HCMC-Nutcracker returns for two performances

Dec 11 and 12, 8pm

HCM City Opera House

Performed by the HCMC Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera.

Tickets are priced from VND450,000 up to VND900,000, with a concessionary price of VND150,000 for students on production of a student card.

EXHIBITION

Hanoi-Exhibition “Shifting Cloud”

Born and bred in the delta of Northern Vietnam, the region’s ancient religious architecture, such as pagoda, temple, shrine, or communal hall, always holds a dear place in my heart with not only images of time-honored architectural features such as roof, pillar, carving, etc., but also the atmospheric vibrations of the play of shimmering lights, the echo of the golden old days, or the unpretentiousness of stone and wood, still very much alive, still possessing great spiritual values.

Phu Quoc Island-Exhibition on Vietnam’s cultural and natural heritage sites

Dec 4-10

Centre for culture, sports and radio in Duong Dong town, Phu Quoc district.

A photo exhibition on world cultural and natural heritage sites in Vietnam.

The heritages include the Complex of Hue Monuments, Hoi An ancient town, My Son sanctuary, Thang Long Imperial Citadel, Ho Dynasty Citadel, Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Trang An Complex, and Hue royal court music, among others.

Hanoi-Exhibition “The Yuendumu Doors”

Opening: Dec 8, 4 pm
Exhibition: Dec 8, 2020 – Jan 20, 2021
Trong Dong Building, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Street

From the organizer:

The Yuendumu Doors exhibition introduces one of the most important cultural and artistic collections in Australia. Following the Canning Stock Route and the Evolution: Torres Strait Masks displays in 2016 and 2018, this exhibition will continue to bring Australia’s unique Indigenous culture to a Vietnamese audience and deepen the people-to-people links between the two countries. Featuring 15 out of 30 doors painted at the Yuendumu community school in 1984, the exhibition tells the story of how an Aboriginal community preserved and adapted their culture to historical changes to their land.

Australia is home to one of the world’s oldest living cultures, with Aboriginal communities established nearly 60,000 years before European settlement. One of many Indigenous art collections, the Yuendumu doors were painted by the Warlpiri people, one of the largest Aboriginal communities living for many thousands of years in Central Australia. This community project was an attempt by the Warlpiri elders to pass down their ancestors’ stories and traditional values to younger generations to promote cultural understanding in the face of modern education. This collection also marked one of the very first times Aboriginal arts were presented with western art mediums and introduced to the public.

Online exhibition featuring shared culture of Vietnam, Australia

Until March 12, 2021

An online exhibition, the "Skilled Hands, Shared Culture" featuring 20 contemporary Vietnamese and Australian designers, artists and artisans whose work contributes to supporting vibrant and sustainable communities.

The Vietnamese artists joining the exhibition comprise Le Giang, Nguyen Tan Phat, Nguyen Thi Dung, Nguyen Van Loi, Pham Thi Ngoc Tram, Vu Kim Thu and Van Ngo Trong, while their Australian counterparts consist of Claire Tracey, Grace Lilian Lee, Lindy de Wijn, Michelle Hamer, Muhubo Salieman, Slow Art Collective, Vermin, Vicki Couzens, Vipoo Srivilasa, Yu Fang Chi and Kieren Karritpul.

The exhibition runs until March 12, 2021, at https://rmitgallery.com/exhibitions/skilled-hands-shared-cultures.

Hanoi-The BLUE Exhibition Tour

Dec 5- 12, 3 – 5 pm
Exhibition hall of the Vietnam Fine Arts University, 42 Yet Kieu Street

From the organizer:

Heritage Space is pleased to invite you to the BLUE exhibition tour, the special art tour giving a walk through to the BLUE project exhibition – showcasing works of 8 Vietnamese and International artists after 2 working months in the Month of Arts Practice – MAP 2020.

The Tour, led by organizers and artists, will be an opportunity for viewers to understand the works more clearly through verbal introduction, stories behind them as well the original creative ideas as the works are analyzed layer by layer underneath their façade. At the same time, your curiosity will certainly be satisfied as all your questions on arts, its diverse structure and shape will be thoroughly answered. You also have the opportunity to virtually meet and interact with the project’s artists from distance, and directly chat with them via ZOOM during this journey.