THẮM LẠI
Thắm Lại brings together four artists, Tường Danh, Như Xuân Hứa, Anh-Phuong Nguyen, and Vân-Nhi Nguyễn, to examine desire as progress, tracing how women’s longing has shaped Vietnamese culture across centuries. The exhibition takes its title from a line in “Mời ăn trầu” (Offering Betel), a poem attributed to the poet Hồ Xuân Hương¹, referencing the concept of thắm lại, the act of becoming red again, a staining that accrues through repetition and the labors of wanting. At the heart of the show is the concept of duyên: a bond written in fate, carrying people into one another’s lives and out again.
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ARCHITECTURES OF INTIMACY
NARS Foundation is pleased to present Architectures of Intimacy, an exhibition featuring works by Tra My Nguyễn, Vân-Nhi Nguyễn, Z.T. Nguyễn, Vy Trịnh, and Hạ-Lan Văn. The exhibition examines the material logic of Vietnamese spaces, where objects shift between roles, blending the practical with the poetic. Through sculpture, photography, textiles, and mixed media, these artists explore how everyday materials shape memory, labor, and transformation.