July 16 - 22: Exhibition “The Wonderland” in Hanoi

NDO— A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events that will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Exhibition “The Wonderland” in Hanoi.
Exhibition “The Wonderland” in Hanoi.

HANOI

PERFORMANCE

Live Performance “Bamboo Talk”

7 pm, July 16 and 22

Phu Sa Lab

21/52 To Ngoc Van Street, Quang An Ward, Tay Ho District

Come and enjoy a whole evening of creative performances accompanied by music played on instruments made entirely of BAMBOO – the inspiration for every high-end show in Vietnam.

Ticket: 700,000VND (dinner and 1 drink included)

Ca Tru Shows by Kim Duc Ca Quan

7pm, June 21

Phu Sa Lab

21/52 To Ngoc Van Road, Quang An Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi

You are invited to a Ca Tru Show – Kim Duc Ca Quan at Phu Sa Lab.

Entry Fee: VND 500,000 (includes dinner and drink)

EXHIBITION

Exhibition “French Comics Today”

Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

France was one of the first countries in the world to publish comic books.

Through this exhibition, you will get to discover a variety of French language comics from the 21st century in all their diversity.

Participating in the opening of the exhibition are authors Alexandre Clérisse and Aurélie Neyret, curator Thierry Groensteen from La Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image (the international city of comics and image) in Angoulême.

Free entry

Exhibition “Shadow” by Nguyen Thuy Duong

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi

You are invited to an exhibition of 13 acrylic paintings by artist Nguyen Thuy Duong.

Free entry

Exhibition “The Wonderland” by Dang Viet Linh

Centre of Art-Photography Exhibition

29 Hang Bai Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi

The exhibition consists of 30 paintings, including 18 gouache paintings on Dó paper and 12 oil paintings on canvas, created by artist Dang Viet Linh from 2015 to June 2018.

“THE WONDERLAND” was inspired by the childhood stories in the author’s village where there are not only the memories, remembrances and dreams of the author but also the whole community in the past with ordinary stories, and the simplicity of country life. The stories and discoveries of the homeland create shimmering landscapes full of colour, imagination and fascination, honoring the memories of the past.

Free entry

HO CHI MINH CITY

PERFORMANCE

Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture

6:00 pm, every day except Monday and Friday

Ho Chi Minh City Opera House

7 Cong Truong Lam Son, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1

‘Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture’ features a vibrant display of circus arts, aerial acrobatics, and tribal music within an hour-long performance.

The show highlights the lives of tribal families from the southwest highlands of Vietnam, using UNESCO-listed percussion instruments, such as Vietnamese gongs and buffalo horns, as well as vibrant costumes, and a stunning bamboo cirque depicting various landscapes and creatures from tribal folklore.

Price range: VND630,000 - VND1,470,000

EXHIBITION

Exhibition “King” by Pham Thanh Toan

Craig Thomas Gallery

27i Tran Nhat Duat Street, Tan Dinh Ward, District 1, HCMC

Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 11 am to 6pm; Sundays 12 to 5 pm; and by appointment

Toan’s “King” collection comprises of a bold batch of primarily over-sized canvases with several of the works themselves being quadriptychs and pentaptychs. The effect of such large paintings, often done in luxuriantly thick layers of imported oils, is immediate and visceral. The planning and ambition required to execute works of such magnitude is nothing short of miraculous for a young artist having his first gallery curated solo exhibition. There is a confidence and skill on display in his new work – a complete departure from his previous two collections – that belies Toan’s relatively tender years.

Exhibition “ELLIPSIS”

Toong Minh Khai

126 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Str, Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City

The “Ellipsis” exhibition is an attempt by 4 image-making artists: Danny Bach, Minh Pham, Dat Vu and Cietisoo Nguyen, to connect and share our personal approaches to photography and image-making with the creative community.

Free entrance

Exhibition “Gang of Five Chancing Modern”

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre

15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre (HCMC) and Art Vietnam (Hanoi) proudly co-present Gang of Five Chancing Modern – an on-going art project initiated by curator Le thuan Uyen, surveying over three decades of artistic practice by five of the most important figures in the art scene of North Vietnam: Hong Viet Dung, Ha Tri Hieu, Dang Xuan Hoa, Tran Luong and Pham Quang Vinh. Featuring nearly forty paintings and numerous original historical materials (including reviews and interviews, archival images, exhibition guest books, two short film documentaries, and a timeline tracking the conception, development, and reunion of the Gang of Five), this is one of the few retrospective exhibitions staged in Vietnam that thoroughly documents the lives and preoccupations of local artists (and/or artist groups) of the 20th century.

Tickets:
For adults: VND 35,000
For students: VND 25,000 (with appropriate student ID)
For children under 16: free (with appropriate ID)