At 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at Vy Gallery, the official launch of the book Modern art in Indochina took place. The book was written by Ms Charlotte Aguttes-Reynier, President of the Asian Artists Association in Paris, Art Director of Aguttes auction house.
The event was organized by:
– Organizing of the publishing: Association of Asian artists, Paris (AaP)
– Communicating: French Institute in Vietnam (IFV), In Fine éditions d’art, Aguttes.
– Consulting, organizing the event: Viet Art View Co., Ltd. (VAV)
Author and speakers participating in the discussions:
– Ms Charlotte Aguttes-Reynier – Author, President of the Association of Asian artists, Paris
– Ms Bùi Hoàng Anh – Fine Arts researcher, Art Director of Viet Art View – Host
– Mr Ngô Kim Khôi – Researcher, Grandson of artist Nam Sơn (Nguyễn Văn Thọ)
– Ms Alexane Reynier – Daughter of the author, Translator of the book from French to English
Attending the book launching ceremony were also representatives of the French Consulate General in Hồ Chí Minh City, Museum of Fine Arts in Hồ Chí Minh City, Quang San Museum of Art:
– Ms Emmanuelle Charrier – Attaché for Cultural Cooperation and Activities, Director of the French Institute in Việt Nam
– Mr Pierre Grosser – Historian, Husband of Mrs Emmanuelle Pavillon-Grosser, Consulate General of France in Hồ Chí Minh City
– Mr Trần Thanh Bình – Director of Museum of Fine Arts in Hồ Chí Minh City
– Ms Phùng Thị Minh Nguyệt – Co-founder of Quang San Museum of Art
– Mr Nguyễn Thiều Kiên – Director of Quang San Museum of Art and his wife
With the participation of collectors, fine art critics, media agencies, and art-loving guests.
At the book launching ceremony Modern art in Indochina, author Charlotte Aguttes-Reynier chose to discuss in English instead of French (her native language) because the event space was smaller and the guests might want to interact directly with her in English.
The event took place for nearly two hours with a lot of questions from guests, collectors, newspaper and television reporters with historical questions.
At the end of the launch, Ms Bùi Hoàng Anh – representative of Viet Art View Company – the organizer – gave the author of the book a bouquet. Then the author signed books for guests at the event (who had pre-ordered the book via the link from France) and had a teabreak together.
Just like in Hà Nội, the event in Hồ Chí Minh City took place solemnly, openly, and sincerely in the spirit of exchange, learning, and accessing precious documents from the content of the book Modern art in Indochina.
The event was held at Vy Gallery, Hồ Chí Minh City, is more modest than the space at the Museum of Việt Nam Fine Arts University in Hà Nội, but delegates, guests and press agencies still gave us, the organizers, this favor.
On behalf of the organizers, Viet Art View Company would like to send our deepest and most sincere thanks to all of guests and the media agencies who attended the official launch of the book Modern art in Indochina by author Charlotte Aguttes-Reynier in Hồ Chí Minh City.
Best regards.
Bùi Hoàng Anh – Art Director of Viet Art View
Written by Viet Art View
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