January 18-24: Exhibition “The Yuendumu Doors”

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Exhibition “The Yuendumu Doors”
Exhibition “The Yuendumu Doors”

HANOI

EXHIBITION

Exhibition “The Yuendumu Doors”

December 8, 2020 – January 20, 2021

Trong Dong Building

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Nguyen Van Huyen Street, Cau Giay District

“The Yuendumu Doors” exhibition introduces one of the most important cultural and artistic collections in Australia.

It brings Australia’s unique Indigenous culture to a Vietnamese audience and deepens the people-to-people links between the two countries.

Exhibition “Unknown Shore”

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District

Dang Dinh Hung’s paintings are populated with dots, broken or continuous lines, letters, O’s, A’s, and circumflex accents, which he calls “initial images”. These are indeed basic, childish, natural letters. They are both themselves, but also seen in another form. It is a symbolic painting.

PERFORMANCE

The Japanese Film Festival Online

Japanese Film Festival Online Site

The Japanese Film Festival Online (JFF Online) will be held from 13 – 22 January, 2021.

You are invited to enjoy the fascinating world of Japanese cinema at https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/page/vietnam/

The site is available from January 13, 2021. Each movie will be screened within 24 hours only from the scheduled starting time.

HO CHI MINH CITY

Exhibition of traditional Japanese dolls

January 8-27, 08 am – 05 pm

Ho Chi Minh City Fines Art Museum

97A Pho Duc Chinh street, District 1

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam is hosting the first-ever exhibition of “Traditional Japanese Dolls” at Ho Chi Minh City Fines Art Museum.

This exhibition features 32 traditional dolls depicting the gracefulness of Japanese ladies in kimono, popular characters in Japanese Noh and Kabuki plays, babies, children, teenagers royal dolls and clay dolls.

Exhibition “Thuy Nguyen – An Everyday Dream”

November 7, 2020 – February 6, 2021

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre

No 15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien, District 2

Known and recognised for her multidisciplinary creative practice, entrepreneurship and distinct aesthetic, Thuy Nguyen is one of Vietnam’s most celebrated designers and a leader in Vietnam’s emerging and rapidly growing fashion industry.

This exhibition, curated by Dolla S. Merrillees, is the first to explore her career and practice of more than a decade, revealing the background, creative processes, cultural influences and inspiration that have contributed to the making of a successful and acclaimed fashion design house.