One of the great painters in this century, the Vietnamese artist Bui Xuan Phai passed away eleven years ago. He lived his life in poverty, and his talent was mostly disregarded by his contemporaries. He has gained a lot of recognition however, aft ... Read More

Through the Upheavals of History

Compared to other Asian countries, and according to several art commentators, Vietnam was the earliest to merge into the the main stream of modern art, as defined by the West, in both form and content. Such ... Read More

During the past few years, Vietnamese Modern Art has assumed a more definite shape. ‘Doi Moi’, Vietnam’s Perestroika, introduced in 1986, allowed the creative artist more freedom. At the end of the eighties, this resulted in an e ... Read More

By Phan Cam Thuong
Fine Arts Critics

(This article is writen about artist Hoang Hai Anh and his works)

The contribution of an artist to fine art creation can be recognize either through his innovation of art language, or simply ... Read More

The Straits Times Singapore, January 2007
Arts Correspondent
By Clara Chow

After the false start of the 1990s,Vietnam’s art is poised to take on a higher profile, despite rampant fakes and copying.

Soon after Karen Ong ... Read More

From Asian Art News 2005
By Bradford Edwards

Since the mid-1990s, Vietnamese artist have become much less tentative about experimenting so that the media in which artists work have broadened considerably. No longer is a painter simply ... Read More

From Asian Art News 2005
By Bradford Edwards

The most basic ideas of ten seem to translate well visually. Veronica Radulovic has utilized a simple concept to make her most recent exhibition very effective and direct in its message. Sh ... Read More

By Vietnam News August 7th, 2004

Vietnamese artist Do Tuan Anh won the Jurors’ Choice award in the annual ASEAN Art Awards, held in Bangkok on Wednesday, for his work entitled Invasion of Death.

The ASEAN Art Awards 2004, with its ... Read More

By Jame Gordon, 2004

Morden art in Saigon has a number of motifs, which foreigners who have been in the city any length of time will have noticed keep turning up. Vietnamese modern art is colourful and powerfully projected. Yet the Vietname ... Read More

By Ian Findlay
Asian Art News Jan/Feb 2004

Since the late 1980s, lacquer painting has become one of the most successful genres within contemporary Vietnamese art. The success and the quality of many lacquer works has led numerous over ... Read More

By Ian Findlay
Asian Art News May/June 2002

The horse has always been one of the most powerful symbols for all humankind both in folk myth and reality. In Asian fine arts and literature, the horse has been a particularly important mot ... Read More

Arts of Asia January – February 2002
By Kerry Nguyen Long

The development of lacquer as a medium for the artist is one of the more singnificant a chievement in the art world of 20th century Vietnam. Although China produced lacquered ... Read More

Asian Art News, August 2001
By Ian Findlay

During the French colonial era in Viet Nam,lacquer painting was seen very much as a craft rather than an art.Today,however,it is viewed as an extremely important art form among a new generati ... Read More

By Natalia Kraevskaia, Ph.D
March 30, 2000

The unprecedented shift in Vietnamese modern art after “doi moi” is widely recognized (1). The emergence of new art forms and stylistic diversity, the recognition of Vietnamese mo ... Read More

By Art Critic Duong Tuong, 2000

It is not very long since Vietnamese art in general and contemporary Vietnamese art in particular emerged from unrecognition – I’d rather say anonymity – to have its say on the world’s ... Read More

By Huu Ngoc

Until the middle of the 20th century, Vietnamese rarely left their home village for another place. An analogy was drawn with the pagoda bell which was rarely taken out of the village: when someone left the village to try out his ... Read More

By Quang Phong, Quang Viet and H.C.

Vietnam is moving forward. The Vietnamese are not only looking ahead to their future, however, but also making an effort to sort out their past. Recently they have come to terms with the origin of their m ... Read More

Asian Art News, 1999
By Ian Findlay

In a rush to modernity, many contemporary Vietnamese artists have discarded their nation’s past. Its legends, myths, cruelties, and inequities do not inspire them. But this is not so for Hanoi ... Read More

The Hong Kong Standard, 1998
By Richard Frost

The French did little for the Vietnamese people during their 56-year colonial rule, because they never felt there was any gain in the development or education of the country. The major eff ... Read More

ASIAN ART NEWS 1998
By Shannon K. Curry

Of the many faces of contemporary Vietnamese art one of the most striking is that of figurative. In all its diversity, Vietnamese figure painting covers a wide variety of emotion and style. A re ... Read More

Asian Art News, 1997
By Ian Findlay and Helene Hagemans

The vitality of the contemporary Vietnamese art scene is being driven not only by clear commercial considerations, but also by artists and dealers committed to creating and promo ... Read More

ASIAN ART NEWS 1997
By Bradford Edwards

Artists in Vietnam are beginning to respond to growing social and artistic change in the country with fresh ideas and new voices.

As Vietnamese contemporary art continues to respond to do ... Read More

ASIAN ART NEWS, 1997
By Ian Howard

While Vietnamese artists are becoming more active participants in the international art world, they have not rejected their own cultures. As Vietnam changes rapidly, its best artists seek to confront ... Read More

From Asian Art News, 1996
By Ian Findlay Brown

While many contemporary Vietnamese artists struggle with the desire to create experimental art for the international art market, Nguyen Thanh Binh’s canvasses reflect a world of poe ... Read More

From “Vietnam Contemporary Art”, 1996
By The Hanoi Fine Arts Publisher

1925-1945
The Establishment of the Fine Art College of Indochine
1995 marks the 70th year of existence of Vietnamese painting. From 1925 to ... Read More