HCMC-Saigon International Guitar Festival 2024
Augt 28 to September 1,
HCM City Conservatory of Music
Offering young amateur guitarists an opportunity to display their enthusiasm for classical guitar in HCM City.
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EXHIBITION
Hanoi- Exhibition “Dialogue with Ukiyo-e paintings”
Until Sep 15
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, 27 Quang Trung Street, Hoan Kiem District
From the organizer:
Featuring 37 Artworks in a variety of materials, including silk, lacquer, ceramics, Do paper, installation, and animation by 34 artists including Trieu Khanh Tien, Trieu Minh Hai, and 22 young artists from Vietnam Fine Arts University.
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Danang-Rong-Rao Exhibition
Until Sep 08,
3rd floor, The Local Beans, 186 Phan Chau Trinh Street,
From the organizer:
The “Rong-Rao” Cultural and Art Exhibition is organized by Da Nang Tui, sponsored by Samsung The Frame and Samsung Galaxy Tab.
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HCM City- Kaleidoscopic Vision exhibition
Until September 1,
Noirfoto, 131 Duong Van An Street, An Phu Ward, Thu Duc City,
Featuring a visual journey filled with intense emotions.
At the exhibition, photographer Nguyen Thanh Dung presents around 20 abstract street photographs that draw inspiration from the enchanting kaleidoscope, reflecting slices of urban life with a myriad of vibrant colours. This collection offers a fresh and innovative perspective on everyday life.
Hanoi-Exhibition showcases dragon images of doctoral steles
Until Aug 26,
Temple of Literature
Featuring dragon images on the stone doctoral steles.
Showcasing various dragon motifs on 82 Thang Long stone doctoral steles currently kept and preserved at the site.
Hanoi-Exhibition “The Fire in my Belly”
Aug 11-Sep 22, 09 am – 08 pm,
Mo Art Space, B3, No. 136 Hang Trong Street, Hoan Kiem District,
From the organizer:
Featuring artworks by Vuong Thao (1969, Hanoi), Dao Tan (1991, Hanoi) and Koa Pham (1993, HCMC).
Originating from contemplative emotions simmering within, artists Vuong Thao, Dao Tan, and Koa Pham convey their reflections on the social landscape through natural materials, undergoing multiple transformations to rediscover their primordial states: stone, charcoal, wood, water. Their works stand out due to the artists’ unique approaches while sharing an intriguing commonality: the interaction between artistic craft and the transformative processes of nature. – Excerpts from curatorial text by Nguyen Hai Nam.
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HCM City-On Da Dream
Exhibition: Aug 10-Sep 21, 10 am – 07 pm, Tues – Sat,
Galerie Quynh, 118 Nguyen Ven Thu Street, D1,
From the organizer:
A solo exhibition by Vy Trịnh, curated by Thái Hà. Showcasing a series of new sculptures spread across three floors as well as a site-responsive sculptural installation, the artist’s first show with the gallery blurs the distinction between its exhibition rooms and the streets and pavements just beyond the gallery’s courtyard.
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Exhibition “Mindscape”
Aug 2-31, 09:30 am – 07 pm, Mon – Sat,
Indochine House
32A Nha Chung Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
& 628C Vo Nguyen Giap Street, D2, HCMC
From the organiser:
In the 20th century, Thomas Merton, through his words, cultivated and evoked an inner world rich in contemplation amidst the suddenness of nature. He was not the first to mention the solitary and meditative feeling of the scenery, but he precisely described what we received from ancient artifacts from the East. Those vases, bowls, and plates, adorned with aesthetic decorations, depict phoenixes soaring under a golden sky, where pine trees spread wide from a cliff, reaching major collections in the West. These artifacts bear the names of their homeland: Arita, and Imari – great centers of ceramic production and export in the land of the rising sun. Along with bronzeware, they have diligently transported the diverse system of humanistic philosophies and aesthetic sensibilities of the Japanese people to global enthusiasts for centuries.
Interwoven tightly with traditional and modern values, what painting expresses is no exception. Transcending the dimensions of the canvas, the “Flood Season” series is a grand narrative about the Mekong River, depicting the captivating beauty of Dong Thap Muoi while serving as a poignant narrative by painter Ca Le Thang. From another perspective, the arrangement of subjects under the faint light by painter Le Vuong adds a subtle melody of humanity inside the form of still life. Additionally, the persistent efforts of painters Doan Xuan Tang, Nguyen Hong Duc, Nguyen Tho Hieu, and Doan Van Toi delve into the depths of consciousness to engage sincerely with viewers. Meanwhile, in the field of sculpture, the famous artist Vu Binh Minh presents dynamic works that skillfully condense many revolving states of nature.
The “Mindscape” exhibition will occur with a series of satellite events organized at Indochine House in Hanoi and Saigon.
HCM City- Celestial Dust
Aug 9-Sept 8, 09 am – 06 pm, Thurs & Fri,
Wiking Salon
1st floor – Centec building, 72 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Ward 6, D3
Registration link
Solo art exhibition showcasing 40 lacquer paintings by Dinh Quan, utilising traditional Vietnamese lacquer combined with other innovative and unique synthetic materials on wood core.
40 artworks displayed this time represent a confluence of deeply absorbed Eastern philosophy and aesthetics and a Western visual lexicon based on the fundamental units of form, mass, line, and colour in their physical-visual correlation, guiding the viewer into landscapes of mental states with diverse emotional terrains.
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Dalat City- Dalat Art Street returns for 2nd year
Until May 2025
Featuring a variety of art exhibitions and musical performances.
There is an exhibition of historical relics and items from the Central Highlands, including traditional farming tools, musical instruments, jewellery, and objects used in rituals.
Pleiku City, Gia Lai Province- Outdoor display of antique artifacts
Until the end of 2024,
Pleiku City
An outdoor exhibition entitled “Tay Nguyen – Gia Lai Paradise” displaying antique artifacts of local ethnic people.
Highlights of the exhibition are a white elephant bone chair dating back 700 years and a collection of elephant hunting tools dating back more than 100 years of the M'Nong ethnic group.
On display are thousands of antique artifacts of collector Dang Minh Tam, including musical instruments, hunting and weaving tools, ceremonial objects, jewelry items and other items in the life of ethnic groups in the five Central Highlands provinces.