Next Saturday at the Wende Museum, step beyond the common narratives of the Vietnam War and immerse yourself in an overlooked chapter of cultural history – the artistic modernism of South Vietnamese art as it developed from the height of the Cold War in the 1950s and through the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. 

Join us at the Wende Museum on Saturday, August 19 at 2:00 p.m., as Thuy N.D. Tran, art historian and independent curator, reveals South Vietnam's vibrant artistry. A passionate advocate for marginal visual narratives, Tran has devoted her career to chronicling these lesser-known stories.

Despite the socio-political upheaval of the era, the South Vietnamese arts scene blossomed, fueled by hope, creativity, and a drive for postcolonial nation-building. Tran will trace the developments that contributed to the growth of a Vietnamese artistic modernism–the founding of art academies in Saigon (1954) and Hue (1957), a high-profile international exhibition in Saigon (1962), and the formation of the Young Vietnamese Artists Association (1966).

We cannot wait to learn more about this rarely explored facet of Vietnam's cultural history. You can RSVP for this free talk here: