[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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A Sông: Press “play” and perceive

Looking back on the creative current that A Sông has nurtured in Central Vietnam for nearly a decade.

A chronicle of the sewing hands

A reflection on the course of Vietnamese art through women’s embroidered handiwork.

The light of dual heritage

Artist Brian Doan reflects on the practices of two Vietnamese American photographers who have been shaping their identities at the confluence of East and West.

Archive / Post-Archive: A Motherland Of Memory And Imagination

Archive / Post–Archive at VCCA, part of Photo Hanoi ‘25 orbits around the aftermath of post-colonial trauma, and wonder whether we can fully shed its legacies.

Cultural Labour and Its Discontents

The exhibition “Means of Production” was organised and curated by Lunch Hour, taking place from 18 May to 31 July 2024.

Literature meets art in an allusive panorama

In memory of Vietnam’s first banknote illustrations

A Brief History of Botanical Art in Vietnam

Travel to the Meta Far East

Young birds from strange mountains

A fright so grand, a star ablaze

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