Noteworthy arts and culture events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from December 15-21:
Hanoi
The Rose of Autumn Concert
8.30 pm, December 20
The Black Box
56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi
Ticket price: VND 200,000
Christmas Concert with Hanoi Ensemble
8pm, December 20
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
Price for 1st drink: VND 250,000
Exhibition “Townscapes”
Dong Phong Art Gallery
3 Ly Dao Thanh Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
“Townscapes” is a solo exhibition by the accomplished artist Do Minh Tam held in the small Dong Phong Gallery, known to art lovers for several successful art shows earlier this year. The exhibition will display the most recent of Do Minh Tam’s extraordinary paintings, showing new talents of an artist who is already well known for his brilliant abstract motives. Being the festive season, these paintings could be wonderful Christmas and/or New Year gifts for lovers of Vietnamese fine arts.
Showcase of Muong Ceramics
MODULE 7
83 Xuan Dieu Street, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Muong Ceramics is a product of Muong Studio of Ceramics, an Arts Centre at the Muong’s Culture Museum. In collaboration with Module 7, these works will be exhibited with interior products designed and made in traditional craft villages and holding long-standing cultural values of traditional artisanal know-how with a resonance of modernity.
Exhibition “Beautiful Handicrafts of Tohoku, Japan”
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
The displays present works of mingei members included Kanjiro Kawai, Shoji Hamada, Keisuke Serizawa and Shiko Munakata in various mediums—ceramics, lacquerware, textiles, metalwork, wood and bamboo crafts, etc.—allowing visitors to enjoy the diverse and exquisite world of Tohoku traditions.
HCM City
Ho Chi Minh City International Dance Festival 2014
December 7-16
Gem Center and HCMC Opera House
The festival in 2014 will present three shows and a series of workshops and talks, featuring renown contemporary dancers and choreographers from France, Italy, Korea, Japan, Israel, Norway/Sweden, Taiwan, and 2 companies from Vietnam (Arabesque Dance Company and The Ballet and Symphony Orchestra of Hochiminh City).
Exhibition “The Cosmos and The Sea”
Galerie Quynh
Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Come to “The Cosmos and The Sea” – a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Christine Nguyen. A noted artist known for works that draw upon the imageries of science and nature, Christine Nguyen will present a collection of new and recent photo-based work ranging from intimate c-prints to ambitious mural-size work.
Exhibition “Phuong Quoc Tri 2014″
Craig Thomas Gallery
27i Tran Nhat Duat, Tan Dinh ward, District 1
The oil paintings on display focus on the issues of birth, childhood and parenthood, and animating the artist’s life at the moment.
Exhibition “Dying after Afternoon”
Tu Do Gallery
53 Ho Tung Mau Street, District 1
You are invited to the exhibition titled “Dying after Afternoon” which features 21 artworks of HCMC-based painter Trinh Thanh Tung.
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