On September 14, the Department of Fine Arts, Photography, and Exhibitions and the Vietnamese Cultural Center in France—both under Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism—jointly launched an exhibition showcasing Vietnamese lacquer paintings and products in France.
Over 30 lacquer paintings created by 21 young artists are being showcased at an exhibition that aims to inspire and promote a love of traditional lacquer art among the public.
A series of activities promoting Vietnamese traditional costumes, cuisine, music, and arts will take place in South Africa within the framework of "Vietnamese Day Abroad 2023" in the middle of September.
Young artists have exerted efforts to preserve the value of traditional Hang Trong paintings with materials other than the Vietnamese traditional art forms such as lacquer and silk.
According to Vietnamese custom, each year corresponds to an animal (also known as a mascot). For the 2023 Lunar New Year of the Cat, many unique products bearing images of cats have been introduced to the market.
More than 30 outstanding artworks of eight famous Vietnamese painters and sculptors will be exhibited at the Vietnam University of Fine Art in Hanoi from April 2-8.
The lacquerware making village of Ha Thai is facing numerous difficulties in developing the traditional craft and attracting labourers as many people have changed jobs due to unstable income, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Painter Phuong Hong is famous for his works relating to Buddhism. His paintings are highly appreciated by experts for utilising many materials from water colours, lacquer to oil-painting and others.
Thirty artworks by Bui Quang Thang and Nguyen Vinh Thinh depicting different shades of traditional art are on display at an exhibition titled ‘Voc & Dang’ (Lacquer Panel and Posture) in Hanoi.
Lacquer is the link between one artist from Vietnam and two from France at the painting exhibition “The Soul of Vietnamese Lacquer” at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
A solo art exhibition titled “Focus” by Romanian painter Sergiu Moise is being held in Hanoi, showing 30 paintings created during his last five years living in Vietnam.
The traditional art of lacquerware in the southern province of Binh Duong’s Tuong Binh Hiep ward has been accredited as a national intangible heritage.
If the Vespa scooter is a symbol of Italian culture, then lacquer is the quintessence of Vietnam’s traditional art. A Vespa inlaid with pieces of egg shell shows harmony between the East and the West.
Vietnam will join the compilation of a multinational dossier to seek UNESCO’s recognition of the traditional craft of “son mai” (lacquer) as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage.
Furniture and lacquer products featuring Vietnamese cultural identities are being introduced by investment promotion centres from Binh Duong and Hanoi at the 2016 Int Furniture Fair in Singapore.
