Art events in Vietnam this week

Read with us 16: Photography as Relation

Sóng Sánh Café

As a photographer whose practice is grounded in an intercultural perspective and shaped through collaborative processes, I chose relation as the thread connecting this selection. After studying the collection at Matca, I found many similarities with Sugar Paper, an independent cultural space dedicated to contemporary photography and the photobook that I co-founded in my hometown of Modena, Italy, in 2023. Perhaps both grew from a shared belief in the photobook as a powerful platform for bringing different perspectives into dialogue, while also questioning the established narratives through which we understand the world.

Azure Galaxy

VCCA

Trương Tân

From October 3rd to November 15th, 2026, Vincom Contemporary Art Center (VCCA) is honoured to present the solo exhibition “AZURE GALAXY” by artist Trương Tân, featuring nearly 200 artworks on ceramics and 300 landscape sketches. The exhibition offers a new perspective on one of the pioneering artists of contemporary Vietnamese art, with a powerful and uncompromising artistic practice.

Open studio | “The Writers’ Unmasking: A Game of Literary Memory”

Vũ Dân Tân Museum

Vũ Dân Tân

In 2009, battling severe illness and sensing the twilight of his life, Vu Dan Tan embarked on a deeply personal tribute to his father—the illustrious playwright and publisher, Vu Dinh Long. He painted a series of portraits, capturing the visages of the literary icons whose works were once brought to light by his father’s legendary publishing house, Tan Dan.

Where Shadows Breathe

Mơ Art Space

Iris Sa

Constructing a Feminine Cosmos: Body, Memory, and Other Worlds in the Practice of Iris Sa

Spinning Ghost Colors

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

Kito Kengo

Hundreds of colorful hoops stretch from one space to another.

Hanoi: Traces of Time

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

Andy Soloman

As part of its 125th anniversary celebrations, the landmark Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel has acquired for its private collection a curated set of 16 signed, limited-edition photographic prints by British photographer Andy Soloman, to be known as The Soloman Metropole Collection.

In A Shared World

Indochine House

Tran Hoang Son, Lê Quý Tông, Nguyen Hong Duc, Nguyễn Thế Hùng, Doan Van Toi

Every being in the world carries a distinct temporal structure, material dimension, and ecosystem of memories. At an individual level, each person is an entirely singular entity, with no exact replica capable of being perfectly reconstructed. Yet each individual exists both within a world of their own and in a wider web of relations, where differing experiences, perceptions, and values encounter and transform one another.

Tourismism

Work Room Four

Quách Bắc

Tourismism examines how landscapes, communities, and everyday life are transformed by the growing demands of this developing brand of consumptive travel. Developed after observations from living in Sapa for a period of time, this body of work was developed in response to the lived experience of first visiting a place and then the realities of living there.

Exhibition "33.23.45"

Sóng Mây Gallery.S

Trần Trọng Tri

Sóng Mây Gallery.S is pleased to present 33.23.45 , a selection of works by sculptor Trần Trọng Tri, on view at the gallery from 7 November to 27 December 2026.

Heirloom

Vin Gallery

Duong Thuy Nguyen

Working across sculpture, moving image and installation, Vietnamese artist Duong Thuy Nguyen presents Heirloom , her first solo exhibition, opening at Vin Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, from 16 September to 20 November 2026.

Flow of Lacquer

Toong

Lacquer art: the mastery of patience – covering to reveal, concealing to manifest.

left on read

Dogma

Lesley-Anne Cao, Thao Nguyen Phan

At once an exhibition, library, and pop-up bookshop, left on read is guided by reading and the written word, and their role in knowledge transmission, social mobilization, and imagination. Bringing together contemporary artworks and archival materials, the exhibition considers printed matter in its many forms and the circumstances in which it circulates, as a means of communication and (self-)education, as well as governance and nation-building.

Hey! To My Undisclosed Heart, the Rhyme

Rare Sea

Martin Constable

Hey! To My Undisclosed Heart, the Rhyme, the title proposed by Martin Constable for this exhibition, sounds like a line taken from a poem or an epic. On closer reading, it also brings together two aspects of his practice. The “undisclosed heart” points towards something inward that can only ever be partially expressed, while “rhyme” evokes the return of forms and meanings across time.

Undercurrents

Quang San Art Museum

Trần Đình Bình

UNDERCURRENTS – TRẦN ĐÌNH BÌNH

NEVER BEEN HERE

Gate Gate Gallery

Nguyễn Thái Bảo, Hoàng Phạm Gia Khang

Gate Gate Gallery is pleased to present the duo exhibition "Never Been Here - Như chưa từng ở đây," featuring works by artists Nguyễn Thái Bảo and Hoàng Phạm Gia Khang. Through video, game, and interactive installation, the exhibition opens a profound dialogue on perception, corporeality, and presence - where technology transcends its role as a mere medium to become a subject of contemplation. Does knowing a thing mean becoming it?

Memory Map: An exercise of remembering and mapmaking

EMASI Nam Long

Nguyễn Art Foundation (NAF) warmly invites audiences to join the children’s workshop ‘Memory Map: An Exercise in Remembering and Mapmaking’ , led by Bach Tung.