A painting exhibition by Japanese illustrator Iwasaki Chihiro opened at the Japanese Cultural Exchange Centre on 27 Quang Trung street , Hanoi on April 28. The exhibition was jointly organized by Chihiro Art Museum and the Japanese Cultural Exchange ... full story
In 1997, the Chihiro Art Museum was built in Tokyo to honour her contributions and artistic achievements. In 2005, the Museum, in cooperation with the Vietnam Women's Union held an exhibition of 80 paintings chosen from her 9350 works of art. ... full story
UAE. Meem Gallery in Dubai has announced the opening of an exhibition of Dia Al-Azzawi's recent work on 28 April. Dia Al-Azzawi is internationally recognised as one of the pioneers of modern Arab art. His oeuvre comprises over 40 years of work and ... full story
Dinh is over 70 years old and has arthritis, however, he has not yet stopped devoting his life to art. He is head of the Song and Dance Ensemble of Ho Chi Minh City War Veterans Association. He also sings to the community and setups singing groups for ... full story
But most Vietnamese still in Southeast Asia remember the conflict as a good war — proof of Ho Chi Minh's popular dictum that “nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.” Many Americans perceive Vietnam as “a failure of American ... full story
The International Modern & Contemporary Art sale will be held on April 29 and present more than 150 works representing artists from around the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, alongside a handful of works by Western artists. ... full story
Since 2005 there has been a 400 percent increase in the amount spent by Middle Eastern art dealers, experts say. The Dubai branch of auctioneer Christie's this week launched the preview of its first biannual sales of 2009. ... full story
Philip Dodd, former director of the British Contemporary Art Center said, "From London to New York, and then to Paris, each person who is concerned with art is talking about 798." 798 is the symbol of Chinese contemporary art going worldwide. ... full story
Such is the case with the New York artist Jonathan Horowitz in this smart, crisply edited retrospective. The works evoke the media-saturated art of the 1970s, the neo-Conceptualist consumer art of the 1980s, and the identity art of the 1990s, ... full story
Around 50 sculptures created by master craftsmen between AD 200 and 1850 will go on shown in the new gallery to explore how the Buddha has been represented in Asian art. The Gallery will tell the story of the life of the Buddha and the spread of ... full story
