[Art]natomy dissects the practices, figures, and artistic movements that have shaped Vietnamese art history, offering distilled cross-sections along its evolving trajectory.

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Mai Trung Thu and three Vietnamese Mona Lisas

Three paintings of the Mona Lisa by Mai Trung Thu take on on a different bearing in each work, as though the silk itself had recorded the vicissitudes of life.
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Xuan Ha: Vanitas in a Vietnamese Key

A series of installations by Xuan Ha ask what time takes away and what remains to hold on to the meaning of life.
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Vu Cao Dam and Sotheby’s Hong Kong achieved new records for Vietnamese paintings

Vu Cao Dam and Sotheby’s Hong Kong achieved new records for Vietnamese paintings across two sessions on 28 and 29 September.
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Tran Binh Loc and Angkor: A Different Lens on Khmer Heritage

Tran Binh Loc transformed Angkor Wat from a particular object of spectacle to a living landscape. The work will appear at Modern Day Auction of Sotheby's Hong Kong on 29 September 2026.
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Frieze Seoul 2026: Seoul within a wider art ecosystem

Frieze Seoul 2026 on the journey to confirming its position in the Asian art network.
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“Returning Home”: Indochina through the Eyes of Joseph Inguimberty

"Returning Home (Le retour)" – a true-to-life vision of Indochina by Joseph Inguimberty – shall appear in Sotheby's Modern Day Auction on 29 September 2026.
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Tran Luu Hau: A Pioneering Force in Post-Renovation Abstraction

Tran Luu Hau's artwork "Park 15" appeared at the Sotheby's auction on September 29, 2026.
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On Vu Cao Dam’s “Elegant Gathering in the Garden”

The masterpiece silk painting "Elegant Gathering in the Garden" (1939) by renowned artist Vũ Cao Đàm will appear at the Sotheby's Hong Kong auction on September 28, 2026.
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1931 Exposition: Indochina in a vitrine

Explore the panoramic landscape of how Indochinese art simultaneously "served" the imperial propaganda mission while subtly asserting an independent creative identity.
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Eyes on the horizon

Analyse the market's current momentum and outlines a strategic and sustainable trajectory for Vietnamese art through 2030.
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In Soliloquy with the Past

Decoding the world of ancient symbols across a millennium of Vietnamese fine arts.
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The geo-aesthetics of displacement: Perspectives on “As The Ground Holds”

Decoding the geo-aesthetic paradigm within the diasporic trajectories of Japanese and Vietnamese artists via the "As the Ground Holds" exhibition at Villepin Hong Kong.
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Echoes of the Courtly Folds

Discover the history and luxurious craftsmanship of the "thuong" – a symbol of power worn by the Nguyen imperial consorts.
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As clouds roll by

Explore the enduring creative journey of 12 southern art masters after 1975 at Chillala – House of Art.
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The magnate asks to trade a bird of hawksbillware

Looking back on the golden age of tortoiseshell craftsmanship.