This year, Galerie Bao continues its dedication to artistic growth with new, unique exhibitions featuring both established and long-standing artists. Given the diversity of their practices, the exhibitions offer the public new perspectives on contemporary art from Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Art Nation is pleased to announce Galerie Bao’s unique upcoming exhibitions in Paris.

RE:FORM: A GLIMPSE OF ABSTRACTION IN VIETNAM SINCE ĐỔI MỚI

At the exhibition Re:form, co-organised by Galerie Frank Elbaz and Galerie Bao, audiences will trace the journeys of five Vietnamese artists and their approach to expression centred around the spirit of abstraction – one of the most enduring and radical artistic tools that formed the foundation of the country’s contemporary era. This exhibition features members of the “Group of Ten”, including Nguyen Tan Cuong and Do Hoang Tuong. In 1986, following reunification and over a decade during which this movement faded into the background to serve national building goals, the abstract movement re-emerged as a liberation of the era. The Group of Ten explored ways to break previous norms, continuing this trajectory before moving into different artistic directions.

Re:form proposes a view of abstract art in Vietnam as a starting point for the contemporary, marked by ruptures, fluidities, and unfinished possibilities. Visitors will experience new and diverse definitions of abstraction, promising broader perspectives on this artistic trend.

Featured Artists:Do Hoang Tuong, Ha Manh Thang, Nguyen Tan Cuong, Phan Thao Nguyen, Truong Cong Tung
Opening hours: 11:00–19:00 | 14 March 2026 – 23 May 2026 (Tuesday–Saturday)
Address: Galerie Frank Elbaz, 66 rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris
Open to the public.

FRESH AND LEAF, SAP AND SEED

“Flesh and Leaf, Sap and Sprout” (Vietnamese: Thịt Ươm Lá, Nhựa Tươm Mầm) is Ha My Nguyen’s solo exhibition in Paris. The exhibition brings together various groups of works in which the artist constructs a poetic environment, inviting viewers into a garden of human vegetation.

Growing up among the mountainous regions of central Vietnam, Hà My Nguyen was shaped by the freedom and rhythm of the natural landscape. Her practice visualises femininity, nature, and the reimagining of forms existing in the spaces and boundaries between humans, vegetals, and the imagination. Her works question desire, where eroticism oscillates between fear, mistrust, and fertility. In this exhibition, she explores marginalised knowledge passed down through daily life in her rural hometown, questioning its transmission and erasure, while celebrating its silent resilience.

The exhibition offers a counter-narrative to tropical clichés. The garden in Ha My’s work is a site where she questions the role of women in a normative society. Navigating between the social stereotypes of Vietnam and France, the artist reveals the oppression of female desire.

Featured Artist: Ha My Nguyen
Opening hours: 11:00–19:00 | 12 March 2026 – 25 April 2026 (Wednesday–Saturday)
Address: Galerie Bao, 49 rue Parmentier, 75011 Paris
Registration by appointment.

GALERIE BAO AT PARIS 2026: REPAIR AS A FORM OF WORLD POETRY

For their first participation at Art Paris, Galerie Bao takes part in the sector Promesse, curated by Alexia Fabre under the theme Réparation (Repair). Galerie Bao’s participation ensures an essential local perspective on Southeast Asian Artists.

Through three artistic practices deeply rooted in matter and memory, Galerie Bao explores repair as a poetic gesture: an act through which art restores to the world what seemed lost. This year, under the historic dome of the Grand Palais, Galerie Bao proudly presents: Truong Cong Tung with the series “Day Wanes… Night Waxes…” – a dialogue with Philipp Otto Runge’s unfinished cycle Tageszeiten; Nguyen Duy Manh with a series inspired by the history of Vietnamese ceramics – “Bare Wounds” and parts of the work “Lost Spirits”; Lena Bui with the work “Clean Land,” a sharp response to the felling of century–old trees in Ho Chi Minh City.

Galerie Bao’s participation in Art Paris solidifies the position of Southeast Asian artists in France, marking a milestone in the journey of the region’s contemporary art development in Europe.

Featured Artists: Lena Bui, Nguyen Duy Manh, Truong Cong Tung
Opening hours: 12:00–20:00 | 8 April 2026 – 12 April 2026 (Thursday–Sunday)
Address: Stand I26,  Sector Promesse, Grand Palais, 17 avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris
Closes at 19:00 on Sunday.

Words & Translation: Khoa Dương