A leading art expert estimates that at least half of the paintings in Hanoi's Museum of Fine Arts could be copies of originals removed for safekeeping during the Vietnam War. Copies were made to enable the museum to stay open under the threat of ...full story

This was perhaps due to the recessions, and the growing corporate market in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and other metropolitan areas in the region that siphoned away talent from the island. One may perhaps take consolation that since then, many new artists ...full story

Art students from Institut Kesenian Jakarta, Fakultas Seni Rupa have painted their impressions of Norway inspired by Norwegian landscape- and art-books as well as a film about Norway the students got the assignment of catching the spirit of Norway on ...full story

After all, he is listed in Who's Who in American art. At various occasions he staged one-man shows in various art capitals of the world notably in Mexico, Canada, the United States, Brazil, and Manila, among others. Everywhere his paintings have been ...full story

Other activities will include a trade fair, a costume show and a sports and traditional art competition. The festival is part of the tourism programme co-organised by Lao Cai, Phu Tho and Yen Bai provinces every year. Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Museum and ...full story

Living in a small house in Hue, Thua Thien Province, Nguyen Luong Hot, owns five stamp collections with different themes, such as President Ho Chi Minh's Life and career, Poems in Praise of Uncle Ho and bamboos and the Dien Bien Phu Battle. ...full story

What surprised me the most about Art Melbourne was how much better the Melbourne version of the fair was than the Sydney version (Art Sydney 08) which was last held in October 2008. As I reported on my Art Market Blog (http://www.artmarketblog.com), ...full story

According to him, the events are aimed to promote Indonesian art and culture to a wider audience in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and in the other emirates. "The success of the performances have shown us that more and more people have become familiarized with ...full story

Closer to home, in Dubai in the past few months there has also been increased interest in contemporary art from both India and Pakistan. The Third Line brought work from both countries together in its Lines of Control exhibition in January, Art Dubai ...full story

The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold an artistic festival, titled “Today's Children, Tomorrow's World”, especially for children, from May 28 th to June 2 nd at severallocations across Hanoi. Reportedly, four international art ...full story