Vietnamese comics reached their zenith in 2003, when
the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
entered Viet Nam and publishers exploited comic works by Vietnamese
authors.
Noted painter Van Duong Thanh has, for the first time, put on display
her 11 portraits by painters Nguyen Tu Nghiem (1922) and Bui
Xuan Phai (1920-1988).
The HCM City-based painters and cartoonists are expressing their
patriotism about Viet Nam''s sovereignty through works on display at the
city''s Fine Arts Museum.
The joint exhibition Six Painters, Six Styles includes works in acrylic
and oil with a diverse variety of techniques by French expats living
and working in HCM City.
It is portrait season at historical and cultural sites in Ha Noi, such
as Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) and Hoan Kiem Lake. During Tet,
enterprising professional and amateur painters and fine arts students
can earn as much as VND1 million (US$47) a...
After decades belonging to galleries and exhibitions outside Viet Nam,
several paintings by famous Vietnamese painters have been returned to
the country thanks to the extraordinary efforts of a Vietnamese art
collector, Nguyen Minh.
A display of 60 sketches and paintings depicting soldiers, people and
their works during the resistance war by 17 veteran painters is now open
in the War Remnants Museum in HCM City to mark the 69th anniversary of
the Viet Nam People''s Army...
One of Malaysia''s leading painters, Yusof Ghani,
will showcase his latest works in a group exhibition at the Viet Nam
National Museum of Fine Arts in the capital from March 24.
