[Art]Salon Archives

[Art]Salon serves as the backbone of each issue — articulating the central theme through in-depth conversations with artists, curators, and art scholars.

Firing the future of ceramic sculpture

Discussing with sculptor Le Anh Vu on mastering large-scale ceramics and expanding the potential of Vietnamese contemporary ceramic art.

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The soul of salon natasha was Vu Dan Tan

Natalia Kraevskaia (aka Natasha) (b. 1952), is an independent art researcher specialising in Vietnamese contemporary art.

Art Nation
15.01.26

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Still not enough infrastructure for art

Tran Luong (b. 1960) is a visual artist, independent curator, and a pioneer in creating space for critical contemporary art in Vietnam.

Art Nation
15.01.26

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I consider Nha San folks my teachers

Phuong Linh (b. 1985) is a visual artist living and practicing in Hanoi. She co-founded and is one of five people running Nha San collective since 2013.

Art Nation
15.01.26

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“Contemporary” is different from place to place

Bui Nhu Huong (b. 1953), belongs to the first batch of post-war Vietnamese art critics.

Art Nation
15.01.26

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“Ky Nam Inn”: A cinematic rebuttal to the Western gaze on post-war Vietnam

Speaking with Art Nation, Leon Le discusses his refusal to equate success with international film festival validation, and the profound yet unheralded poetics of Vietnamese cinema.

Art Nation
29.12.25

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Karaoke with a diasporic

Quynh Dong (b. 1982, Hai Phong, Vietnam) is a performance and video-based artist based in Switzerland. Her practice transforms hyper-realism into surrealism through hyper-kitsch expressions to revitalise the notion of a cliche aesthetic...