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Galerie Bao is presenting in collaboration with the galerie frank elbaz in Paris, the exhibition Re:form. Structured around this spirit of freedom, it traces the practices of five artists from VIetnam, who, since Đổi Mới, have returned to abstraction while breaking away from its earlier conventions.
Galerie Bao is proud to announce that Trương Công Tùng is a joint winner of the Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize – 8th edition, alongside Bronwyn Katz, Dan Lie, Yu Ji and Luana Vitra. A gesture of solidarity unanimously praised by the jury and the two foundations, in tribute to Arnaldo Pomodoro, who passed away on 22 June 2025.
Initié en 2021 par les SUBS, Pépites est un programme de professionnalisation à destination des jeunes créateur.rices pluridisciplinaires. Il bénéficie en 2025 du soutien de la DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, de la Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso et du Mécénat de la Caisse des Dépôts.
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Hà My Nguyễn participe à l’exposition collective O DES ORIGINES au centre Tignous d’Art Contemporain, ayant lieu du 7 mai au 18 Juillet 2026.
Trương Công Tùng is taking part in the 8th edition of the Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize, featuring four other finalist artist: Bronwyn Katz, Dan Lie, Yu Ji and Luana Vitra. The exhibition Dancing at the Edge of the World, is curated by Federico Giani and Chiara Nuzzi.
According to the Prize regulations, the Jury is required to select a single winner. However, following the passing of Arnaldo Pomodoro on June 22, 2025, and referencing prestigious precedents such as the Turner Prize 2019 and the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2024, the finalists expressed their wish to share the Prize ex aequo in memory of Pomodoro.
This request was unanimously accepted by the Jury and both Foundations, in full recognition of the symbolic significance of this decision. By ICA Milano.
A first-time exhibitor at Art Paris, the curator-led Galerie Bao (founded by Lê Thiên-Bảo) engages with the theme of Réparations, exploring repair as a way to restore what once seemed lost. Recognised for a decade-long commitment to contemporary art from Vietnam and Southeast Asia, the gallery presents Trương Công Tùng’s Day Wanes, Night Waxes (2025 – ongoing), recently shown at Hamburger Kunsthalle. Tùng is show alongside Lêna Bùi’s Clean Land (2024), rubbings of cut tree trunks superimposed onto silk paintings and watercolours, drawing from Taoism, animism, and the observation of living things. Finally, a striking selection of sculptures by Nguyễn Duy Mạnh, inspired by 14th to 19th century Vietnamese ceramics, reflecting on vulnerability and what he describes as the “disintegration of values and culture.” par The Cold Magazine
Richie Nath was born twice: once in Yangon, and again in Paris. Since leaving Myanmar in the aftermath of the 2021 coup, he has come to understand what it means to both produce and undo himself. The displacement opened a distance from his mother, one he had not known before, though her presence continues to structure his sense of self.
As the emotional and hierarchical order between mother and son began to fracture, the possibility of self-recognition emerged. His first self-portrait Where Are You?, painted in 2023, does not resolve this rupture but marks its beginning. In this first solo exhibition in Paris, An Oyster Without a Pearl, the artist explores identity, migration, and his complex relationship with his mother through painting drawings and mis-en-scène.