A dialog of two cultures in Moscow (A review of Vietnam art exhibitions in Moscow in July 2025)

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This article provides a detailed overview of art exhibitions that opened in Moscow in the summer of 2025: "Teacher - Student: Melodies of the Path" at the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts and "A Look Through the Radiance. Lacquer Painting of Vietnam" at the State Museum of Oriental Art. The author discusses both the official exhibition support and the historical and artistic features of the works on display, tracing the powerful influence of Soviet art on the formation of the Vietnamese school of painting. In particular, the embodiment of socialist realism in the DRV in the second half of the 20th century is explored.

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Alexandra E. Britenkova

Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, RAS

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Email: britenkova@iccaras.ru

Researcher Assistant, Center for Vietnam and ASEAN Studies

Russian Federation, Moscow

References

  1. «Melodii Puti»: hudozhestvennyj dialog Rossii i Vietnama v zerkale vremeni [“Melodies of the Way”: Artistic Dialogue between Russia and Vietnam in the Mirror of Time]. MK.ru (2025), July 24. URL: https://www.mk.ru/culture/2025/07/24/melodii-puti-khudozhestvennyy-dialog-rossii-i-vetnama-v-zerkale-vremeni.html
  2. Legostaeva, A.S. (2025) Vzglyad skvoz siyanie. Lakovaya zhivopis Vietnama [A Glimpse Through the Glow. Vietnamese Lacquer Painting]. Katalog vystavki [Catalogue of the Exhibition]. M.: GMV.
  3. Muzej Vostoka predstavlyaet vystavku «Vzglyad skvoz siyanie» [The Museum of the Oriental Art presents the exhibition “A Glimpse Through the Glow”]. Smotrim (2025), July 31. URL: https://smotrim.ru/article/4620997
  4. Vo Van Lac, Nguyen Hoang Doang, Ho Hai Thang (2017). Poyavlenie hudozhnikov-socrealistov vo Vietname [The Emergence of Socialist Realist Artists in Vietnam]. Molodoj uchenyj [Young Scientist], 18 (152): 362–367.
  5. Vzglyad skvoz siyanie. Lakovaya zhivopis Vietnama [A Glimpse Through the Glow. Vietnamese Lacquer Painting]. Internet Portal of the State Museum of the Oriental Art. Retrieved on 01.08.2025 from URL: https://orientmuseum.ru/events/2025/lakovaya_zhivopis_vetnama/index.php

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2. Fig. 1. Opening of the exhibition at the Russian Academy of Arts Museum and Exhibition Complex. Photo: Russian Academy of Arts website

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3. Fig. 2. Russian Academy of Arts President V.Z. Tsereteli presents the "Worthy" medal to Ms. Ngo Phuong Ly. Photo: Russian Academy of Arts website

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4. Fig. 3. Spouse of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Ms. Ngo Phuong Ly, and her ao dai. Photo: S. Kiselev

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5. Fig. 4. Ms. Ngo Phuong Ly presents the painting "Palm Hills" to the State Museum of Oriental Art. Photo: Russian-Vietnamese Friendship Society website

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6. Fig. 5. Albina Legostaeva, curator of the exhibition "Looking Through the Radiance: Lacquer Painting of Vietnam," gives Ms. Ngo Phuong Ly a tour. Photo: Russian-Vietnamese Friendship Society website

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7. Fig. 6. Photo from the cover of the "Teacher-Student: Melodies of the Path" exhibition booklet

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8. Fig. 7. Dao Chau Hai. "Hero." 1986. Clay. Photo from the "Teacher-Student: Melodies of the Path" exhibition booklet

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9. Fig. 8. Photo from the cover of the "Looking Through the Radiance. Lacquer Painting of Vietnam" exhibition catalog

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10. Fig. 9a. Nguyen Cong. Portrait of V. I. Lenin. 1958. Photo from the "Looking Through the Radiance" exhibition catalog

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11. Fig. 9b. Unknown artist (Le Lam?). Portrait of Ho Chi Minh. 1970s. Photo from the "Looking Through the Radiance" exhibition catalog

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