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

“Le grand banquet de céramiques orchestré par Nguyễn Duy Mạnh (né en 1984) pour la galerie Bao : autre étape du parcours « Réparation », l’artiste vietnamien s’empare de la tradition ancienne de la céramique blanc et bleu vernissée de Nam Sách pour créer des pièces percées, entaillées, à vif, dont les blessures apparaissent comme saignant d’un rouge vif. Selon la commissaire, il « fait de chaque plaie, de chaque blessure le sujet même de l’œuvre (…).” Par Beaux Arts Magazine

“How should we live in a world where our being is inextricably bound up in the deaths of others? What does it mean to situate oneself within a cycle of exchange, rather than at the apex of a hierarchical food chain?” - essay by Blake Palmer