Hà My Nguyễn transforms the gallery into a ceramic garden of mystical, hybrid plants. Her delicate sculptures, inspired by marginalised botanical knowledges and the resilience of femininity, invite viewers into a world where nature and imagination intertwine.
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.
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
Trương Công Tùng, is taking part in the third edition of the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennal « Interludes and Transition » (Saudi Arabia) led by artistic directors Nora Razian and Sabih Ahmed. He is exhibited alongside over 70 artists from all around the world, working across disciplines such as sound and performance to moving image, architecture and research. Theirs projects will be shown from 30 January to 23 April 2026.
Phan Quang, represented by Galerie Bao (Paris), is nominated for the 2026 Discovery Prize, by the Fondation Louis Roederer, at Rencontres d’Arles (France), alongside Souleymane Bachir Diaw, Jordan Beal, Amira Lamti, Mallory Lowe Mpoka, Magali Paulin and Charlotte Yonga. Their projects are curated by guest curator Nadine Hounkpatin and will be exhibited at the next edition of the 2026 Rencontres d’Arles, from 6 July to 4 October 2026.
PARIS — “Go ahead, feel them!” gallerist Lê Thiên-Bảo encouraged visitors to her booth at Asia Now fair. Emboldened by her enthusiasm, I broke the well-worn rule of not touching artworks and caressed the fleshy ceramics of Vietnamese artist Hà My Nguyễn. Inside the grand halls of La Monnaie de Paris, just steps from the Louvre, the fair’s mood remained undisturbed by the museum’s recent brazen heist, which has shaken the country…
