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Composition for artist Hang Hang's performance "La Raison est un Chien. La Raison est une Fleur" at Galerie BAO on September 10, 2025. Paris, France. © Nancy KARAM, courtesy of Galerie Bao, all rights reserved
Galerie BAO, a gallery dedicated to Vietnamese contemporary art in Paris, founded by curator Le Thien Bao two years ago, has just opened its new facility at 49 Avenue Pamentier Paris 11 on September 12, 2025, with an exhibition combining performance art and installation art by Vietnamese artist Hang Hang, currently living in Paris.
Le Thien Bao graduated with a Master's degree in International Art Market Management from École D'art et De Culture (EAC) Paris and worked with galleries in France before establishing his own gallery called Galerie BAO in 2023. Responding to RFI Vietnamese on September 10, curator Le Thien Bao said:
"The first Gallerie BAO activity took place in 2023 at 15 rue Beautreillis, Paris. At that time, the Covid pandemic had just ended. When I went to France, I saw that there was almost no place in France for Vietnamese contemporary art, especially for young people, to display, as well as for the French public, overseas Vietnamese, or people from Vietnam to come here to see it.
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