A new after-hours experience titled “Museum Night” has just been launched, promising an appealing attraction for residents and visitors as the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum opens its doors in the evening for the first time.
The oil on canvas "Property of a Lady of Title" will be the first Vietnamese artwork on auction at this distinguished auction house. It was on display at a solo exhibition of Vu Cao Dam in London in 1960, hosted by the prominent Frost & Reed Gallery.
The exhibition traces the artistic time lines of Le Pho, Mai Trung Thu and Vu Cao Dam at the school, followed by their long careers in France from 1937 onwards.
Fifty paintings from French artists were displayed for the first time at a Sotheby’s exhibition entitled “Mong vien dong” (The Faraway East: of Dreams and Pursuits), held in Ho Chi Minh City from August 14-17.
“Timeless Souls: Beyond the Voyage – Hon Xua Ben La”, the first exhibition by Sotheby’s in Vietnam, will take place at Park Hyatt Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City from July 11-14.
A virtual exhibition of 50 prominent Vietnamese lacquer paintings opened on December 9 at http://trienlamtranhsonmai.trienlamao.net./., introducing the essence of Vietnamese art to the public at home and abroad.
An oil painting on canvas entitled Portrait de Mademoiselle Phuong (Portrait of Mademoiselle Phuong) by late painter Mai Trung Thu has sold at an auction for the highest price paid for Vietnamese art.
Inventors of “truc chi”, an artistic medium in which the artist’s designs are printed onto a special form of paper, are organising camps for artists and students in Hue.
The tenth Hue Festival will take place from April 27 to May 2, 2018 with various performances featuring different cultures across the world, the People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has announced.
