Making it new: despite limited funds and bureaucratic trepidation, Hanoi has a burgeoning art scene that features performance, video and collaborative workshops - Report From Hanoi - Vietnam

Art in America, Oct, 2003 by Joe Fyfe

"Williamsburg Bridges Vietnam" at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center. Brooklyn [Mar. 8-30], included work by Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American artists. It was organized by Kim Tran and Tran Luong. The Cave, also in Brooklyn, presented a solo show by Tran Luong [Mar. 14-Apr. 13]. An exhibition of traditional Vietnamese art and artifacts, "Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind and Spirit," is on view at the American Museum of Natural History [through Jan. 4, 2004].

Author: Joe Fyfe is a New York-based painter and writer.