As a field that combines science and art, botanical art once played an important role in both Vietnamese painting and medicine. In the twentieth century, botanical art was popular in textbooks, scientific publications, advertisements, etc. However, it has gradually declined since the 2000s due to the widespread use of digital cameras. In this article, I […]
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The vision of travel Everything started with a book, a book full of images. Specialised in photography and visual media, I am also a collector of archives, especially old photos from the Indochine period. Last year, I acquired a small photo album from the early twentieth century narrating the trip from France to Vietnam by […]
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Curated by Sarnt Utamachote, Ferdiansyah Thajib, Hai Nam Nguyen, Thao Ho, and Ragil Huda, this is the first community-based exhibition in Berlin to explore gender and sexuality in Southeast Asia. Beginning with the question, “What does it mean to be a Southeast Asian queer person living far from home?”, the curators expanded the exhibition’s scope […]
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Inspired by three victories against the Mongol invaders on the Bach Dang River between the 10th and 13th centuries, these artworks honoured the patriotic spirit of past generations. Employing a surrealist painting style and diverse material expressions, the exhibition was a cultural resonance achieved through the arrangement of large abstract sculptures. “From the Bach Dang […]
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Featuring approximately 110 artworks – including propaganda posters, battlefield photography, ideal homeland landscapes, and contemporary works reflecting individual memories – it unveils the complex “memory-scape” of a nation defined by radical shifts. The show features pieces by artists born in or rooted in Vietnam, as well as Asian artists closely related to the country. A […]
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“Earth” at Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA) marks the return of Ly Truc Son to the art scene with his first solo exhibition in nearly a decade, showcasing the culmination of ten years of relentless creativity and exploration in pursuit of a new artistic language. Having bid farewell to lacquer – a traditional visual […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Buổi gặp mặt là dịp để lắng nghe những chia sẻ từ Art Republik về kế hoạch phát triển, cũng như tổng hợp các triển lãm nổi bật diễn ra gần đây thông qua mục exhibition round-up định kỳ.