Calligraphy is no longer only a man''s occupation in Viet Nam, but the
image of a woman sitting and donating words to passersby is somehow
still unusual to many people.
Japanese photojournalist Bunyo Ishikawa plans to
donate to HCM City''s War Remnants Museum 150 photos he took during his
time in Viet Nam during and after the war against the US.
Art critic and culture researcher Phan Cam Thuong
has published books about Vietnamese fine arts history since 1984. He
teaches at the Viet Nam Academy of Fine Arts'' Faculty of Art History and
Criticism.
Thai collector Tira Vanichtheeranon will open a
painting exhibition featuring one of the greatest names of Viet Nam''s
art history, To Ngoc Van, and Thai famed artist Fua Haripitak in Bangkok on Monday.
Thai collector of Vietnamese paintings, Tira Vanichtheeranont, is
offering to donate autographed prints of a portrait of legendary painter
To Ngoc Van sketched by his eminent student Le Lam.
An ongoing exhibition at the HCM City Museum of Fine
Arts offers visitors a rare chance to contemplate priceless works by
big names from Vietnamese painting.
