the Cernuschi Museum featuring three members of the “quartet” representing the development of Vietnamese art in France in the 20th century. The exhibition presented to the public 150 artworks from 25 different collections, hailed as a unique opportunity to observe the stylistic evolution of Le Pho, Mai-Thu, and […]

A gesture marking the end of their three-month residency, the show unfolds as an amalgam of thought fragments in which, intuitively and with a dizzying dose of cheekiness, the concept of time surfaces through the artists’ use of movement, objects, and period-defining mementoes and symbols. Truly a human construct, time in this instance is stretched, […]

“Womb of Fire” arises from the terrain of quiet persistence. In Vietnamese, fire and blood flow as inseparable currents. Fire – where stories, songs, and sustenance gather. Blood – bloodlines of generations whose sacrifice and resilience courses through one’s veins. Yet, blood also carries the pulse of intensity, a fiery determination, a spirit that is […]

Featuring 41 paintings, primarily in watercolour and oil, along with one oil on a typewriter, the show evokes significant milestones in Luu Cong Nhan’s expansive career: his early period with portraits and wartime sketches (1950s–1960s), his exposure to and influence from Western abstract (circa 1970–1972), his years living in Hoi An (1984–1985), and his focus […]