In the following interview granted to Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper, Director Le Quy Duong explained the reason why Da Nang city was selected to host the festival and shared his thoughts on the current situation of Vietnam’s stage arts. Director Duong was recently elected to the International Theatre Institute’s Executive Council and President of the International Festival Forum’s Executive Board at ITI’s 35th World Congress in Spain last year. Question: Can you please give us a short introduction on the International Theatre Institute and the International Festival Forum (IFF)? Director Le Quy Duong: The ITI was founded by UNESCO in 1948 with a mission to build a sustainable and equal connection among all countries in performing arts. After its 70-year development, the ITI now has 90 official members. The IFF is a major forum of the ITI and UNESCO, serving as a coordinator, policy-maker and organiser of performing arts festivals around the globe. How far has Vietnamese performing arts developed and integrated into the world, in your opinion? Director Le Quy Duong: Vietnam possesses a unique and diverse repertoire of traditional cultural heritages and performing arts, and many of the heritages have been inscribed onto the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. However, Vietnamese stage artists should be provided with more favourable conditions and equip themselves with professional skills in order to join their international colleagues on the global stage and promote Vietnamese performing arts to the world. Can you please reveal the reason why Da Nang was chosen to host… [Read full story]
Danish Embassy promotes Vietnamese art Minh Nguyet By Minh Nguyet in Hanoi ‘My Daughter III’ by Doan Hoang Lam is on display at the Danish Embassy in Hanoi - Photo: Courtesy of organizers A number of outstanding paintings and graphic works by Vietnamese artists are going to be displayed for six months at the Danish Embassy in Hanoi under a project to promote Vietnamese fine arts, which is implemented by the Denmark-Vietnam Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF). The exhibition originated from an art project of Vietnamese artists introduced to the Danish Embassy last year. After choosing the best pieces,…... [read more]
The year 2016 saw a great shock for the country’s fine arts when fake paintings were found at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum for the first time. The exhibition, themed “Paintings Come Back from Europe,” displayed seventeen works of art by the “legendary foursome” of Vietnamese fine arts—Nguyen Tu Nghiem, Duong Bich Lien, Nguyen Sang and Bui Xuan Phai—as well as some well-known painters from Dong Duong Fine Arts University (1925-1945). Receiving complaints from visitors that most exhibits were forgeries, the exhibition’s Examination Council checked and concluded that fifteen of them had not been painted by the…... [read more]
Fake paintings cause difficulties for the fine arts market The year 2016 saw a great shock for the country’s fine arts when fake paintings were found at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum for the first time. The exhibition, themed “Paintings Come Back from Europe,” displayed seventeen works of art by the “legendary foursome” of Vietnamese fine arts—Nguyen Tu Nghiem, Duong Bich Lien, Nguyen Sang and Bui Xuan Phai—as well as some well-known painters from Dong Duong Fine Arts University (1925-1945). Receiving complaints from visitors that most exhibits were forgeries, the exhibition’s Examination Council checked and concluded that…... [read more]
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - A new book featuring Vietnamese emerging artists has been released worldwide as a celebration of Việt Nam's vibrant contemporary art scene. The English-language publication is the eighth project of Global Eye Programme, which was established in 2009 by Parallel Contemporary Art in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery in order to nurture artistic talent across Asia's emerging art scenes. Titled Vietnam Eye: Contemporary Vietnamese Art, the 300-page book introduces 56 artists who have been making increasingly confident steps toward a genuinely exciting art scene. David and Serenella Ciclitira, founders of Parallel Contemporary Art, said when they…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge – A new book featuring Vietnamese emerging artists has been released worldwide as a celebration of Viet Nam’s vibrant contemporary art scene. City scape: A photo relief by Nguyen The Son is on display at the exhibition Vietnam Eye. — Photos: VNS The English-language publication is the eighth project of Global Eye Programme, which was established in 2009 by Parallel Contemporary Art in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery in order to nurture artistic talent across Asia’s emerging art scenes. Titled Vietnam Eye: Contemporary Vietnamese Art, the 300-page book introduces 56 artists who have been making increasingly confident steps toward…... [read more]
